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    The U.S. Navy’s fourth Trident II D5 Performance Evaluation Missile was launched from the submerged USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) in December 1989, off the East Coast of Florida.
    John Keller
    Sept. 10, 2025
    Trident electronics include guidance and flight-control avionics, Mk 6 navigation system, flight control, and control to maneuver missiles in flight.

    Trusted Computing

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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.
    A U.S. Navy sailor stands watch in the combat information center aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) last month. The ship uses the CEC battle-management and networking system.
    Military researchers are trying to develop energy-efficient approaches to power-hungry machine learning applications on the battlefield.
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    The scaling limitations of homogeneous quantum computing architectures are expected to limit the size and computational power of these complex systems.
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    M-FAT seeks to blur the line between EW and cyber warfare by developing cyber countermeasures that disrupt small uncrewed aircraft -- particularly command and control links -- in contested environments with an emphasis on low-collateral damage.
    Naval personnel work to repair damage and to distribute power to commands and residents on Naval Base Guam last June after Typhoon Mawar passed over the island.
    Honeywell
    A rendering of a satellite in space with data transmission being implied
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    The Army wants affordable attritable uncrewed aircraft able to attack enemy targets, conduct electronic attack, and perform surveillance and reconnaissance.
    John Keller
    Aug. 7, 2025
    Army experts are looking for uncrewed aircraft that are networked, autonomous, and able to operate in teams that offer lethal and non-lethal effects.
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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. 1, 2025
    PWND2 will develop models and tools to improve the deployment and detection of hidden communication networks -- also known as weird networks.
    The proposed Golden Dome missile-defense system is to protect the American homeland from incoming ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.
    John Keller
    July 31, 2025
    The new radar is to acquire, track, and discriminate incoming enemy ballistic missiles to the U.S. The radar is to be mobile, not fixed-site.
    The Protected Tactical Satellite-Global (PTS-G) will use a constellation of microsatellites to provide global secure military communications.
    John Keller
    July 30, 2025
    PTS-G will be a constellation of global communications microsatellites for jam-resistant secure communications for military operations worldwide.
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    Optical computing could lead to new applications in artificial intelligence (AI), data processing, data storage, and communications.
    John Keller
    July 28, 2025
    VLPI seeks new approaches to manufacturing optical integrated circuits in large-format wafers for power-efficient computing with little cooling.