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How can the Advanced Refractive Effects Prediction System (AREPS) software be accessed?

How can the Advanced Refractive Effects Prediction System (AREPS) software be accessed?

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Can information be provided on high-frequency radios in denied, degraded, and disrupted space operational environments (D3SOEs) for over-the-horizon communications?

Can information be provided on high-frequency radios in denied, degraded, and disrupted space operational environments (D3SOEs) for over-the-horizon communications?

What U.S. manufacturers have experience processing thermoplastic composites on large-acreage aerospace structures (i.e., 4-ft x 6-ft structures with simple or complex curvatures), and do any of them accept outside purchase-order/prototyping work from industry?

What U.S. manufacturers have experience processing thermoplastic composites on large-acreage aerospace structures (i.e., 4-ft x 6-ft structures with simple or complex curvatures), and do any of them accept outside purchase-order/prototyping work from industry?

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jason “J.U.” Utulo, Director of Operations Experimentation, writes on a white board during the National Space Defense Center Advanced Concept Experimentation (NACE) events at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., Oct. 10, 2024. The NACE program’s mission is to rapidly iterate and improve space superiority, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, and defensive cyber command-and-control processes and procedures. NACE is the NSDC’s operationally and tactically focused venue to rapidly improve its ability to execute assigned missions through experimentation, utilizing space warfighters in live-ops and tabletop exercises using current and near-operational capabilities. (U.S. Space Force photo by Bridget Bonnette)

National Space Defense Center Spearheads NACE Experiments

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The National Space Defense Center has created the NSDC Advanced Concept Experimentation (NACE) to innovate and optimize the NSDC’s ability to execute the protect and defend mission. The NACE program’s mission…

Illustration of the material’s transition, with time represented from left to right. A laser pulse (left) sends the material into disorder (middle). Out of this so-called soup phase emerges a highly ordered phase called a supercrystal (right). (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)

Metastable Marvel: X-Rays Illuminate an Exotic Material Transformation

A dry material makes a great fire starter, and a soft material lends itself to a sweater. Batteries require materials that can store lots of energy, and microchips need components that can turn the flow…

A B-52H Stratofortress bomber from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., sits on the runway at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in support of a U.S. Strategic Command bomber task force, April 17, 2021.

Securing Critical Minerals Vital to National Security, Official Says

“Secure sourcing of critical minerals is critical to the defense industrial base, which uses them to produce virtually every Defense Department system, from unmanned aerial systems and fighter jets to submarines,” said Adam Burstein. Burstein,…

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