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Display Screens Get Flexible

Display Screens Get Flexible

The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) at the University of Chicago has developed a stretchable light-emitting material that will ...
Microphones Are Getting Inspiration From Insects

Microphones Are Getting Inspiration From Insects

A research team led by Andrew Reid from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland is experimenting with 3D printing ...
Meet The New Jellyfish Robot

Meet The New Jellyfish Robot

Roboticists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) have designed a jellyfish-inspired robot which can collect waste from ...
We Can Now See The World Through A Camera's Lens

We Can Now See The World Through A Camera’s Lens

Researchers from MIT and Rice University have discovered new computer vision technology that utilizes reflections to image the world. Their ...
MIT Reduces Concrete's Carbon Footprint

MIT Reduces Concrete’s Carbon Footprint

A team at MIT has discovered that introducing new materials into existing concrete manufacturing processes could significantly reduce concrete’s carbon ...
Switzerland Develops New Cortical Electrode Array

Switzerland Develops New Cortical Electrode Array

A team led by Stephanie Lacour at the EPFL Neuro X Institute in Switzerland has developed a minimally invasive, soft ...
Researchers Speed Up The Wound Healing Process

Researchers Speed Up The Wound Healing Process

Researchers from the Chalmers Institute of Technology (CTH) and the University of Freiburg have proposed a new technique using electricity ...
The New Wave Of Batteries

The New Wave Of Batteries

A team led by Mario Caironi, coordinator of the Printed and Molecular Electronics Laboratory at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, ...
New Warning System Catches Tsunamis Early

New Warning System Catches Tsunamis Early

Researchers at Cardiff University’s School of Mathematics have developed an early warning system that can quickly classify submarine earthquakes and ...
OrigaMechs, The Fully Foldable Robot

OrigaMechs, The Fully Foldable Robot

A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have been working on a new fabrication ...
Biomedicine Sees Another Breakthrough

Biomedicine Sees Another Breakthrough

Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an insoluble cellulose ...
Cambridge University Develops Super-sized Nanocage

Cambridge University Develops Super-sized Nanocage

Researchers at Cambridge University have developed a super-sized nanocage capable of delivering large drug cargoes, with potential applications in drug ...
The New Smart Concrete

The New Smart Concrete

The University of Pittsburgh has a new concept for the development of smart civil infrastructure systems with the introduction of ...
Brewers Grain Turned Energy Storage!

Brewers Grain Turned Energy Storage!

A team from Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany are working with partners from Spain to test brewer’s spent grain ...
New Camera Reads Volcano's SO2 Emissions

New Camera Reads Volcano’s SO2 Emissions

Researchers at the University of Sheffield in England have developed an inexpensive and low-power camera for the long-term measuring of ...
Australia Creates Game-changing Landmine Detection Technology

Australia Creates Game-changing Landmine Detection Technology

A research team at CSIRO - Australia’s national science agency - has developed a new landmine detection technology. CSIRO and ...
Sensors Help Prevent Food Waste

Sensors Help Prevent Food Waste

Researchers at Koç University in Turkey have created a “real-time” food spoilage alert sensor. Studies have shown that an estimated ...
Germany Automates Making Soft Sensors

Germany Automates Making Soft Sensors

The Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed an automatic ...
Researchers Develop Anti-counterfeiting QR Codes

Researchers Develop Anti-counterfeiting QR Codes

Researchers from Nagoya University’s Graduate School of Engineering have developed a method to create anti-counterfeiting QR codes using micrometer-sized spherical ...
Robots Can Be Operated By Our Thoughts

Robots Can Be Operated By Our Thoughts

Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed biosensor technology that will allow a person to operate robots ...
Researchers Develop A Cleaner Way To Recycle Batteries

Researchers Develop A Cleaner Way To Recycle Batteries

Scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have developed a novel recycling method that can recover up to ...
Pigmentless Paint That Never Fades

Pigmentless Paint That Never Fades

The NanoScience Technology Center at the University of Central Florida has created a new paint that does not use any ...
Meet The New Eco-Friendly Glass Of The Future

Meet The New Eco-Friendly Glass Of The Future

A research team from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed an eco-friendly ...
MIT Creates An Amazingly Absorbent New Material

