What’s Next: The Future of NASA’s Laser Communications
NASA uses lasers to send information to and from Earth, employing invisible beams to traverse the skies, sending terabytes of…
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The Vital Role of Satellite Communication in KFOR
As early as 2013, NATO forces have used satellite-based internet technology across the world, including campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq,…
Defense Department Invests to Re-establish Domestic Production of Critical Propellant
The Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Industrial Base Support (IBS) office, through the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III authority, is…
Vehicle Power Networks to Provide More Combat Lethality
DETROIT ARSENAL—Last week U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center engineers, together with their counterparts at Command, Control, Communications, Computers,…
U.S. Army Aviation Missile Center Teams With Navy to Model and Simulate Flight Testing
You get what you test. It is a simplistic, possibly blunt way of saying that at-sea dynamic interface flight testing…
Capable, Adaptive Partners: Unmanned Surface Vessels in RIMPAC
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Four prototype unmanned surface vessels are participating in the Rim of the Pacific 2022 exercise, known as RIMPAC,…
SIRI-2 to Qualify Technologies for Radiation Detection in Space
WASHINGTON – U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists launched the second Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI-2) instrument in December 2021 onboard…
Building the Future With Innovative Manufacturing
Airmen assigned to the 86th Maintenance Squadron created the Air Force’s first Additive Manufacturing Team through the Hercules Innovation Lab…
Third Test Flight for DARPA’s HAWC Yields New Performance Data
DARPA’s Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC), a missile program conducted in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, completed another successful…
More HIMARS, “Phoenix Ghost” Drones Bound for Ukraine
The Defense Department has announced another package of security assistance for Ukraine, which will include additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket…
New BLOS Capability on the Horizon for B-52s – First IRIS Air Demo Complete
The U.S. Air Force has moved one step closer to equipping B-52s with a new beyond-line-of-sight communication capability called IRIS….
DoD Accelerating Innovative Technologies, Enabling Manufacturing Workforce
Groundbreaking technologies were on display in May when the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) nine Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs) demonstrated…