Pentagon wants autonomous surveillance vehicles that can distinguish friend from foe in urban areas
Soldiers operating in urban environments have to make quick decisions when assessing whether someone means to do them harm or...
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DARPA researching autonomy algorithm tech for off-road vehicles to perform better than humans
The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking to develop autonomy algorithm technologies for off-road vehicles that will be...
DARPA sets sights on making AI self-aware of complex time dimensions
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is setting its sights on developing an AI system with a detailed self-understanding...
‘Beijing & Moscow have weaponized space through killer satellites, directed energy weapons’: Defense Sec
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says that China and Russia have weaponized space through "killer satellites" and directed energy...
Pentagon is close to enterprise-wide infrastructure to deploy AI at scale: DoD AI Symposium
The Pentagon is close to having a enterprise-wide AI infrastructure that can be deployed at scale, and could one day...
DARPA chooses AI teams to hack video games like StarCraft II to advance Pentagon war game scenarios
DARPA is looking to the gaming industry for inspiration on different ways to leverage AI, with a specific focus on...
Air Force Hack-A-Sat challenge to go virtual as Pentagon preps for satellite network rollout
The United States Air Force announces it is moving its Hack-A-Sat challenge completely online as the Pentagon prepares to rollout...
Defense biotech research looks to eliminate bacteria causing traveler’s diarrhea, reduce jet lag duration
World traveler's will rejoice at the idea of a seemingly magical device that would guarantee they never suffer from the...
‘COVID-19 could become the last pandemic’: 4 DARPA research programs seeking to end threat of pandemic disease
DARPA is looking to leverage several research programs with the aim of ending pandemic disease threats in response to the...
Envisioning the bioengineered soldier of the future through DARPA research programs
The bioengineered soldier of the future could have amazing super-human capabilities. If DARPA research programs turn out to be successful,...
Drones that can see without being seen ‘at night, underground, in the Arctic, and in fog’: DARPA
DARPA is putting together a research program that could lay the foundation for autonomous vehicles with 3D vision that would...
Local mentality: DARPA program has non-military potential for learning about different cultures
DARPA is known for funding research into technologies that later become commercial, and its new Habitus program has great potential...
DARPA gets back to work on developing autonomous ships as Navy pushes for unmanned fleets
While the US Navy continues to push for unmanned fleets, DARPA moves ahead with the No Manning Required, Ship (NOMARS) program,...
Extracting drinking water out of thin air is DARPA’s latest research program
Extracting water out of thin air, even in the most arid of desert environments, is the basis of a new...
Be All You Can Be! DARPA wants to biohack nature vs nurture to enhance soldiers’ talents
DARPA is taking the old army phrase "be all you can be" to the nature vs nurture debate with a...
Why DARPA should pay attention to psychonaut, mycologist Stamets on JRE: video
DARPA wants the healing benefits of psychedelics, but without the hallucinations. Psychonaut Paul Stamets told Joe Rogan about an anxiety-reducing...
Smart bandwidth key to upcoming surge in wireless device connectivity
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Wireless communication has been a key facilitator of most recent and pending technologies. Smart bandwidth usage is a prerequisite if society...
DARPA, IARPA scientist named 1st permanent director of Space Development Agency
The Department of Defense appoints a former DARPA and IARPA scientist as the first permanent director of the new Space...
DARPA takes another step towards spinal cord injury restoration
DARPA launches a new program designed to restore natural functions after a soldier suffers a spinal cord injury, which comes...
US Army is putting all its AI eggs in one basket, AI in every system
The fact that AI can behave unexpectedly isn't preventing the US Army from putting all its AI eggs in one...
