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    The Northrop Grumman AN/AAR-47 (V) missile-warning system helps protect slow-flying military aircraft from heat-seeking missiles.
    John-Keller
    July 25, 2025
    Order is for foreign military customers, and consists of 154 sensors, 42 computer processors, and 11 countermeasures signals simulator test gun sets.

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    A military IT specialist uses artificial intelligence in military planning and decision making.
    The M1A2 Abrams main battle tank, shown above, will be augmented or replaced by the future M1E3 tank -- a clean-sheet redesign of the Army's venerable Abrams tank.
    The Acromag VPX7600 3U OpenVPX single-board computer is for high-performance computing applications
    U.S. Sailors monitor propulsion and other vital ship functions from the central control station aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
    The BAE Systems Dual Band Decoy (DBD) towed EW system helps protect U.S. and allied combat jets from radar-guided anti-aircraft missiles.
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    NASA’s Mariner 4 captured the first-ever close-up image of Mars on July 14, 1965. While waiting for the data to be processed into the image (inset at right), team members hand-colored strips of paper that the data was printed on, assigning hues to value ranges. The result is on display at JPL. NASA/JPL photo.
    U.S. Marines under the command of Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) conduct communications drills during Atlantic Alliance earlier this month.
    General Dynamics Electric Boat is working on the latest generation of the Virginia-class fast attack submarine, which expected to go to sea in the early 2030s.
    John Keller
    July 15, 2025
    Virginia Block VI submarines will have improvements in stealth, propulsion, and weapons, and should be among the best submarines in the world.
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    Quantum computing seeks to process information using quantum bits (qubits), rather than traditional bits like traditional computers use.
    John Keller
    July 14, 2025
    Quantum computing seeks to process information using quantum bits (qubits), rather than traditional bits like traditional computers use.
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    An artist’s concept design of NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle. NASA image.
    Jamie Whitney
    July 14, 2025
    NASA is currently reviewing design proposals from three commercial LTV vendors - Intuitive Machines of Houston, Lunar Outpost of Golden, Colo., and Venturi Astrolab of Hawthorne...
    An F-35 Lightning II test pilot conducts a flight test last September to certify the carrier variant of the fighter aircraft for carrying the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).
    John Keller
    July 14, 2025
    LRASM anti-ship missiles can be guided toward enemy ships from as far away as 200 nautical miles by its launch aircraft.
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    NASA instruments and aircraft are helping identify potential sources of critical minerals across vast swaths of California, Nevada, and other Western states. Pilots gear up to reach altitudes about twice as high as those of a cruising passenger jet. NASA photo.
    July 14, 2025
    Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are searching nationwide for domestic sources of critical minerals like lithium and rare earth elements, Sally Younger writes...