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Caption: Artist’s concept of Dragonfly soaring over the dunes of Saturn’s moon Titan. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben
External Non-Government
May 20, 2025

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…

photo of bonded magnet
External Government
May 20, 2025

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 test the TowFLEXX TF-3 Milspec, a new aircraft tug capability, with the MQ-9A Reaper at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in March 2025. The TowFLEXX allows a single operator to maneuver military aircraft with unprecedented precision, maintaining the aircraft's nose wheel alignment while enabling 360-degree turns in confined spaces. (U.S. Navy photo)
External Government
May 20, 2025

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…

green laser beams
External Non-Government
May 20, 2025

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…

Rick Cross works on the Titan compressor system at the Jupiter Laser Facility. The gratings (rainbow reflection) allow the Titan laser to provide peak power while preserving the optical components of the system. (Photo: Garry McLeod/LLNL)
External Government
April 15, 2025

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…

External Government
April 15, 2025

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,…

A pilot trains in the Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Patuxent River, Md. Tactical pilots from the Marine Corps and Air Force conducted the first-ever joint training exercise flying simulated combat missions together in F-35 and F-22 fifth-generation fighter jets in the JSE on March 24-27, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Terri Thomas)
External Government
April 15, 2025

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…

Robust Quantum Sensors (RoQS)
External Government
April 15, 2025

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…

Gen. Randy A. George, Chief of Staff of the Army, receives a demonstration of next generation command and control (NGC2) experimental capabilities as part of Project Convergence - Capstone 4 at Fort Irwin, Calif., March 18, 2024. At this year’s Project Convergence – Capstone 5, also taking place at Fort Irwin, the Army conducted a Soldier-led NGC2 “proof of principle” for the Army to assess progress with the approach. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brahim Douglas)
External Government
April 15, 2025

Soldiers Experiment With Next-Generation C2 at Project Convergence

FORT IRWIN, Calif. (March 11, 2025) – The Army’s next-generation command and control effort is reaching a critical milestone at…

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, steps from the OA-1K Skyraider II as part of a delivery ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, April 3, 2025. The ceremony recognized the delivery of the first missionized OA-1K Skyraider II to AFSOC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Natalie Fiorilli)
External Government
April 15, 2025

Air Force Special Operations Command Accepts the First Missionized OA-1K Skyraider II

HURLBURT FIELD, FL – The Skyraider II officially joins the Air Force Special Operations Command fleet with the delivery of…

Shown is a graphical artist rendering of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) Platform. The rendering highlights the Air Force’s sixth generation fighter, the F-47. The NGAD Platform will bring lethal, next-generation technologies to ensure air superiority for the Joint Force in any conflict. (U.S. Air Force graphic)
External Government
April 15, 2025

Air Force Awards Contract for Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) Platform, F-47

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — The U.S. Department of the Air Force recently announced the contract award for the Engineering and Manufacturing…

A Neros Archer first-person view drone sits on a case during a demonstration range at Weapons Training Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, March 7, 2025. The Marine Corps Attack Drone Team used the Neros Archer FPV drone to engage targets on the range to showcase the drone’s capabilities on the battlefield. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joshua Barker)
External Government
April 15, 2025

Marine Corps Launches Attack Drone Team

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – On January 3, 2025, the Commanding Generals of the Training Command, Maj. Gen. Anthony…

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