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    The DARPA MICA program could lead to nonliving artificial cells able to carry out functions of living cells for sensing, information processing, and self-repair.
    John Keller
    Sept. 18, 2025
    The MICA program focuses on using microsystems to control biological functions, and will seek hardware demonstrations of molecular catalysts.

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    An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) off the coast of California.
    Joby Aviation
    Joby's eVTOl taking part in flight tests in California. Joby Aviation image.
    Archer Aviation
    Archer Aviation's Midnight eVTOL aircraft at San Francisco International Airport. Archer Aviation photo.
    Army soldiers exit a 30-millimeter Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle during a team fire lane at in Armavir, Armenia, in July 2024.
    Conflux
    A rendering of the TheMa4HERA logo above the Conflux and Honeywell logos.
    The USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) is the first Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer built in the Flight III configuration.
    A Marine Corps weapons expert loads an Advanced, Medium-Range, Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), onto a combat jet aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in February 2022.
    NASA/DARPA
    An artist's concept of a collaborative effort between NASA and DARPA to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space. NASA/DARPA image.
    Sept. 12, 2025
    Perhaps the greatest bottleneck for humanity exploring the Solar System in person or even with swarms of highly sophisticated robots is the lack of the means to get from one celestial...
    A Navy aviation ordnanceman secures an AIM-9X air-to-air missile to an F/A-18F Super Hornet during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in 2024.
    John Keller
    Sept. 11, 2025
    The Navy intends to negotiate an order to the RTX Raytheon segment in Tucson, Ariz., to design and test a digital proximity fuze for the AIM-9X.
    Boeing
    On-orbit render of a Millennium-built small satellite flying Spectrolab solar cells.
    Jamie Whitney
    Sept. 11, 2025
    Boeing says its new additive-manufactured solar array panels can cut build times by up to six months, enabling faster deployment of small and large satellite constellations.
    A Navy F-35 attack jet conducts tests to certify the carrier variant of the fighter aircraft for carrying the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).
    John Keller
    Sept. 11, 2025
    LRASM C-3 can exchange information with military satellites, use imaging infrared and RF seekers for survivability and target identification.
    Artillery soldiers fire M31 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems from their M270A1 MLRS during the Thunder Cloud live-fire exercise in Andoya, Norway in September 2021.
    John Keller
    Sept. 10, 2025
    GMLRS has electronic safe-and-arm devices with MEMS accelerometers, solid-state high voltage switches, and serial interfaces for aiming and firing.