“Turn on the Lights”: DAVD Display Helps Navy Divers Navigate Undersea Conditions
ARLINGTON, Va.—A favorite childhood memory for Dr. Sandra Chapman was visiting the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor with her…
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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…
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…
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…
DARPA Exploring Ways to Assess Ethics for Autonomous Weapons
The Autonomy Standards and Ideals with Military Operational Values (ASIMOV) program aims to develop benchmarks to objectively and quantitatively measure…
LLNL Creates World’s Brightest X-Ray Source With NIF and Novel Metal Foams
By combining the National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser and ultra-light metal foams, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have…
U.S. Navy Declares Initial Operational Capability for the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band System
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, MD – The U.S. Navy declared initial operational capability for the Next Generation Jammer…
Automated Fueling-At-Sea Test Completed for Unmanned Surface Vehicle Program
The DARPA No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program recently completed a successful first test of at-sea refueling designed for use…
U.S. Navy Enhances LCS Surface Warfare Mission Package with Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Capability
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules Program Office has successfully delivered critical counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS)…
The Big Drop
Beside a 50-foot-deep pool, a 300-foot metal tower rises into the air at Sandia New Mexico. Cables and a vertical…
Shape-Shifting Antenna Poised to Transform Communications
By leveraging cutting-edge additive manufacturing techniques and shape memory alloys, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in…
Revolutionizing Space-Based Thermal Systems: AFRL’s SPIRRAL Launch on SPX-31
KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis…