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What is the current state of the digital-engineering (DE) tool landscape, with a focus on application to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)?

What is the current state of the digital-engineering (DE) tool landscape, with a focus on application to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)?

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At the conclusion of a development campaign for a new solid propellant, should rocket motors be loaded and tested from the first-production scale mix?

At the conclusion of a development campaign for a new solid propellant, should rocket motors be loaded and tested from the first-production scale mix?

Illustration of the Process of Converting HSIs to Color and Reconstructing Hyperspectral Data From Color Images.

Can infrared (IR) hyperspectral imagery be acquired from IR multispectral sensors?

Can infrared (IR) hyperspectral imagery be acquired from IR multispectral sensors?

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An Airman assigned to the 393rd Bomber Generation Squadron prepares GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions to be loaded onto a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The loading operations were a component of the Air Force Research Laboratory QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration, a new low-cost, air-delivered capability for defeating maritime threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Hastings)

Air Force Demonstrates Low-Cost Maritime Defense Capability With QUICKSINK

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFRL) – In a demonstration of enhanced maritime lethality, the Air Force tested a new, more versatile variant of the QUICKSINK maritime weapon, increasing aircraft lethality by expanding its targeting…

From left to right, Berkeley Lab researchers Anthony Gonsalves, Alessio Amodio, and Dan Wang align precision optics to prepare the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) Petawatt laser for laser-plasma accelerator (LPA) experiments. The machine learning–based control algorithm stabilizes the high-power laser’s pointing at the LPA target. (Credit: Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab)

Machine Learning Helps Ease the Jitters of High-Power Lasers

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made a breakthrough in laser technology by using machine learning (ML) to help stabilize a high-power laser. This advancement, spearheaded by Berkeley…

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Space Development Agency Completes Successful Launch of T1DES Prototype Satellite

WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Space Development Agency announced the successful launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, of the first prototype among 12 risk reduction satellites comprising the Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T1DES) constellation…

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