Communications

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.
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.
This artist's concept depicts the DARPA Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements (AIR) program to develop tactical autonomy for multi-ship beyond-visual-range air combat missions, and to enable crewed and uncrewed combat aerial vehicles to work together.
Sept. 8, 2025
AIR seeks machine autonomy to enable coordinated AI-driven behaviors between crewed F-16 test aircraft and eventually to uncrewed combat aircraft.
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A stylized image of a passenger walking with a bag by an airport window.
Sept. 8, 2025
SITA introduced Connect Fly, a next-generation managed connectivity service powered by Versa technology, to help airlines modernize passenger handling, reduce delays, and strengthen...
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Sept. 8, 2025
NASA’s heliophysics missions study a vast, interconnected system from the Sun to the space surrounding Earth and other planets to the farthest limits of the Sun’s constantly flowing...
The Burke-class destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) launches a standard missile 2 (SM-2) from the forward vertical launching system while operating in the Philippine Sea last spring.
Sept. 5, 2025
SM-2 attacks aircraft, missiles, or ships using semi-active homing, or over the horizon using inertial guidance and terminal infrared homing.