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    This concept for a bio-hybrid robotic insect combines engineered and biological parts, and potentially is for environmental monitoring or intelligence gathering.
    Computers

    Researchers eye bio-hybrid robots with engineered and biological parts for self-healing, energy efficiency

    John Keller
    Jan. 21, 2025
    Biohybrid robotics combines living organisms and synthetic materials to create biorobots with adaptability, self-healing, and energy efficiency.

    Defense Executive

    General Atomics will provide the MQ-8B uncrewed aircraft to Canada for polar and maritime reconnaissance.
    A CV-22 Osprey from Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., flies over the U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colo.
    The emerging VITA 93 QMC open-systems standard aims at high-performance I/O for small-form-factor embedded computing.
    A Standard Missile (SM) 2 fires from the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) in the Atlantic Ocean.
    An electronic warfare operator monitors his workstation on a P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance jet during a mission to assist in search and rescue efforts.
    A U.S. Navy aviation electronics technician calibrates eCASS test equipment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
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    The Tough and Affordable Ceramics Today (INTACT) project will explore atomic-scale toughening mechanisms that afford ceramics with the ductile characteristics of metallic systems.
    The REMUS 300 is built for military and commercial applications like mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), oil and gas, and undersea surveys
    Uncrewed

    Huntington Ingalls to build unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) for counter-mine warfare and undersea surveys

    John Keller
    Jan. 9, 2025
    Lionfish UUV blends modularity and open-systems architecture in a compact, man-portable design, and is the next-generation of the Swordfish UUV.
    U.S. Navy undersea warfare experts conduct briefings about the Navy’s unmanned undersea systems capabilities.
    Uncrewed

    Navy researchers conduct classified briefings about future use of unmanned systems on 4 Feb. in Washington

    John Keller
    Jan. 9, 2025
    Classified briefings will be in Washington, D.C., on 4 Feb. 2025; the location will be given upon confirmation of proper clearance.
    An F-35 Lightning II performs a maneuver over Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.
    Sensors

    Lockheed Martin to build 145 new F-35 jet fighter aircraft, avionics, and sensors in $11.8 billion deal

    John Keller
    Jan. 8, 2025
    The F-35, with its advanced avionics and sensors, is a fifth-generation single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole jet fighter-bomber.
    An F-15E hangs from the ceiling of the Benefield Anechoic Facility during testing of the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
    RF/Analog

    Air Force asks Boeing and BAE Systems for electronic warfare (EW) systems for F-15E jet fighter-bomber

    John Keller
    Jan. 8, 2025
    The F-15 EPAWSS is a next-generation digital EW suite that helps the F-15 operate in modern EW threats with dense radio-frequency backgrounds.
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    A high-resolution image of a of muscle cell nuclei highlighting the essential role of DNA and genetic material in controlling protein
    Sensors

    Researchers to brief industry on controlling biological functions with microsystems and molecular catalysts

    John Keller
    Jan. 7, 2025
    How to design nonliving artificial cells that can carry out biological functions of sensing, information processing, and self-repair.