MIT Creates An Amazingly Absorbent New Material

Researchers at MIT have synthesized a superabsorbent material that demonstrates “record-breaking” vapor absorption from the air, even in desert-like conditions ...
New Robotic Gloves Gives The Disabled  A Helping Hand

New Robotic Gloves Gives The Disabled A Helping Hand

Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Department of Ocean & Mechanical Engineering has developed an AI-powered soft robotic glove designed to assist ...
AI Assists With Detecting Bacteria In Liquids

AI Assists With Detecting Bacteria In Liquids

Stanford University has integrated AI-assisted imaging with the technology of the outdated inkjet printer to create a more efficient and ...
Battery Technology Gets A Price Cut

Battery Technology Gets A Price Cut

Researchers at Arizona State University are seeking to cut costs and stabilize the supply chain in battery technology by mixing ...
Researchers Discover A System That Turns LED To UVB

Researchers Discover A System That Turns LED To UVB

An international research team - from Kyushu University in Japan and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany - has created ...
New Food Packaging Development Tells Plastic To Take A Back Seat

New Food Packaging Development Tells Plastic To Take A Back Seat

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have created a plastic alternative that is transparent, completely edible, and fully degradable ...
Energy Can Now Be Generated Through Environmental Vibrations

Energy Can Now Be Generated Through Environmental Vibrations

Tohoku University in Japan has led an international team in engineering a new energy-harvesting device that can transform vibrations from ...
New Development In Clean Hydrogen Production

New Development In Clean Hydrogen Production

A global team led by David Lee Phillips and Zheng-Xiao Guo at the University of Hong Kong has created a ...
Yeast Aides In Detecting Covid-19

Yeast Aides In Detecting Covid-19

Dr. Matt Trau’s team at The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia are making powdery ‘nanoprobes’ from baker’s yeast that ...
New Clothing Harnesses Energy Through Body Movement

New Clothing Harnesses Energy Through Body Movement

An international team of researchers from Sichuan University, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a ...
How Will Cement Production Get Decarbonized?

How Will Cement Production Get Decarbonized?

The Department of Energy has awarded US$3.2 million to Solar MEAD - a joint project headed by CEMEX, Sandia National ...
Tokyo Metropolitan University Focuses On TMC Nanostructures

Tokyo Metropolitan University Focuses On TMC Nanostructures

Scientists from the Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) - led by Assistant Professor Yusuke Nakanishi and Associate Professor Yasumitsu Miyata - ...
Edible Drones? Yes.

Edible Drones? Yes.

Drones are often used for unmanned transport tasks, such as delivering food and medical supplies to people in emergency situations ...
MIT Creates A High Sensory Robotic Hand

MIT Creates A High Sensory Robotic Hand

A team at MIT has created a robotic hand with high-tough resolution sensing that can accurately identify an object after ...
Germany Proves Brewery Waste Can Help With Energy Storage

Germany Proves Brewery Waste Can Help With Energy Storage

A team from Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany are working with partners from Spain to test brewer’s spent grain ...
Air Turned To Energy

Air Turned To Energy

Researchers from the Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute in Australia have discovered an enzyme capable of transforming air into energy ...
Contact Lenses Can Now Implement Augmented Reality

Contact Lenses Can Now Implement Augmented Reality

The Smart 3D Printing Research Team at the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) along with a team at Ulsan National ...
Diagnosing Cancer With A Simple Blood Test

Diagnosing Cancer With A Simple Blood Test

Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a new device that can detect and analyze cancer cells ...
Researchers Hit New Breakthrough With Recycling Plastics

Researchers Hit New Breakthrough With Recycling Plastics

The US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and scientists from the Technical University of Munich in Germany ...
Northwestern University Creates Optimal Vertical Electrochemical Transistor

Northwestern University Creates Optimal Vertical Electrochemical Transistor

Northwestern University researchers from multiple disciplines - including chemists, materials scientists, and biomedical engineers - have teamed up to create ...
Could We Have A Dust Free Future?

Could We Have A Dust Free Future?

