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National-security workforce needs young people, former NSA chief says
Paul Nakasone is pushing for new initiatives to bolster national security research and workforce recruitment. It begins with a new institute at Vanderbilt University next month.
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Anduril's hyperscale blueprint is all about its alternative business model
The amount of new investment and a higher valuation for the seven-year-old defense tech startup are important, but far from everything.
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Navy still bullish on lasers but widely-deployed directed-energy ship defense remains years away
Quest gains urgency as enemy drones and missiles get better, cheaper, and more widely used.
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Ancient grains of dust from space on Earth provide clues about the life cycle of stars
Dust can tell us a lot.
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Pentagon planning huge experiment for its connect-everything concept
“We see significant progress,” in opening up DOD data, one observer said. But a bigger, multinational test is coming.
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Generative AI tool is deployed aboard the International Space Station
Booz Allen’s large language model application was uploaded to the space station’s national lab as part of “a forward-leaning payload experiment,” according to the firm.
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Meteorites from Mars help scientists understand the red planet’s interior
Rocks can be very telling.
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Even short trips to space can change an astronaut’s biology
Space isn't easy on the body.
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To guard against cyberattacks in space, researchers ask ‘what if?’
Space hacking is a very real problem.
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Space operations boss wants more virtual simulations to boost training
After a recent demo, Lt. Gen. David Miller said Space Operations Command needs realistic simulations to train at the highest levels.
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Meet the Air Force’s secretive long-range drone that flies for days
The robot surveillance aircraft can fly for 80 hours without refueling.
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Federal funding for major science agencies is at a 25-year low
Houston, we may have a problem.
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Space Command renews call for ways to refuel satellites in orbit
Despite others’ reservations, commander says U.S. space assets need to be able to outrun adversaries.
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How AI is turning satellite imagery into a window on the future
What can a picture from space tell you? “You're likely to have a drought here that might lead to civil unrest.”
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Space among trends driving today's Top 100
For the biggest companies, commercial tech, space and partnerships are keys to success in the federal market.
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Space weather forecasting needs an upgrade to protect future Artemis astronauts
Space weather matters more than ever.
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Leidos retains $738M Air Force enterprise IT contract
The company has supported IT and telecommunications systems for this Air Force customer since 2003.
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NOAA looks to sharpen solar storm forecasts with new satellite
The agency’s GOES-U satellite, scheduled to launch next month, will include an advanced instrument, called a compact coronagraph, to provide scientists with faster, more reliable data about solar storms.
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NASA is working to onboard AI tools
The space agency is testing a generative AI capability that officials expect to go live this summer with approvals to use sensitive internal data.
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