The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division has conducted the first-ever air launch of a Solid Fuel Integral Rocket Ramjet, or SFIRR, from an unmanned vehicle. Missile Tech Modernization Advancement NAVAIR said Wednesday
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Microsoft has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to advance fusion research. In a blog post published Wednesday, Microsoft said the partnership covers not just research efforts
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The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the Trump administration’s trade policies could make the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter jet more expensive. The aircraft program relies on more than a thousand suppliers from about a dozen countries
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The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Oklahoma have agreed to establish a metal additive manufacturing center in Norman, Oklahoma. Once operational, the center will develop new
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A recent study from the Congressional Budget Office found that the current cost of space-based interceptors, or SBIs, is up to 40 percent lower compared to earlier estimates, but the satellite requirements
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Traditionally, operas tend to take grand, historical characters as their subject matter. “Shakespearean figures, mythical characters from Wagner, Puccini’s tragic heroines, Verdi’s conflicted kings,” opera enthusiast and Washington National Opera board of
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Katie Arrington, who currently performs the duties of the Department of Defense’s chief information officer and is a previous Wash100 awardee, has issued a memorandum directing the establishment of a new initiative
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The Department of Defense’s Test Resource Management Center and Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division have completed two flight tests for a reusable hypersonic vehicle. In both the December 2024 and March
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NavalX held the 2025 Crucible Pitch Competition in April and selected the top six projects that seek to address critical military requirements and present commercial opportunities. NavalX said the competition provided the
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The U.S. Navy has conducted a flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The experiment highlighted the initial use of the service’s Conventional
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