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have been working with Smart Material Solutions - a North Carolina startup ...
Ben-Gurion University Develops An Amphibious Robot

Ben-Gurion University Develops An Amphibious Robot

Engineers at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev in Israel have developed a very fast and efficient amphibious robot with ...
Flatburn, The Mobile Air Pollution Scanner

Flatburn, The Mobile Air Pollution Scanner

Researchers at MIT have created an open-source version of a low-cost, mobile pollution detector that could enable people to easily ...
U.S. Military Drones Now Have Facial Recognition Capabilities

U.S. Military Drones Now Have Facial Recognition Capabilities

The US Air Force can now equip unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) systems with AI-powered face recognition technology (FRT). The FTR ...
Singapore Creates Artificial Skin With Superior Sensing Capabilities

Singapore Creates Artificial Skin With Superior Sensing Capabilities

A team at Nanyang Technological University has created an artificial skin that surpasses human skin in its sensitivity to detect ...
Rice University Develops CO2 Trapping Super Wood

Rice University Develops CO2 Trapping Super Wood

Researchers at Rice University have developed an engineered wood that is stronger than its natural counterparts and can sequester carbon ...
New Microscope Collects Data With Terahertz Waves

New Microscope Collects Data With Terahertz Waves

A team from the DOE’s Ames National Laboratory has developed a microscope that uses terahertz waves to collect data on ...
Silk Moths Enable New Biopolymer Sensor To Detect Environmental Toxins

Silk Moths Enable New Biopolymer Sensor To Detect Environmental Toxins

Researchers at Tufts University’s Silklab have created a new biopolymer sensor that detects bacteria, toxins, and dangerous chemicals in the ...
New Research Uses WiFi To See Humans Through Walls

New Research Uses WiFi To See Humans Through Walls

A team at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a technique of tracking human bodies through walls using WiFi signals. While ...
6G Is On Its Way With VLC

6G Is On Its Way With VLC

Visible light communication (VLC) - a wireless method that enables high-speed transmission of data with visible light - is a ...
Researchers In Illinois Create Bioelectronic Robots

Researchers In Illinois Create Bioelectronic Robots

A group of researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, and other collaborating institutions have developed hybrid bioelectronic ...
New Solar Powered Gas Sensor To Help The Environment

New Solar Powered Gas Sensor To Help The Environment

Researchers from the Australian Research Council Center of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) have developed a tiny nitrogen dioxide ...
UCLA Develops A More Cost Effective Solar Cell

UCLA Develops A More Cost Effective Solar Cell

UCLA has collaborated with a group of researchers from around the world to develop a method of incorporating perovskite into ...
The GRIFFIN Project Successfully Creates A Perching Robot

The GRIFFIN Project Successfully Creates A Perching Robot

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) has developed a method that allows a flapping-wing robot to land autonomously ...
Israel Creates A Living Bio-Solar Cell Ran Off Photosynthesis

Israel Creates A Living Bio-Solar Cell Ran Off Photosynthesis

For the first time, scientists from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) have been able to use a plant to ...
How Fast Can You Charge Your EV? 72 Seconds Fast?

How Fast Can You Charge Your EV? 72 Seconds Fast?

Swiss startup Morand has developed a new battery technology that it claims can charge an electric vehicle (EV) battery in ...
IIT Develops A New Prototype Tripedal Space Robot

IIT Develops A New Prototype Tripedal Space Robot

Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) - along with Leonardo S.p.A and GMV - recently unveiled a new ...
Forever Chemicals Get A Fight From The University of California Riverside

Forever Chemicals Get A Fight From The University of California Riverside

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) have developed a new method to chemically break up poly- and per-fluoroalkyl ...
Denmark Uses Robot Maintenance For Wind Turbine Blades

Denmark Uses Robot Maintenance For Wind Turbine Blades

Vestas - an energy solutions provider based in Denmark - has introduced its new stand-alone business, BladeRobots. BladeRobots is an ...
Wi-Peep Reveals The Weakness In Polite WiFi

Wi-Peep Reveals The Weakness In Polite WiFi

Researchers at Ontario’s University of Waterloo have created a drone-powered airborne scanning device that can triangulate the location of every ...
Measuring Neural Activity With Light

