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    Navy sailors conduct undersea warfare operations aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115).
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    Navy asks Northrop Grumman for advanced undersea warfare sonar signal processing for anti-submarine warfare

    John Keller
    March 31, 2025
    Project will push state of the art sonar perception and exploitation by developing specialized algorithms for autonomous sensing.

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    U.S. Army soldiers hook up a M777 howitzer during a targeting exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif.
    A U.S. Navy MQ-4C assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 Triton takes off from the flightline at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, in 2022.
    The BAE Systems Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle can accommodate new capabilities as enabling technologies evolve.
    The Extron AV SD 121 compact scaling decoder offers 4K imagery with image upscaling and downscaling, enhanced color accuracy, and picture detail.
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    Wafer bonding onto compatible substrates is the critical step for integrating single-crystal thin films into multifunction devices.
    The OES YPR-45-45-100 series of pitch, roll, and yaw three-axis stages are for motion-control applications
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    An F-35 conducts the first flight test last January to certify the F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing variant for carrying the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)
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    Lockheed Martin to provide additional LRASM and JASSM long-range precision-guided air-to-surface missiles

    John Keller
    March 24, 2025
    The JASSM has standoff range to keep air crews well out of danger, while stealthy airframes makes the smart munitions extremely difficult to defeat.
    The The OCU-490-20 UE365-XG's glass lens with the with its 20-degree viewing angle enables exact delivery of the light in critical UV sensing tasks.
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    UV LEDs for sensors in disinfection, counterfeit detection, security, and UV curing introduced by EPIGAP

    EPIGAP OSA Photonics GmbH
    March 24, 2025
    The OCU-490-20 UE365-XG UV LED is for medical or security, with high intensity of 450 milliwatts per steradian (mW/sr) and 365-nanometer wavelength.
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    North Carolina State joins RTX Raytheon and SRI International on the DARPA Heterogenous Adaptively Produced Photonic Interfaces (HAPPI) program
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    North Carolina State joins Raytheon, SRI on photonic chip-to-chip interconnects job for optical computing

    John Keller
    March 21, 2025
    HAPPI focuses on 3D chip optical links and the ability to provide several routing planes within a photonic integrated circuit or photonic interposer.
    The SQG-series passive high-frequency hands-free oscilloscope probes from Sensepeek AB are for AC and DC GHz test and measurement applications.
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    Series of hands-free oscilloscope probes for test and measurement of sensitive circuits offered by Saelig

    Saelig Co Inc
    March 21, 2025
    With Sensepeek baseplates, this series enables measurements at frequencies as high as 6 GHz without the need to solder connections.
    U.S. Army mechanized cavalry are escorted by observer controllers after completing field testing of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV).
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    Army asks BAE Systems to build new armored combat vehicles and vetronics for periodic technology upgrades

    John Keller
    March 20, 2025
    The AMPV is to replace the Army’s Vietnam-era M113 family of combat vehicles, and will back-up the BAE Systems M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle.