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A Marine uses a defense advance GPS receiver during a close air support exercise in Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 27, 2025. 
Can quantum sensing improve magnetic navigation? Pentagon thinks one company is on the right track
A weapons load crew participates in the 18th Maintenance Group's 2nd quarter weapons load competition on July 19, 2024.
Air Force wants a $500,000 counter-air missile, despite cheaper options
Leis at a memorial site during the commemoration ceremony for the 2015 fatal training accident at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, May 17, 2025.
Military aircraft crashes skyrocketed from 2020 to 2024, new data shows
Shutdown’s end just the beginning as contractors face months-long recovery
Air-launched missiles account for a good chunk of the AIr Force's 2025 unfunded priority list. Here, an F-15E Strike Eagle is loaded with five JASSMs at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 11, 2021
Lessons from this year’s unfunded priority lists
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A Marine uses a defense advance GPS receiver during a close air support exercise in Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 27, 2025. 
Can quantum sensing improve magnetic navigation? Pentagon thinks one company is on the right track
A weapons load crew participates in the 18th Maintenance Group's 2nd quarter weapons load competition on July 19, 2024.
Air Force wants a $500,000 counter-air missile, despite cheaper options
Leis at a memorial site during the commemoration ceremony for the 2015 fatal training accident at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, May 17, 2025.
Military aircraft crashes skyrocketed from 2020 to 2024, new data shows
Shutdown’s end just the beginning as contractors face months-long recovery
Air-launched missiles account for a good chunk of the AIr Force's 2025 unfunded priority list. Here, an F-15E Strike Eagle is loaded with five JASSMs at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 11, 2021
Lessons from this year’s unfunded priority lists
sponsor content
Resilience isn’t optional: The new mandate for federal data systems
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‘Extremely lean’ Space Force acquisition units brace for Trump’s workforce cuts

Civilian employees make up about a third of the five-year-old service’s personnel.

  • Audrey Decker
  • March 5, 2025

‘Extremely lean’ Space Force acquisition units brace for Trump’s workforce cuts

Civilian employees make up about a third of the five-year-old service’s personnel.

  • Audrey Decker
  • March 5, 2025
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