Measuring Neural Activity With Light

The School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia has put together ...
India Generates Energy From Sea Waves

India Generates Energy From Sea Waves

Researchers from the Department of Ocean Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) have developed an ‘Ocean ...
Sensors For Gastrointestinal Health

Sensors For Gastrointestinal Health

Researchers at the University of California San Diego Center for Wearable Sensors have created a self-powered sensor to monitor metabolites ...
MIT Produces Ultralight Fabric Solar Cells

MIT Produces Ultralight Fabric Solar Cells

Engineers at MIT have developed ultralight fabric solar cells that can be affixed to any surface to quickly and easily ...
Nature Inspirers A New Robotic Gripper

Nature Inspirers A New Robotic Gripper

Researchers from the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at Harvard used nature as an inspiration ...
Floating Solar Panels Are Happening

Floating Solar Panels Are Happening

SolarisFloat has developed an innovative solar energy solution that is one of the first to combine floating solar panels with ...
Magnets: The New Way To Remove Microplastics From Water

Magnets: The New Way To Remove Microplastics From Water

Professor Nicky Eshtiaghi and her team at RMIT University in Australia have developed a way to rapidly remove hazardous microplastics ...
Greener Energy Comes From The Bristol Composites Institute

Greener Energy Comes From The Bristol Composites Institute

The Bristol Composites Institute (BCI) of the University of Bristol in England has led a team in developing a strong ...
Protective Headgear Gets An Upgrade Thanks To The University Of Wisconsin - Madison

Protective Headgear Gets An Upgrade Thanks To The University Of Wisconsin – Madison

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have created a lightweight, ultra-shock-absorbing foam that could be used to greatly improve protective ...
EV Batteries: Penn State Makes Them Smaller, Faster, & Stronger.

EV Batteries: Penn State Makes Them Smaller, Faster, & Stronger.

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University have made a significant breakthrough in electric vehicle battery design that enables a 10-minute charge ...
The University Of Texas At Austin Develops Smart Plastic

The University Of Texas At Austin Develops Smart Plastic

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have created a new plastic-like material which can change its elasticity with ...
Delft University Creates SuperGPS

Delft University Creates SuperGPS

Researchers at the Delft University of Technology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and VSLGlobal navigation satellite systems (GNSS) have created a robust ...
Micro-robots Will Soon Be Fighting Cancer

Micro-robots Will Soon Be Fighting Cancer

Micro-roboticists are working towards a new way of delivering cancer-killing compounds - called enterotoxins - to tumors using bionic bacteria ...
Manta Rays Inspired NC State's Newest Swimming Robot

Manta Rays Inspired NC State’s Newest Swimming Robot

North Carolina State University (NC State) has developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster ...
Wheelchairs Are Under Mind Control In Austin, TX

Wheelchairs Are Under Mind Control In Austin, TX

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have successfully demonstrated a wheelchair that can be controlled by the users’ ...
Artificial Photosynthesis Could Possibly Produce Fuel!

Artificial Photosynthesis Could Possibly Produce Fuel!

Photosynthesis creates carbohydrates, which many organisms require for fuel, but they are not sufficiently energy-dense to power engines. Recently published ...
Producing Green Hydrogen At Sea Is Possible

Producing Green Hydrogen At Sea Is Possible

Lhyfe - a green hydrogen producer - recently launched Sealhyfe, a pilot project featuring the world’s first offshore green hydrogen ...
Aqua App, The New Underwater Mobile App For Divers

Aqua App, The New Underwater Mobile App For Divers

Underwater communications between divers relies on hand signals for communicating safety and directional information. These hand signals range from simple ...
Researchers In Israel Develop Nanodiamonds

Researchers In Israel Develop Nanodiamonds

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Israel have been addressing the challenges presented by transdermal drug delivery (TDD). In order to ...
Paper Batteries? Empa Says It's Possible.

Paper Batteries? Empa Says It’s Possible.

