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    Futuristic soldier in red and blue light. A cybernetic soldier clad in advanced armor stands against a backdrop split by red and blue lighting, giving a futuristic feel AI generated
    Commentary

    Combining biology and machines in bio-hybrid creatures; does any of this sound familiar?

    John Keller
    Jan. 29, 2025
    Projects seek not only to control biological functions, but also to integrate synthetic and biological components for bio-hybrid cybernetic creatures.

    Computers

    The conga-SA8 SMARC embedded computing modules support clock frequencies as high as 3.9 GHz and feature a configurable TDP of 9 or 15 Watts
    The BQM-34S's large payload capacity make it useful for fleet training and weapon system research, development, test, and evaluation
    Curtiss-Wright is providing high-speed data acquisition units for the U.S. Navy Special Flight Test Instrumentation Pool
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    This detailed rendering of a futuristic scientific device or quantum computer component features a vertical column of glowing red spherical nodes arranged in a double helix pattern.
    The Lockheed Martin AN/TPY-4 3DELRR radar is designed to detect, identify, and track objects at great distances.
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    A team of military personnel formulates strategy in a command center using advanced technology and digital maps for mission planning.
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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.
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    COFFEE technical area 2 asks Northrop Grumman to integrate COFFEE filters to demonstrate interference suppression in all or parts of the 2 to 18 GHz frequency range.
    RF/Analog

    Northrop Grumman to explore new ways of RF interference suppression in military applications like radar

    John Keller
    Jan. 21, 2025
    Northrop Grumman will enable AESA radar antennas to reconfigure beams and communicate across a range of frequencies in congested environments.
    A Tomahawk missile launches from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry
    Sensors

    Raytheon to prepare upgrading ship-launched Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles to add 15 years of life cycle

    John Keller
    Jan. 20, 2025
    Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles are for land-attack, have 900-mile ranges, and in recent years have been upgraded to attack moving ships at sea.
    U.S. Marines back a Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) launcher onto a C-17 cargo jet for transport at Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
    Uncrewed

    Marines ask Oshkosh for uncrewed missile launchers to operate on invasion beaches in $19 million deal

    John Keller
    Jan. 20, 2025
    ROGUE-Fires long-range anti-ship missile launchers are based on unmanned remotely operated versions of the Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.
    A BQM-177 aerial target conducts test flight from China Lake, Calif.
    Uncrewed

    Navy orders subsonic target drones from Kratos to help ships and planes practice against anti-ship missiles

    John Keller
    Jan. 17, 2025
    BQM-177A subsonic unmanned aerial target (SSAT) mimics behaviors and radar cross sections of high-subsonic sea-skimming anti-ship cruise missiles.
    The Curtiss-Wright rugged V3-1708 single-board computer and the DDC-I Deos real-time software are teaming on safety-critical avionics designs.
    Computers

    Curtiss-Wright, DDC-I eye embedded computing real-time software and hardware for safety-certifiable avionics

    Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions
    Jan. 17, 2025
    Deos partitions the L2 and L3 cache memory on the V3-1708's NXP LX2160A Arm Cortex A72 system on chip (SoC) processor on a core and application basis.