Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Airmen store an F-15C Eagle in a hardened aircraft shelter in preparation for Typhoon Maria on July 9, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (DVIDS)

Rangers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment assault their targets during a live-fire training exercise at Fort Johnson, Louisiana, on December 3, 2023. (DVIDS)

The guided-missile destroyer USS Carney launches land attack missiles on February 3, 2024. (US Navy)

The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald fires the first Naval Strike Missile from a US destroyer on July 18, 2024, in the Pacific Ocean. (US Navy photo)

Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft from Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron 3 operates remotely in San Diego Bay on May 15, 2024. (US Navy photo)

US Marine Corps Cpl. Jakob Santos prepares to launch a RQ-20B Puma during training at Ojojihara Maneuver Area, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on November 29, 2024. (Cpl. William Wallace via DVIDS)

United States Army Soldiers use the Versatile Radio Observation and Direction (VROD) and Modular Adaptive Transmit (VMAX) backpack EW systems in Hawaii on November 1, 2023. (Spc. Mariah Aguilar via DVIDS)

An Air Force F-35A Lightning II performs during an airshow at Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida, on October, 20, 2024. (US Air Force photo)

A Naval Science Institute student practices arc welding at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine on October 10, 2024. (US Navy photo by Branden Bourque)

United States Air Force members begin preparations for a hot pit refuel on a B-2 Spirit in Guam, on September 10, 2024. (DVIDS)

The Zumwalt Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS Michael Monsoor is seen on February 10, 2024. (DVIDS)

Newport News Shipbuilding contractors lift the starboard anchor of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in Newport News, Virginia, on July 14, 2023. (US Navy photo)