Researchers at Empa recently published a proof-of-concept study for a water-activated, disposable, paper battery. The new battery could be used ...
Breezes Bringing Energy To Singapore

Breezes Bringing Energy To Singapore

Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a wind harvester - a low-cost device that ...
Penn State Identifies Eavesdropping Concern

Penn State Identifies Eavesdropping Concern

Penn State researchers have identified a significant security concern regarding eavesdropping. By using an off-the-shelf automotive radar sensor and a ...
Arkansas Gets It's First Energy Frontier Research Center

Arkansas Gets It’s First Energy Frontier Research Center

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded the University of Arkansas (U of A) a $10.35m four-year grant to ...
Singapore Prepares For A 6G Future

Singapore Prepares For A 6G Future

In preparation for Singapore’s 6G future, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) - Singapore’s state regulatory agency for the converging ...
The University Of Tokyo Studies Material Fatigue

The University Of Tokyo Studies Material Fatigue

Material fatigue - the formation of cracks in a material due to cyclic loading - is a major concern in ...
Crab Shells Are Creating Energy

Crab Shells Are Creating Energy

The University of Maryland's Center for Materials Innovation has created a zinc battery with a biodegradable electrolyte made from crab ...
3D-Printing Drones Could Lead To On-Site  Construction

3D-Printing Drones Could Lead To On-Site Construction

A team of researchers led by the Empa institute, the University of Pennsylvania, and Imperial College London have created cooperative, ...
AI Helmets Helping Firefighters Fight

AI Helmets Helping Firefighters Fight

The National Robotarium in Edinburgh, Scotland has developed a helmet that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help firefighters navigate in ...
Strong, Reliable, and Adaptable, Meet the Utah Bionic Leg

Strong, Reliable, and Adaptable, Meet the Utah Bionic Leg

Researchers at the University of Utah have partnered with Ottobock - the world's largest prosthetic manufacturer - to produce the ...
Killing Bacteria Quicker With New Nano-Copper Coating

Killing Bacteria Quicker With New Nano-Copper Coating

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have created a nano-copper coating that can kill bacteria on surfaces more quickly ...
Competing For How To Source Critical Minerals

Competing For How To Source Critical Minerals

DARPA and the US Geological Survey (USGS) have launched a competition to explore how machine learning and AI can aid ...
ANCILLARY, DARPA Advancing Vertical Takeoff

ANCILLARY, DARPA Advancing Vertical Takeoff

DARPA recently launched its AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY X-Plane program - called ANCILLARY. The program aims to develop ...
Reality Goggles Making Soldiers More Effective

Reality Goggles Making Soldiers More Effective

The US Army has started to receive the first of tens of thousands of augmented reality goggles designed to make ...
MAPS GEN II, The New Backup Plan For GPS Signals

MAPS GEN II, The New Backup Plan For GPS Signals

The U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) has awarded Raytheon subsidiary Collins Aerospace ...
Under Water Drones Monitor Sea Ice In The Antarctic

Under Water Drones Monitor Sea Ice In The Antarctic

Researchers from the University of Washington and Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory are reporting the successful deployment of three undersea ...
DARPA'a Ouija Program Seeks To Improve High-Frequency Radio Communications

DARPA’a Ouija Program Seeks To Improve High-Frequency Radio Communications

DARPA is seeking companies to develop real-time modeling for assimilative ionospheric and high-frequency (HF) radio propagation. The project - called ...
Sierra Space Tasked To Create Smarter Military Space Transportation

Sierra Space Tasked To Create Smarter Military Space Transportation

Sierra Space has signed a Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Department of Defense’s Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) ...
White Sands Missile Range Powers Up With A Microgrid System

White Sands Missile Range Powers Up With A Microgrid System

The US Army has awarded HSGS-Ameresco with a contract to install a microgrid system at the U.S. Department of Defense ...
Now Available: The SOSA Business Guide

Now Available: The SOSA Business Guide

The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Consortium recently published the SOSA Business Guide, Edition 1.0. The SOSA Business ...
The UK Government's Defense Space Strategy Names Earth Observation A Priority With Azalea

The UK Government’s Defense Space Strategy Names Earth Observation A Priority With Azalea

BAE Systems has scheduled the launch of its space-based communication project - Azalea. Azalea is a multi-sensor satellite cluster designed ...
Phase 1: Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node Initiative Teams Chosen

