On a warm and windy day in May 2022, two hostile drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), suddenly popped up above McMillan Airfield at Camp Roberts, California. An AquaQuad drone was quickly dispatched from the opposite end and, no sooner than it was in position,...

On Jan. 14, 2025, a commercial SpaceX rocket successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying an NPS small satellite, also known as a CubeSat, called Otter. Two hours later, a small team of NPS researchers huddled inside the school’s Satellite Operations Center...

Next stop — Earth.Following a historic lunar flyby at a record-setting distance, the Artemis II crew is now on its return journey, with splashdown expected Friday in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 50-60 miles off the coast of San Diego. Awaiting their arrival will be USS John P. Murtha...

MONTEREY, Calif. — The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), in collaboration with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), today announced Anduril as the winner of the Tactical Missile Innovation Prize Challenge, for demonstrating a compelling path forward for next-generation tactical missile...

MONTEREY, Calif. — The Naval Postgraduate School celebrated its 2026 Winter Quarter graduates during a commencement ceremony March 27 in King Hall Auditorium, awarding 183 advanced degrees in defense-focused disciplines to 181 graduates, including 34 international military officers...

Two Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) alumni will lead the historic Artemis II mission on a 10-day space flight around the Moon — mission commander retired U.S. Navy Capt. Reid Wiseman and spacecraft pilot U.S. Navy Capt. Victor Glover. The target launch window opens on April 1, 2026, the first...

Effective integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) requires an unparalleled level of international cooperation and interoperability, concepts on full display in current operations. The system of systems necessary to be effective, however, requires much more than just collaborative coalition...

Forty years to the day after launching his illustrious federal career, Dr. James H. Newman officially retired from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Dec. 8, 2025...

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has launched a brand new Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI) degree that will confer the advanced knowledge, skills, and practices necessary to develop, assess, and deploy AI for the U.S. Navy, joint forces and allied militaries. Graduates through...

A new, innovative detection system for countering uncrewed aerial systems (c-UAS) conducted its first field tests at sea during the Bold Machina (BOMA) exercise in the Netherlands this September. Rapidly developed by a small team led by officer-scholars from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), the...