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    The Burke-class Flight III destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) during its acceptance trials in May 2023. DDG 125 is the first Burke-class destroyer built in the Flight III configuration.
    John Keller
    Aug. 22, 2025
    The AN/USQ-82(V) handles surface warship machinery-, damage-, and steering-control systems as well as displays and interior communications alarms.

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    A BlackSky Gen-2 satellite captured this image of China’s Tiangong space station at a distance of 83 kilometers as the station orbited above Bulgaria on March 13, 2025. BlackSky signed a seven-figure Gen-2 space domain awareness expansion contract with HEO to provide fully-automated low-latency non-Earth imaging (NEI) services for defense, intelligence and commercial use. BlackSky photo.
    Navy submarines use a variety of electro-optical and RF and microwave sensors aboard modern vessels. The Multifunction Modular Mast (MMM) hoists sensors above the water's surface aboard submarines without traditional hull-penetrating periscopes.
    A weapon loader crew uploads a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile to an external pylon on a B-1B Lancer at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., last December.
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    The Saturn 400 satellite rendered in orbit around earth
    The U.S. Army tests the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) fired from an M270A2 launcher at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., last April.
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    A commercial aircraft flying low over water and in silhouette.
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    The convergence of cyber and physical attack surfaces in modern warfare increases the risk of catastrophic breaches, making hardware- and software-level security measures a foundational requirement.
    Jamie Whitney
    Aug. 15, 2025
    The line between cyber and physical threats in today's digital battlespace continues to blur, and the consequences of a data breach can be catastrophic. Whether protecting avionics...
    Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) practice loading an inert-dummy RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile into a launcher.
    John Keller
    Aug. 15, 2025
    Missile assemblies are large rocket-type cruise missiles with guidance and aerodynamic components, but without the missile's explosive warheads.
    The Gateway space station will be a vital component of the Artemis missions to return humans to the lunar surface for scientific discovery and chart the path for the first human missions to Mars.
    John Keller
    Aug. 14, 2025
    It's been more than half a century since humans first walked on the moon. American astronaut Neil Armstrong first set foot there in July 1969. The last human on the moon left ...
    A BQM-177 is launched from the U.S. Marine Corps Medium Range Intercept Capability system during a live-fire test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., in September 2022.
    John Keller
    Aug. 14, 2025
    MRIC is for use in contested areas like the Indo-Pacific theater, and is a rapid prototyping program to develop short-to-medium range air defenses.
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    An ATC tower at an airport in front of a sunrise or sunset.
    Jamie Whitney
    Aug. 13, 2025
    The effort aims to enhance Controller Pilot Data Link Communication in tower and en route airspace, maintain a high-reliability VDL-2 network, and transition toward Internet Protocol...