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An F-35 Lightning II test pilot conducts flight test on September 10. (DVIDS)

Vanilla, an ultra long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, awaits deployment in Guam on June 13, 2024. (DVIDS)

Sgt. Hunter Heinsohn and Cpl. Adam Domagalaski coordinate an electronic attack 6-line during a field training exercise in Oita Prefecture, Japan, on October 22, 2023. (DVIDS)

Sailors prepare an E/A-18G Growler for launch aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea on April 16, 2024. (DVIDS)

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Bryan Wells, Steve Walker, Rand Waldron and Bryan Clark at the NATO Public Forum on July 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Madeline Yarbrough)

A naval drone “Magura” is displayed during the presentation of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on June 11, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Valentyna Polishchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Venue ahead of the NATO Summit in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) flies its battle flag in the Philippine Sea on June 7, 2024. (Ange-Olivier Clement via DVIDS)

Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers patrol at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 7, 2024. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)

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