Millennials and Gen Zs may not fully appreciate the remarkable quality of frequency modulation (FM) radio, largely because today’s world offers countless ways to stream music, podcasts, and digital content. Yet, FM radio was once a revolutionary breakthrough—delivering vastly superior sound quality compared to amplitude modulation (AM) broadcasts. What follows is the bittersweet story of FM’s invention and the brilliant mind behind it.
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Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s ambitious Cruiser Modernization Program for its aging Ticonderoga-class ships was a high-profile failure.
-A damning GAO report revealed the Navy wasted $1.84 billion modernizing four cruisers that were ultimately divested before ever deploying.
-The program was plagued by soaring costs (over $500 million per ship), poor contractor performance, and the extreme technical difficulty of integrating modern systems onto 1980s-era hulls.
-The Navy ultimately concluded it was no longer cost-effective, canceling the program in favor of the new DDG(X) destroyer.
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Experts say the U.S. military is at risk of being outgunned and outmanned in cyber warfare.
The U.S. military is hemorrhaging talent in cyber warfare, which national security experts warn could lead to America being outgunned and outsmarted by adversaries such as China, Russia, or Iran, who could use cyber weapons to wreak havoc on American military and civilian infrastructure.
Continue reading “Does the US military need a Cyber Force?”On October 29, 1969, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, successfully send the Stanford Research Institute a first-of-its-kind electronic message on ARPANET, the forerunner of the modern internet.
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28 October 1977: Lambros Callimahos, noted NSA cryptanalyst and teacher, died. Mr. Callimahos was inducted into the NSA Cryptologic Hall of Honor in 2003. Read about his life and accomplishments via the link at the end of this page.
Excerpted from the NSA Cryptologic Hall of Honor record:
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NSA 2006 Hall of Honor Inductee
Bernard Ardisana was born on October 27, 1924, in Tampa, Florida. After graduating high school in 1943, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, serving as a radio engineer during World War II. Following three years of service, he returned to civilian life and pursued higher education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics in 1949.
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