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Air Force Academy cadets launch an Estes rocket during an Advanced Model Based Systems course held at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., March 15, 2022. The rockets were launched to teach cadets the benefits of gathering data and how to apply it to digital models.

A Stalker unmanned aircraft system takes off during a littoral exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 3, 2022.

A next-generation Navy air-cushioned landing craft completes well deck interoperability testing with the USS Carter Hall in Panama City Beach, Fla., Feb. 2022.

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Claude Henderson role-plays as a casualty on an expeditionary modular autonomous vehicle during a medical evacuation scenario at Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 24, 2021. The fully autonomous vehicle has a payload capacity of 7,200 pounds.

Marines watch an R80D SkyRaider drone land at Fort Bragg, N.C., April 20, 2021, Rolling Thunder 21.2, a live-fire artillery exercise to increase the 2nd Marine Division’s combat readiness against a peer competitor.