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PACIFIC OCEAN (April 13, 2018) F-35B Lightning II pilots with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit perform flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1) during certification exercises. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11 conduct certification exercises as the final evaluation in a series of training exercises which …

The latest technology in the Corps came together — making history. The CH-53K King Stallion demonstrated its heavy-lift capability, lifting a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle for the first time in January 2018.

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 18, 2018. — NASA’s TESS Satellite Will Supercharge Search for Nearby, Earth-Like Worlds https://www.space.com/40307-nasa-tess-satellite-earth-like-exoplanets.html

Bob Montgomery, Director, Homeland Security Programs, speaks from the L3 Technologies Booth at Sea-Air-Space

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday (April 14) carrying a multi-satellite military payload, the joint venture Lockheed Martin/Boeing space company said in a statement. Weekend tourists could be seen along the beach watching the 20-story rocket generating some 2.5 million …

The Skunk Works® purpose-built MQ-25 unmanned tanker concept is designed to deliver robust refueling capability to support our combat strike fighters and extend the range of our aircraft carriers. Our offering builds on our unmanned systems legacy including the RQ-170 to bring proven, low-risk approaches to our design. http://lmt.co/2HaX3YD.

In October 2016, Allies agreed to provide support to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS with NATO’s AWACS surveillance aircraft. Their advanced sensors allow them to fly in Turkey while observing and managing the airspace in Iraq and Syria. NATO AWACS aircraft help improve the Coalition’s air picture. This makes …

Supersonic commercial travel is on the horizon. Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® has partnered with NASA for more than a decade to enable the next generation of commercial supersonic aircraft. http://lmt.co/2JfuObV

In 2017, San Diego Zoo Global scientists and Northrop Grumman Corporation engineers continued a unique collaboration to advance the understanding of sea ice dynamics and impacts on polar bear behavior. Read about their Arctic mission: https://bit.ly/2kMO4C0

Defense One’s Global Business Editor Marcus Weisgerber explains what we know so far about an experimental U.S. military project using artificial intelligence. The program’s name: Project Maven. // Written and narrated by Marcus Weisgerber; produced by Ben Watson. Read more at http://www.defenseone.com/feature/art…