Researchers at the University of Groningen have designed a drone with legs that feature four 3D-printed talons. Inspired by the peregrine falcon – an apex predator that uses its talons to grasp prey – the Read More
One of the five winners of the most recent Dragon’s Lair competition – a search for innovative ideas held quarterly at the US Army’s Fort Bragg in North Carolina – was a formula that can Read More
DARPA recently announced its Coded Visibility program, which aims to develop obscurants that will be used to provide warfighters with an asymmetric advantage – where their visibility is enhanced and that of their adversary is Read More
DARPA has awarded a $3 million contract to Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. and a $2.3 million contract to UC San Diego for the Enhanced Night Vision in eyeglass form factors (ENVision) project. Researchers from both Read More
BAE Systems has successfully tested its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket. The precision strike tests were held against a Class 2 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). APKWS was recently upgraded and the company Read More
John Rogers at Northwestern University and his team have developed tiny wireless sensors inspired by floating seeds which could be used to measure environmental factors, and may also have military applications. The new flying microchip Read More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued a solicitation for two technical areas of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) project. Space-BACN will be a reconfigurable, multi-protocol, intersatellite optical communications terminal used to Read More
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin Aeronautics $12.1 million US and Aurora Flight Sciences Corp. $12.4 million to begin phase-one of the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors Read More
The Defense Department inspector General’s office recently published a report – Audit of the Cybersecurity of Department of Defense Additive Manufacturing Systems – warning of the potential security risks when using 3D printing – also Read More
The US Army and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a smart clothing fiber that could transform uniforms into wearable computers. The electronic textiles could be used to power sensors; collect data on Read More
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