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Global Defense MarketJUST IN: Ukraine, Indo-Pacific Widen NATO Priorities
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization prepares for its 75th anniversary summit next summer in Washington, strategic challenges spread across Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific are forcing the alliance to retool itself for the most volatile and dangerous security environment since the Cold War, a senior NATO official said.
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Emerging TechnologiesVeteran-Owned Company Provides Gas Mask Alternative
Veteran-owned tech company Ventus Respiratory Technologies has created a lightweight respirator that can serve as an alternative to gas masks.
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ShipbuildingJUST IN: Navy Must Invest in Shipbuilding Industrial Base to Outpace China
CHARLESTON, South Carolina — The U.S. Navy and the defense industry’s current shipbuilding pace is cause for major concern, and together, the two must...
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Robotics and Autonomous SystemsUncrewed Surface Vehicle Sails Through Certification
ARLINGTON, Virginia — California-based company Saildrone announced its Voyager robotic boat has become the first commercial uncrewed surface vehicle to meet light warship standards of the American Bureau of Shipping.
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Defense DepartmentINDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE: The Small Businesses Leading In Defense Innovation
A primary tenet of U.S. defense strategy is to overwhelm an opponent’s numerical advantage with technological superiority. The Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer programs were created by Congress precisely to speed the development of advanced technologies by small businesses to help provide that superiority.
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Human SystemsALGORITHMIC WARFARE: Simulating Civilian Behavior During Military Missions
U.K.-based company Hadean is working on simulating how civilians react — both on the ground and online — to military operations to provide greater complexity and reality for training scenarios.
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SpaceSpace Force Speeds Up Launch Times to Respond to Threats
At 7:28 pm Pacific Time on Sept. 14, a Firefly Aerospace Alpha launch vehicle bearing a Millennium Space Systems-built satellite lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
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National Defense Podcasts
AUGUST 2023
U.S. Hypersonics, Space Propulsion Technology and the Defense Industry's Struggles to Attract Talent
In this episode, National Defense discusses U.S. hypersonic programs, emerging space propulsion technologies, and the aerospace and defense industry’s struggle to attract talent.