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The Next Revolution in Military Affairs

The Next Revolution in Military Affairs

The DoD harnesses the power of information and light.

Defense Operations

U.S. Marine Corporals Josrdan Hoskison (l) and Jacob Jusczak, both data system administrators with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, set up a Multi-Mission Terminal satellite on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3). The satellite enables secure access to Internet Protocol broadband networks and the establishment of command post communications from any location. Credit: Tawanya Norwood, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

Making DMO and SIF a Reality at the Edge

Making DMO and SIF a Reality at the Edge

Neuromodulation offers a solution for creating resilient mesh networks at the edge.

Defense Operations

Naval expeditionary forces in the littorals require hardened digital positions at the edge. Credit: Marine Corps Sgt. Melanye Martinez

Accelerator Offers Artificial Intelligence Cookies

Accelerator Offers Artificial Intelligence Cookies

Air and Space Forces hunger for AI education.

Artificial Intelligence

When it comes to artificial intelligence education, Air and Space Force personnel are like mice with cookies—they want more, says Capt. Victor Lopez, an AI researcher with the Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator. Credit: Pla2na/Shutterstock

Building Highways in the Lower Skies

Building Highways in the Lower Skies

NASA investigates the possible flight safety constructs needed for urban air mobility.

NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign is a comprehensive effort to develop and test vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicles, systems and related technology, including creating the procedures for the future airspace management of VTOL vehicles, air taxis, cargo delivery and other advanced aircraft concepts into the National Airspace System. Even NASA itself is pursuing a VTOL aircraft. Credit: NASA

Preventing JADC2 From Becoming 'Sad C2'

Preventing JADC2 From Becoming 'Sad C2'

Joint All-Domain Command and Control hits harsh reality.

Defense Operations

A Royal Australian Air Force F-35A taxis out for a routine training mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, in May 2022. The base’s Shadow Operations Center, known as ShOC-N, runs developmental testing and experimentation behind the scenes of the base’s activity to advance important emerging technologies such as Joint All-Domain Command and Control. Credit: U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Welch

BRIAR Program Tackles Thorny Biometrics Challenges

BRIAR Program Tackles Thorny Biometrics Challenges

One IARPA program plans to prevail over multiple problems.

IARPA’s BRIAR program aims to integrate whole-body biometric data with facial recognition gathered via video from long distances, high altitudes and nontraditional angles. Credit: design36/Shutterstock

NGA Maps Out Digital Priorities for GEOINT

NGA Maps Out Digital Priorities for GEOINT

The agency’s source directorate harnesses more commercial mapping sources.

James Griffith, director of the Source and Operations Management Directorate, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, visits the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command at the Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, in November 2021. The agency is looking to more and more commercial sources to support its Department of Defense and other customers. Credit: NMOC Stephen Hoffman

On Point: Q&A With Sky Sharma

On Point: Q&A With Sky Sharma

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President's Commentary: Boosting OSINT Use: A Smart Move

President's Commentary: Boosting OSINT Use: A Smart Move

Competing and winning against peer or near-peer adversaries begins with intelligence gathering.

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Next Steps of DARPA's Hypersonic Missile Effort

Next Steps of DARPA's Hypersonic Missile Effort

The research agency is examining how to propel hypersonic weapon performance.

DARPA's next phase of hypersonics missile research is looking at air-breathing engine throttle considerations. Credit: Shutterstock/MOSQUITO_vector