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April 13, 2016 | Air Force Wants Cruise Missiles Capable of Beaming Directed Energy
April 12, 2016 | US Open to Sharing Catapult Replacement Technology with India: Carter
April 11, 2016 | Here’s the Charge Sheet for the US Sailor Accused of Spying for China
April 11, 2016 | Navy’s Futuristic Destroyer is Apparently Too Stealthy
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April 13, 2016

Air Force Wants Cruise Missiles Capable of Beaming Directed Energy

The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System shuttle readies for testing at the Naval Air Systems Command EMALS test site, located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. (Navy photo)

US Open to Sharing Catapult Replacement Technology with India: Carter

Then-Lt. Edward Lin, a native of Taiwan, shares his personal stories about his journey to citizenship to 80 newly nationalized citizens at a ceremony in Honolulu, Dec. 3, 2008. (Photo by Sarah Murphy/U.S. Navy)

Here’s the Charge Sheet for the US Sailor Accused of Spying for China

The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is currently conducting at-sea tests and trials in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works/Released)

Navy’s Futuristic Destroyer is Apparently Too Stealthy

An upgraded version of BAE Systems' Assault Amphibious Vehicle. Photo: BAE Systems.

BAE Systems to Provide Upgraded Amphibious Assault Craft to Japan

The Navy’s unmanned MQ-4C Triton prepares to land at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD. Air Force and Navy officials are talking about integrating the Triton with the Air Force's Global Hawk, which is a similar ISR platform. (U.S. Navy photo)

Air Force, Navy Mull Integrating Global Hawk, Triton Drones

A cache of AK-47s is assembled on the deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107). The weapons were seized from a stateless dhow which was intercepted by the Coastal Patrol ship USS Sirocco (PC 6) on March 28, 2016. (U.S. Navy photo)

Here are the Iranian Weapons the US Navy Just Seized

In this image shot with an extreme telephoto lens and through haze from the outskirts of Suruc at the Turkey-Syria border, militants with the Islamic State group are seen after placing their group's flag on a hilltop at the eastern side of the town of Kobani, Syria, where fighting had been intensified between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

ISIS May Try to Launch Cyberattacks against U.S., NSA Chief Warns

An AIM-9X missile was successfully fired from the Army's new Multi-Mission Launcher at White Sands Missile Range, March 29, 2016. Pictured is the service's newest missile launch platform, the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-Intercept. (Army photo)

Army Destroys Drones with Truck-Mounted Hellfire, Sidewinder

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March 31, 2016

Actual Hackers Need Not Apply to ‘Hack the Pentagon’ Program

In this Sunday, April 17, 2011 file photo, Chinese Air Force crew members inspect a J-20 stealth fighter in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province. (Color China Photo via AP, File)

March 23, 2016

Chinese Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing US Military Aircraft Data

The NightEagle semi-automatic 5.56 NATO includes TrackingPoint’s recently introduced Night Vision Kit. (Image courtesy TrackingPoint)

March 22, 2016

Smart Rifle Lets Shooters Share Video on Social Media

Natick's new virtual reality dome will enable researchers to assess the impact of the environment on Soldier cognition, including decision-making, spatial memory or wayfinding. Researchers will also be able to assess the impact of new equipment on cognitive abilities. Photo: David Kamm, NSRDEC

March 18, 2016

Virtual Reality Dome to Assess Soldier Thinking in Virtual Combat Environment

The PROSTAFF 5 3.5-14x50, one of six new Nikon riflescopes with Distance Locking technology.