Phase 1: Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node Initiative Teams Chosen

DARPA has chosen the winning 11 teams for Phase 1 of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node initiative (Space-BACN.) Space-BACN will ...
U.S. Navy's Unmanned Influence Sweep System Achieves Initial Operating Capability

U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Influence Sweep System Achieves Initial Operating Capability

The Navy’s Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) recently announced that the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) ...
DARPA Uses Vision As A Military Tactic

DARPA Uses Vision As A Military Tactic

DARPA has selected multiple teams of researchers for its Coded Visibility (CV) program which seeks to develop a new smoke-like ...
The US Air Force Successfully Demonstrates Project 212

The US Air Force Successfully Demonstrates Project 212

The US Air Force (USAF) recently successfully demonstrated a new System-of-Systems Technology Integration Tool Chain for Heterogeneous Electronic Systems (STITCHES) ...
The U.S. Air Force Looks To Upgrade Next Generation Aerial Targets

The U.S. Air Force Looks To Upgrade Next Generation Aerial Targets

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center recently posted a request for information (RFI) for a supersonic-capable Next Generation Aerial ...
The U.S. Army Awards $15 Million To Develop An Electronic Warfare System

The U.S. Army Awards $15 Million To Develop An Electronic Warfare System

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics Mission Systems a contract worth US $15 million to develop concepts ...
Meet Beowulf, The U.S. Army's Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle

Meet Beowulf, The U.S. Army’s Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle

BAE Systems has won the U.S. Army's competition for its Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program, receiving a US$278 million ...
New Digital Radar Architecture Set To Greatly Improve Military Sensing

New Digital Radar Architecture Set To Greatly Improve Military Sensing

Sandia National Laboratories is developing a new digital radar architecture which is expected to greatly improve military sensing. It will ...
Reveal Technology And Teal Drones Create More Accurate 3D Maps For Military Operations

Reveal Technology And Teal Drones Create More Accurate 3D Maps For Military Operations

Reveal Technology partnered with Teal Drones to improve Reveal’s “Farsight” mapping software which produces high-fidelity 3D maps. The ability to ...
The NRL Creates Project To Gain Better Understanding Of Seabed Geologic Processes

The NRL Creates Project To Gain Better Understanding Of Seabed Geologic Processes

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has issued a sources-sought notice for the Ocean Dynamics and Prediction Engineering and Software Development ...
U.S. Marine Corps To Purchase Iron Dome-Based Missle System

U.S. Marine Corps To Purchase Iron Dome-Based Missle System

The U.S. Marine Corps has successfully tested an air-defense interceptor system which incorporates Israeli defense company Rafael’s Iron Dome Tamir ...
The Operational Fires Program Is A Success

The Operational Fires Program Is A Success

DARPA has successfully conducted the first flight test of the Operational Fires Program. OpFires seeks to demonstrate a ground-launched, two-stage ...
New Mask On Breathing Device To Train Naval Aviators With Distress Symptoms

New Mask On Breathing Device To Train Naval Aviators With Distress Symptoms

The Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges (NASTP) program office (PMA-205) recently installed and demonstrated the new Mask on Breathing ...
Northrop Grumman To Perform Flight Tests For MuSTaR Program

Northrop Grumman To Perform Flight Tests For MuSTaR Program

Northrop Grumman has been chosen to perform flight tests for the Air Force’s Multi-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MuSTeR) ...
Mine Hunting Made Faster With New Airborne  Countermeasure System

Mine Hunting Made Faster With New Airborne Countermeasure System

The U.S. Navy has successfully demonstrated the use of a prototype airborne mine countermeasure system. The test involved a BAE ...
The Pentagon Creates A Task Force To Review Emerging Technologies For U.S. Military

The Pentagon Creates A Task Force To Review Emerging Technologies For U.S. Military

The Pentagon's Defense Science Board (DSB) recently formed a new task force - named The Strategic Options Task Force - ...
Fort Carson, CO To House The First Megawatt Energy Storage System

Fort Carson, CO To House The First Megawatt Energy Storage System

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted with Lockheed Martin to construct the nation's first megawatt-scale long-duration energy storage ...
Digital Sensor To Gage The Severity Of Burn Victims In The Field

