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The USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) is the first Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer built in the Flight III configuration.
Sept. 15, 2025
The Raytheon AN/SPY-6(V) AMDR will improve the Burke-class destroyer's ability to detect hostile aircraft, surface ships, and ballistic missiles.
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.
Sept. 12, 2025
AMRAAM systems that are prone to electronic parts obsolescence typically involve 15 critical circuit cards in the missile's guidance section.
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.
Sept. 12, 2025
Perhaps the greatest bottleneck for humanity exploring the Solar System in person or even with swarms of highly sophisticated robots is the lack of the means to get from one celestial...
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.
Sept. 11, 2025
The Navy intends to negotiate an order to the RTX Raytheon segment in Tucson, Ariz., to design and test a digital proximity fuze for the AIM-9X.
Boeing
On-orbit render of a Millennium-built small satellite flying Spectrolab solar cells.
Sept. 11, 2025
Boeing says its new additive-manufactured solar array panels can cut build times by up to six months, enabling faster deployment of small and large satellite constellations.