March 17, 2016

Nikon’s New Scopes Feature Distance Locking Technology

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An F-35C test aircraft releases a 1,000-pound GPS-guided bomb, called the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), from an internal weapons bay on March 23, 2016, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. (Photo by Dane Wiedmann/F-35 Integrated Test Team)

April 1, 2016

F-35C Drops First 1,000-Pound GPS-Guided ‘JSOW’ Bomb

A P-8 Poseidon flies over the 2013 Dubai Airshow at the Dubai World Central Airport in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 20, 2013. (Photo by Bahja J. Jones, U.S. Air Force)

March 28, 2016

Britain Wants to Hunt Submarines with These American Planes

A dozen 2,000-pound joint direct attack munitions sit inside a warehouse at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Dec. 17. The bombs were built by hand by airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron’s Munitions Flight. The Munitions Flight has built nearly 4,000 bombs since July 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman/Released)

March 25, 2016

Air Force Moves to Replenish Bomb Stockpile Drained by ISIS Fight

U.S. Air Force EQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is positioned in front of an RQ-4 Global Hawk at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 11, 2015.Three RQ-4 Global Hawks were converted to an EQ-4 relay configuration carrying the Battlefield Airborne Communication Node (BACN) in 2009. (Photo by Frank Miller/U.S. Air Force)

March 24, 2016

Japan, South Korea ‘Going for’ Global Hawk Drones, Official Says

In this Sunday, April 17, 2011 file photo, Chinese Air Force crew members inspect a J-20 stealth fighter in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province. (Color China Photo via AP, File)

March 23, 2016

Chinese Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing US Military Aircraft Data

Sea

Then-Lt. Edward Lin, a native of Taiwan, shares his personal stories about his journey to citizenship to 80 newly nationalized citizens at a ceremony in Honolulu, Dec. 3, 2008. (Photo by Sarah Murphy/U.S. Navy)

April 11, 2016

Here’s the Charge Sheet for the US Sailor Accused of Spying for China

The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is currently conducting at-sea tests and trials in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works/Released)

April 11, 2016

Navy’s Futuristic Destroyer is Apparently Too Stealthy

An upgraded version of BAE Systems' Assault Amphibious Vehicle. Photo: BAE Systems.

April 8, 2016

BAE Systems to Provide Upgraded Amphibious Assault Craft to Japan

This image with notations provided by ImageSat International N.V., on Feb. 17, 2016, shows satellite images of Woody Island, the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. A U.S. official confirmed that China has placed a surface-to-air missile system on Woody Island in the Paracel chain, but it is unclear whether this is a short-term deployment or something intended to be more long-lasting. (ImageSat International N.V. via AP)

February 24, 2016

China ‘Clearly’ Militarizing South China Sea: Pacific Command Chief

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Cooper performs passive acoustic analysis in the sonar control room aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) on Sept. 3, 2013. (Photo by Jacob D. Moore/U.S. Navy)

February 19, 2016

Navy Wants to Unplug from Some Networks to Stay Ahead of Cyberattacks

Cyber

Natick's new virtual reality dome will enable researchers to assess the impact of the environment on Soldier cognition, including decision-making, spatial memory or wayfinding. Researchers will also be able to assess the impact of new equipment on cognitive abilities. Photo: David Kamm, NSRDEC

March 18, 2016

Virtual Reality Dome to Assess Soldier Thinking in Virtual Combat Environment

The multi-pixel robot skin measures 5 millimeters thick, with each of 64 pixels measuring 4 millimeters. It can be stretched five or six times its size and change color. Photo courtesy of Organic Robotics Lab, Cornell University.

March 14, 2016

Defense Robots May Get Hi-Tech Skin that Feels – and Includes Camo

March 2, 2016

Pentagon Wants a Few Good Hackers

March 1, 2016

Pentagon Sidesteps Apple-FBI Case While Seeking Tech Partners

February 24, 2016

Video: Atlas Robot Won’t Back Down from Bully Scientist

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Air Force Wants Cruise Missiles Capable of Beaming Directed Energy
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Here’s the Charge Sheet for the US Sailor Accused of Spying for China
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BAE Systems to Provide Upgraded Amphibious Assault Craft to Japan
Air Force, Navy Mull Integrating Global Hawk, Triton Drones
Here are the Iranian Weapons the US Navy Just Seized

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