Jun 25 2018
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I’m not sure just how closely you’re tracking the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) research into…
May 18 2017
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You may not want a robot landing the 737 you’re a passenger on, but DARPA is celebrating the fact that its Aircrew…
Mar 9 2017
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There really is no remedy against a biological weapon attack, but Johns Hopkins University researchers hope the…
Mar 3 2017
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Would-be terrorists may have a harder time using a disastrous weapon on Washington D.C. now that DARPA (Defense…
Feb 24 2017
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GPS is one of those amazing technologies we use every day and kind of take for granted, allowing us to navigate our…
Apr 19 2016
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DARPA is working on a new terrifyingly-named “Gremlins” program to develop swarms of small, reusable drones deployed…
Feb 16 2016
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Feb 15 2016
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s initiative to build a long-endurance unmanned ship that will hunt…
Dec 29 2015
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Northrop Grumman scored another win this last year after its Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) concept…
Oct 6 2015
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Most of the time, we think of space-faring rockets as being launched from the ground. As demand for satellite launch…
Sep 13 2015
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The Pentagon’s bleeding edge technology development office, DARPA, and Georgia Institute of Technology are working…
Apr 9 2015
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DARPA is working hard on making it easier for Forward Air Controllers to order fast precision air strikes under…
Feb 8 2015
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In a broad-reaching report by 60 Minutes about DARPA and the Internet of Things, the Department of Defense has…
Oct 9 2014
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An enclosed, armored seat. Cameras and sensors to see through the walls. Crew augmentation. And a fighter-jet style…
Apr 18 2012
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How do you hide an airplane behind a bird? Very skillfully. Lt. Col. William B. O'Connor (ret.) flew the F-117…
Nov 1 2011
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When you or I ask for a flying car, we get "Terrafugia's Transition," a roadable aircraft. When DARPA asks for a…
Aug 16 2011
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Aug 11 2011
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Even with the world's most powerful computers, there's only so much the brains of the U.S. military can learn about…
Jun 27 2011
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When Local Motors won DARPA's XC2V private "crowd-sourced" competition about 14 weeks ago, they secured the right to…
Jun 9 2011
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Phoenix-based Local Motors has been busy building off-road rally cars designed by crowdsourcing. Yesterday, it…