New Annual Rifle Qual: A Shooter’s Perspective
OKINAWA, Japan — U.S. Marines across Okinawa participated in the new Annual Rifle Qualification from October 4 to 8. This…
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DARPA’S Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) Achieves Successful Flight
DARPA, in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, completed a free-flight test of its Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC)Â last week….
Aboard Commercial Rocket, Space Defense Agency Sends up Satellites for First Time
The Falcon 9 mission will include five Space Defense agency (SDA) satellites. These include a pair of “Mandrake II” satellites;…
Army Researchers, Soldiers Test New Sensor Capabilities
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 3, 2021) — In an effort to give Soldiers an edge in an ever-changing operational environment, Army…
Northern Edge 21 Achieves Operational Test Advances for Airmen, Weapons Systems
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AFNS) — As exercise Northern Edge 21 concludes, the 53rd Wing is returning home May 3-14, after…
Navy SM-6 Missile Will Attempt to Swat Down a Mock Hypersonic Weapon
An SM-6 missile will be tested against maneuvering threats by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the U.S. Navy (USN)….
United States Facing Increasing Nuclear, Space-Based Threats, Leaders Say
Two Defense Department leaders discussed threats to the United States from China and Russia and the DoD’s steps at providing…
To Better Equip Warfighters, Sustainment Must Be Built In
Most of the life cycle costs of a U.S. military program are spent on sustainment and operations — not acquisition….
New Machine-Learning Tool Diagnoses Electron Beams in an Efficient, Noninvasive Way
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Stanford Linear Accelerator Center National Accelerator Laboratory have been working on a virtual diagnostics…
Army, Argonne Scientists Explore Nanoparticles for Future Weapon Systems
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Material scientists from the U.S. Army and Department of Energy conducted a study of plasma-treated…
DoD Officials Discuss Quantum Science, 5G, and Directed Energy
Three of the Defense Department’s 11 principal directors of modernization within the Office of Defense Research and Engineering discussed quantum…
New Annual Rifle Qualification to Make Marines More Lethal
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corps began the train-the-trainer course of the new Annual Rifle Qualification, which will fully replace…