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    An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) off the coast of California.
    John Keller
    Sept. 16, 2025
    Nuclear missiles must have ultra-reliable self-contained guidance systems that do not rely on outside signals such as satellite navigation systems.

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    The Greensea Systems Bayonet 250 is for explosive ordnance disposal in littoral environments in shallow water and surf zones. It provides autonomous capabilities for mine and explosive threat neutralization.
    Desktop trainers display naval aviation's new carrier-based joint air training program in a lab at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division near its Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., in 2024.
    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.
    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.
    A NATO tactical director operates inside a NATO AWACS aircraft during a military exercise last June.
    An Army National Guard cryptologic linguist trains in 2022 on a new tactical dismounted electronic warfare and signals intelligence (TDEWS) system at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.
    A 3rd Infantry Division Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle drives off of a barge during a wet-gap crossing exercise on Fort Stewart, Ga., in 2021.
    Maine Air National Guard airmen deploy the MUOS antennae to establish radio communications via satellite link in Montenegro in May 2023.
    John Keller
    Sept. 2, 2025
    The MUOS system uses a 3G wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) cell phone-like service network architecture and geosynchronous satellites.
    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.
    Military researchers will brief industry next week on developing energy-efficient approaches to power-hungry machine learning applications on the battlefield.
    John Keller
    Aug. 21, 2025
    Machine learning at the edge is resource-constrained; the solution could involve new generations energy-aware artificial intelligence (AI).
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    Weird networks are unconventional, covert, and hard-to-detect, and are designed to be deniable, stealthy, unpredictable, and resilient.
    John Keller
    Aug. 21, 2025
    PWND2 will develop models and tools to improve the deployment and detection of hidden communication networks -- also known as weird networks.
    Air Force airmen load an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) at Prince Sultan Air Base Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
    John Keller
    Aug. 20, 2025
    $3.5 billion contract to RTX Raytheon calls for sophisticated guided air-to-air missiles for the Air Force and for several U.S. military allies.