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Milan Army Ammunition Plant

The Milan Army Ammunition Plant, a government-owned munitions plant near Milan, Tennessee, loaded and stored Army ammunition from World War II until its deactivation in 2025.

Milan Cathedral

Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano) is the Gothic cathedral and mother church of the Diocese of Milan, begun in 1386 and the largest Gothic church in Italy.

Milan M. Jovanovic

Milan M. Jovanović (1952–2018) was a power-electronics engineer, trained at Virginia Tech, who led R&D at Delta Electronics; his converter techniques reached hundreds of millions of power supplies.

Milan Malpensa Airport

Milan Malpensa Airport, also known as Milano Malpensa, is an international airport in Lombardy about 50 km from Milan, Italy's second-busiest passenger airport and leading cargo hub, renamed for Silvio Berlusconi in 2026.

Milan Stojanovic

Milan Stojanovic, also known as Milan N. Stojanović, is a Serbian-born organic chemist at Columbia University working in DNA nanotechnology and computing, known for MAYA and molecular spiders.

Milani

Milani is a 6U CubeSat built by Tyvak International for ESA's Hera planetary defense mission, scheduled to map the asteroids Dimorphos and Didymos after deployment in January 2027.

Mild hybrid

A mild hybrid is an internal-combustion vehicle with a small 48-volt electric motor that assists the engine and recovers braking energy but cannot drive on electricity alone.

Mildmay line

The Mildmay line is the blue London Overground service running from Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford, named in 2024 in honor of Mildmay Hospital.

MileagePlus

MileagePlus is United Airlines' frequent flyer program, whose members earn and redeem miles for award seats, upgrades, and rewards; it has over 130 million members.

Milepost

A milepost is a marker placed along a road, railway, or waterway at a known distance from a starting point, letting any location on the route be described by a single number.

Miles C. Leverett

Miles C. Leverett (1910–2001) was an American chemical engineer who worked on the Manhattan Project's plutonium reactors and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1984.

Milford Road

The Milford Road is the 119 kilometer section of State Highway 94 running from Te Anau to Milford Sound in Fiordland, New Zealand, the sound's only road access.

Milica Radisic

Milica Radisic is a chemical engineer and professor at the University of Toronto known for the Biowire and AngioChip platforms that grow functional human heart tissue from stem cells.

Milind Kulkarni

Milind Kulkarni is a computer scientist who heads Purdue University's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and studies compilers and runtimes for irregular parallel data.

Military aircraft

A military aircraft, also called a military airplane, is an aircraft built or modified for armed forces use for combat, reconnaissance, transport, or support missions.

Military aircraft insignia

Military aircraft insignia, also called national markings or aircraft roundels, are markings on military aircraft showing nationality and military character, required under the law of air warfare.

Military airfield

A military airfield is an air base operated by a country's armed forces, classified in US doctrine from developed main operating bases to austere bare bases.

Military applications of artificial intelligence

Military applications of artificial intelligence, also called artificial intelligence in warfare, are the uses of AI by armed forces in intelligence analysis, targeting, autonomous weapons, cyber operations, and logistics.

Military base

A military base, also known as a military installation or reservation, is a facility that shelters, supplies, and supports armed forces, from small outposts to installations with airfields and ports.

Military engineering

Military engineering is the branch of engineering that designs, builds, and destroys works for armed forces, including fortifications, roads, bridges, airfields, and the clearing of explosive hazards.

Military engineering vehicle

A military engineering vehicle, also known as a combat engineering vehicle, is an armored or heavy-construction vehicle adapted for clearing mines, bridging, and battlefield recovery.

Military flight training

Military flight training is the system by which armed forces select, teach, and qualify pilots, progressing through phases from ground school to operational conversion on front-line types.

Military Freefall Parachutist Badge

The Military Freefall Parachutist Badge, also known as the HALO Badge, is a US Army and Air Force skill badge for military free fall parachuting, first approved in 1994.

Military glider

The military glider, or assault glider, is an engineless aircraft towed aloft to land troops and vehicles silently behind enemy lines, first used in combat by Germany in 1940.

Military helicopter

A military helicopter, also called an army helicopter, is a rotary-wing aircraft operated by armed forces for attack, transport, reconnaissance, and medevac, entering combat service in the 1940s.

Military robot

A military robot, also called a militarized robot, is an unmanned robotic platform on land, sea, or in the air that performs military tasks, from bomb disposal to mine hunting.

Military satellite

A military satellite is an uncrewed spacecraft operated by a defense ministry or armed forces to support communications, navigation, reconnaissance, missile warning, and signals intelligence, often with dual civilian uses.

Military telegraphy

Military telegraphy is the use of the electric telegraph for command, control, and intelligence in war, from the Crimean War of 1854 to the early twentieth century.

Military transport aircraft

A military transport aircraft, also called a military cargo aircraft, is a military aircraft that carries troops, cargo, and equipment rather than weapons, in tactical and strategic types.

Military truck

A military truck is a motor vehicle of military design, built to military specifications to support combat and tactical operations or troop training, ranging from the jeep to heavy cargo tractors.