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    An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) off the coast of California.
    John Keller
    Sept. 16, 2025
    Nuclear missiles must have ultra-reliable self-contained guidance systems that do not rely on outside signals such as satellite navigation systems.

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    A Marine Corps weapons expert loads an Advanced, Medium-Range, Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), onto a combat jet aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in February 2022.
    NASA/DARPA
    An artist's concept of a collaborative effort between NASA and DARPA to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space. NASA/DARPA image.
    A Navy aviation ordnanceman secures an AIM-9X air-to-air missile to an F/A-18F Super Hornet during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in 2024.
    Boeing
    On-orbit render of a Millennium-built small satellite flying Spectrolab solar cells.
    A Navy F-35 attack jet conducts tests to certify the carrier variant of the fighter aircraft for carrying the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).
    Artillery soldiers fire M31 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems from their M270A1 MLRS during the Thunder Cloud live-fire exercise in Andoya, Norway in September 2021.
    The U.S. Navy’s fourth Trident II D5 Performance Evaluation Missile was launched from the submerged USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) in December 1989, off the East Coast of Florida.
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    Row of EU Flags in front of the European Union Commission building in Brussels.
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Collins Aerospace will also design an advanced propeller to reduce noise and increase efficiency.
    NASA
    Technicians install and adjust the rotors on the full-scale test model representing half of the Dragonfly lander in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel facility at NASA’s Langley Research Center. During a month-long testing campaign, the team was able to evaluate rotor system performance in Titan-like conditions. NASA photo.
    Sept. 10, 2025
    APL and NASA engineers are wrapping up a monthlong campaign to confirm the performance of Dragonfly’s rotors in Titan-like conditions at the NASA Langley Research Center’s Transonic...
    The Greensea Systems Bayonet 250 is for explosive ordnance disposal in littoral environments in shallow water and surf zones. It provides autonomous capabilities for mine and explosive threat neutralization.
    John Keller
    Sept. 9, 2025
    The Marine Corps AUGV is to be based on the Greensea Bayonet series AUGV, which comes in three different sizes with the models 150, 250, and 350.
    Desktop trainers display naval aviation's new carrier-based joint air training program in a lab at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division near its Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., in 2024.
    John Keller
    Sept. 9, 2025
    Collins Aerospace will build six SPARTA 12 flight aircraft flight management computer functional equivalent units and update SPARTA 12 equipment.
    U.S. Marine Corps aviation ordnance technicians load an AGM-179 joint air-to-ground munition (JAGM) onto an AH-1Z M299 launcher at Kadena Air Base, Japan, in June 2024.
    Lockheed Martin
    Sept. 8, 2025
    JAGM uses multi-mode guidance with semi-active laser for precision and a fire-and-forget millimeter wave radar for moving targets in all-weather.