Hopping Gives This Tiny Robot a Leg Up
Insect-scale robots can squeeze into places their larger counterparts can’t, like deep into a collapsed building to search for survivors…
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Chainmail-Like Polymer Could Be the Future of Body Armor
Researchers supported by grants and instrumentation provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation have created the first 2D polymer material…
U.S. Space Force Launches Six Experiments to International Space Station to Expand Scientific Knowledge in Support of Warfighters
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC), in partnership with the National…
Aircrew Safety Improved With New Oxygen Purity Test at NAWCAD
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION, Patuxent River, Md. – For the first time, the Navy can precisely test how…
Dragonfly Mission Passes Critical Design Review
NASA’s Dragonfly, the first rotorcraft designed for scientific exploration on another ocean world, has passed its Critical Design Review. Led…
Scientists Develop Rare Earth Free Magnet for Use in Industrial Motors
Many of the industrial motors used today are induction motors. However, permanent magnet motors are generally more efficient than induction…
Marines Fast-Track New Tug for MQ-9 Reaper
Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. – The Navy and Marine Corps Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems program office…
Penn State Launches Center of Excellence in Directed Energy
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State recently launched the Center of Excellence in Directed Energy (CEDE), a University-wide center designed…
A Brighter Future for the Jupiter Laser Facility
Since the 1970s, the Janus laser, now part of the Jupiter Laser Facility (JLF), has served as an experimental proving…
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Concludes Seventh Successful Mission
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) — The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the U.S. Space Force’s dynamic unmanned spaceplane,…
Marines, Air Force Fight as a Joint Force for the First Time in the Navy’s Joint Simulation Environment
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION, Patuxent River, Md. — For the first time, U.S. Marine Corps F-35 and Air…
Taking Quantum Sensors Out of the Lab and Into Defense Platforms
Quantum sensors, which have demonstrated unmatched precision in measuring magnetic fields, gravity, and motion, hold immense promise for advancing defense…