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    Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) practice loading an inert-dummy RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile into a launcher.
    John Keller
    Aug. 15, 2025
    Missile assemblies are large rocket-type cruise missiles with guidance and aerodynamic components, but without the missile's explosive warheads.

    Uncrewed

    ID 103474438 © Elnur | Dreamstime.com
    ID 103474438 © Elnur | Dreamstime.com
    Military researchers are trying to develop energy-efficient approaches to power-hungry machine learning applications on the battlefield.
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    M-FAT seeks to blur the line between EW and cyber warfare by developing cyber countermeasures that disrupt small uncrewed aircraft -- particularly command and control links -- in contested environments with an emphasis on low-collateral damage.
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    The Army wants affordable attritable uncrewed aircraft able to attack enemy targets, conduct electronic attack, and perform surveillance and reconnaissance.
    UAV Navigation
    A photo of a man and a woman standing next to an uncrewed aircraft on the tarmac.
    The Marine Corps Medium Range Air Defense Radar (MRADR) will be mounted to Medium Range Air Defense Radar (MRADR) on amphibious combat vehicle chassis.
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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
    Credit: DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
    Credit: DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
    Aug. 1, 2025
    Under realistic conditions, the robots demonstrated cooperation and problem-solving skills with the space-bound astronaut – including an induced failure scenario involving an ...
    NASA/Chris LC Clark
    Derek Abramson, left, and Justin Link, right, attach an Alta X drone to the Enhancing Parachutes by Instrumenting the Canopy test experiment on June 4, 2025, at NASA’s Armstong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Abramson is NASA chief engineer at the center’s Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory, where Link also works as a pilot for small uncrewed aircraft systems. NASA researchers are developing technology to make supersonic parachutes safer and more reliable for delivering science instruments and payloads to Mars. NASA/Christopher LC Clark image.
    Jamie Whitney
    July 31, 2025
    In a June demonstration, a quadrotor drone dropped a test capsule that successfully deployed a parachute embedded with strain-measuring sensors.
    NASA JPL
    A rendering from under the autonomous UAV watching it land on Mars.
    Jamie Whitney
    July 28, 2025
    The concept envisions deploying six autonomous helicopters to explore potential landing sites for the first crewed Mars mission. The rotorcraft would transmit high-resolution ...
    Andrei Copachi
    A still from Adnrei Copachi's video demonstrating the flight and underwater capabilities of the project's hybrid quadcopter. Credit: Andrei Copachi.
    July 28, 2025
    In test footage, the craft lifts off beside a large pool, dives, swims briefly, then erupts vertically back into the air, Kaif Shaikh writes for Interesting Engineering.
    AutoFlight
    AutoFlight's CarryAll evtol hovers above a landing pad
    July 25, 2025
    The uncrewed, all-electric aircraft features a maximum takeoff weight of 4,400 pounds, a payload capacity of about 880 pounds, a cruise speed of roughly 125 miles per hour, and...