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Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786) sits in a partially flooded Dry Dock 2 as it prepares to undock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF). U.S. Navy photo by Mike Wilson.
The AN/BLQ-10 helps Virginia-, Los Angeles-, and Seawolf-class fast-attack submarines, Ohio-class conventional guided-missile submarines, and future Columbia-class ballistic-missile...
July 27, 2026
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July 22, 2026
CoAspire
CoAspire's RAACM Missile is undergoing test flights for multiple programs, including FAMM.
July 16, 2026
U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Lewis
A quantum computer at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate in Rome, N.Y., is used to conduct experiments aimed at improving quantum computing and networking. AFRL aims to unify electronic warfare and kinetic assets into an optimized framework. U.S. Air Force photo by Keith Lewis.
July 6, 2026
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July 2, 2026
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sarah Post
A defender in the 90th Security Forces Group poses as a protester during a 90th Missile Wing readiness exercise at Kilo-01 Missile Alert Facility near Dix, Neb. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sarah Post
June 30, 2026
Originally constructed in 1966 for the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6 has undergone multiple transformations over nearly six decades in support of the nation's evolving space mission. The launch complex is being modernized by removing legacy infrastructure to provide adaptable facilities that support next-generation launch vehicles and future national security space operations. U.S. Space Force photo by Staff Sgt. Daekwon Stith.
June 29, 2026
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June 25, 2026
Boeing team members inspect the Q4S flight payload during testing designed to verify the hardware can withstand launch and on-orbit conditions ahead of its planned 2027 mission Boeing photo.
June 24, 2026

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