Dr. Merritt Turetsky, NSI Faculty Director for Arctic Security, was named Volunteer of the Month by the American Geophysical Union

July 2, 2024

Dr. Merritt Turetsky, NSI Faculty Director for Arctic Security, was named Volunteer of the Month by the American Geophysical Union for her work as a volunteer science advisor to Eos science news magazine.

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Dr. Furlich demonstrates detection of the Space X Starship IFT 4 launch using weather satellites

Dr. Furlich participated in an exercise to detect and track Space X Starship IFT 4. Dr. Furlich continues his work for unclassified launch detection using weather satellites for the SDA TAP Lab Project Apollo Cohort 3. Dr. Furlich demonstrated an automated capability that checks the latest images from weather satellites...

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Hypersonic Vehicle Analyses: The Needs and Challenges of Multidisciplinary Simulations

April 17, 2024

High-energy laser weapons: A defense expert explains how they work and what they are used for

March 7, 2024

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder defense expert and Center for National Security Initiatives Director Iain Boyd discusses why nations around the world are rapidly developing high-energy laser weapons for military missions on land and sea, and in the air and space, motivated in part by the growing threat from swarms of drones.

The US Navy wants rechargeable magazines for lasers to take out drones

March 4, 2024

Iain Boyd discusses America’s missile defense, following a campaign promise by Donald Trump to “build an Iron Dome over our country.â€

March 4, 2024

NSI Director Iain Boyd was interviewed by CBS about a balloon of unknown origin over Colorado

March 4, 2024

Center for National Security Initiatives formalizes partnership with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Center for National Security Initiatives formalizes partnership with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have signed a Master Research Agreement (MRA), broadening a partnership between the two institutions and opening new collaboration pathways to address critical national security research and workforce needs.

Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system works well – here’s how Hamas got around it

Oct. 13, 2023

Space Systems Command awards Data Exploitation Technology Transition I contract to Lockheed Martin

Oct. 9, 2023

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