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  • The most sensible option to achieving Block 4 readiness in F-35s

    Find out how the F135 ECU is the answer in terms of dollars, safety, speed and strategy. (Partner Content)





  • Software strengthens an already formidable missile

    With Raytheon’s multi-mission Standard Missile-6, the U.S. Navy is cost-effectively strengthening its surface fleet and making the world a safer place. (Partner Content)


  • Success after service

    Veterans transitioning into civilian life face unique challenges, but possess unique skills to conquer them. Knowing what to expect and putting yourself on the right path are critical to finding success after service. Remember, there are others who have made—or…


  • Click here to spot the enemy

    Ding. Ding. Ding. Intruder alert! The desktop chimes grabbed the intelligence analyst’s full attention. These were not instant message signals, but alerts from the Intersect Sentry app, a software tool that allows human analysts to comb through vast troves of…


  • 3-D printing: A training aid for astronauts

    The astronauts of Apollo 13 had a life-threatening problem to solve. They had to move from the command module to the lunar module, and their carbon dioxide scrubbers—little filters that make the air breathable – weren’t fitting quite right. The…


  • View from the cockpit: Former fighter pilots explain air dominance

    Time was running out for Cesar “Rico” Rodriguez and the rest of the NATO fighter pilots. They’d pulled off a surprise strike on a Serbian surface-to-air missile site, but the attack was dragging on—and the enemy was about to hit…


  • Flying a telescope

    NASA calls it “the premier observatory of the next decade.” The James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in 2018, will provide new insight into some of the biggest secrets of the universe. Operated by ground controls from Raytheon, the…


  • The soldier with 100 eyes

    The Pentagon has a vision: to create the omniscient foot soldier. Future fighters will connect to squad mates, support personnel and robots that can fly around corners or crawl through debris to spot hidden threats. That vision is becoming real…


  • Into the eye of the storm

    It’s small, it’s quick and it came from the desert, so they called it Coyote. Only this Coyote can fly. For an hour. In a hurricane. Coyote is a remote-controlled airplane that steps in when the job is too risky…


  • Six cybersecurity questions every CEO should ask

    It wasn’t long ago that businesses still saw cybersecurity as a problem for information technology people to handle. But a wave of aggressive, sophisticated commercial cyberattacks has changed that way of thinking, and CEOs now know it’s their responsibility to…


  • Supercharged radar promises unmatched protection

    Far over the horizon—safe, the enemy commander believes, from his adversary’s defenses—an eight-wheeled mobile launcher fires a ballistic missile skyward on a mission of destruction. Suddenly, as the missile nears its target, a wave of radar energy washes over the…


  • With learning robots and emotional computers, AI becomes real

    The robotic cockroach was called Zeus, and it came into the world knowing only two things. First, it hated light. Second, it could move its body—though it didn’t know how, or what parts it had. Within five minutes, Zeus had…