DARPA Reinvents The Wheel
I’m not sure just how closely you’re tracking the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) research into…
Watch A Robot Land A 737 In A Simulator
You may not want a robot landing the 737 you’re a passenger on, but DARPA is celebrating the fact that its Aircrew…
DARPA Wants To Create A 'Soldier Cell' To Fight Biological Weapon Attacks
There really is no remedy against a biological weapon attack, but Johns Hopkins University researchers hope the…
DARPA Turned Washington D.C.'s Ambulances Into Dirty Bomb Detectors
Would-be terrorists may have a harder time using a disastrous weapon on Washington D.C. now that DARPA (Defense…
Inside DARPA's Plan To Create GPS Systems For Undersea Submarines
GPS is one of those amazing technologies we use every day and kind of take for granted, allowing us to navigate our…
DARPA Wants To Swarm Enemy Skies With Small Reusable Drone Armies Called 'Gremlins'
DARPA is working on a new terrifyingly-named “Gremlins” program to develop swarms of small, reusable drones deployed…
DARPA Released Official Images Of Its Cutting Edge Sub Hunter Drone Ship
Just yesterday Foxtrot Alpha gave the world its first glimpse of DARPA’s submarine hunting unmanned drone ship. Now the…
Exclusive: This Is The First Known Image Of DARPA's Submarine-Hunting Drone Ship
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s initiative to build a long-endurance unmanned ship that will hunt and…
DARPA's Vertical Take Off And Landing Combat Drone Could Revolutionize Naval Combat
Northrop Grumman scored another win this last year after its Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) concept…
Why Motherships Are Making A Big Comeback For Sending Things Into Space
Most of the time, we think of space-faring rockets as being launched from the ground. As demand for satellite launch…
DARPA's Robotic Landing Gear Could Revolutionize How And Where Helicopters Land
The Pentagon’s bleeding edge technology development office, DARPA, and Georgia Institute of Technology are working on a…
Forward Air Controller Uses Android Tablet To Rapidly Order Air Strike
DARPA is working hard on making it easier for Forward Air Controllers to order fast precision air strikes under…
DARPA Hacks GM's OnStar To Remote Control A Chevrolet Impala
In a broad-reaching report by 60 Minutes about DARPA and the Internet of Things, the Department of Defense has shown…
The Military's Future Car Is Much Crazier Than You Ever Imagined
An enclosed, armored seat. Cameras and sensors to see through the walls. Crew augmentation. And a fighter-jet style…
How Lockheed's Skunk Works Got Into The Stealth Fighter Business
How do you hide an airplane behind a bird? Very skillfully. Lt. Col. William B. O'Connor (ret.) flew the F-117…
DARPA is one step closer to its flying Humvee
When you or I ask for a flying car, we get "Terrafugia's Transition," a roadable aircraft. When DARPA asks for a flying…
World's fastest plane gets test flight today
Even with the world's most powerful computers, there's only so much the brains of the U.S. military can learn about…
The Crowd Delivers: DARPA's XC2V Military Vehicle Arrives On Time
When Local Motors won DARPA's XC2V private "crowd-sourced" competition about 14 weeks ago, they secured the right to…
This is the first crowdsourced military vehicle
Phoenix-based Local Motors has been busy building off-road rally cars designed by crowdsourcing. Yesterday, it showed…