Digital Sensor To Gage The Severity Of Burn Victims In The Field

The Army’s Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) has issued a request for the Burn Digital Assessment project (BDA). BDA is ...
US Air Force Research Laboratory Awards $89.4 Million Contract To Dzyne Technologies

US Air Force Research Laboratory Awards $89.4 Million Contract To Dzyne Technologies

The US Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $89.4 million contract to Dzyne Technologies to research the unmanned Small Payload ...
The Troposcatter Communications System Delivers With Performance

The Troposcatter Communications System Delivers With Performance

Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) recently completed a successful five-week demonstration of its Troposcatter communications system. Troposcatter is a “point-to-point,” ...
Drones In Extreme Weather? No Problem, Caltech Develops Neural-Fly

Drones In Extreme Weather? No Problem, Caltech Develops Neural-Fly

Researchers at Caltech have developed a deep-learning method that can help drones cope with new and unknown wind conditions in ...
Recharging Drones With Lasers, To Be A Force Multiplier

Recharging Drones With Lasers, To Be A Force Multiplier

DARPA has issued a formal request for information (RFI) for the Airborne Energy Well project - a method of recharging ...
Ghost Robotics' Robot Dog Now Goes Swimming

Ghost Robotics’ Robot Dog Now Goes Swimming

Ghost Robotics’ robot dog - Vision 60 - has been deployed on patrol at the Tyndall Air Force base for ...
Canada Successfully De-Orbits Nanosatellite Demonstration

Canada Successfully De-Orbits Nanosatellite Demonstration

CanX-7 (Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiment-7) - a de-orbiting nanosatellite demonstration mission - has successfully de-orbited a 3.5kg nanosatellite using drag ...
US Air Force Awards $4M For Short-Range Air-To-Ground Missiles

US Air Force Awards $4M For Short-Range Air-To-Ground Missiles

Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and L3 Harris have each been awarded 90-day, $2 million contracts by the U.S. Air Force ...
Air Force Seeks Information For Low Collateral Effects Interceptor UAV Project

Air Force Seeks Information For Low Collateral Effects Interceptor UAV Project

The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate recently issued a request for information for the Low Collateral Effects Interceptor (LCEI) ...
Jackal Suicide Drone Will Bridge Capability Gap Toward Tactical Electronic Warfare Missions

Jackal Suicide Drone Will Bridge Capability Gap Toward Tactical Electronic Warfare Missions

Northrop Grumman is currently developing the Jackal suicide drone - a turbojet-powered ‘sprint' loitering weapon system designed to bridge the ...
NSWC Crane and Kleos Space Track Ship Movements From Space Using RF Emissions

NSWC Crane and Kleos Space Track Ship Movements From Space Using RF Emissions

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Division, Crane (NSWC Crane) is working with Kleos Space - a Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a-Service ...
DARPA H6 Program To Develop Microsecond Precision Clocks For Use In Specific Climates

DARPA H6 Program To Develop Microsecond Precision Clocks For Use In Specific Climates

The DARPA Microsystems Technology Office recently issued a broad agency announcement for the H6 program which will seek to develop ...
DARPA To Revolutionize Heavy Air Lift Ability From Sea With Liberty Lifter Project

DARPA To Revolutionize Heavy Air Lift Ability From Sea With Liberty Lifter Project

DARPA’s Liberty Lifter project is seeking to develop a new vehicle concept that will expand upon existing cargo aircraft by ...
US Air Force Launches Prototype of What May Be First Operational Hypersonic Missile

US Air Force Launches Prototype of What May Be First Operational Hypersonic Missile

After a streak of three consecutive failed tests, the U.S. Air Force has finally successfully test-launched a prototype of an ...
Compact-able Antenna Will Allow More Powerful Radio Communications On Smaller Satellites

Compact-able Antenna Will Allow More Powerful Radio Communications On Smaller Satellites

Student researchers from the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder have designed a ...
US Air Force Demonstrates Low-Cost, Air-Delivered, Ship-Killing Smart Bomb

US Air Force Demonstrates Low-Cost, Air-Delivered, Ship-Killing Smart Bomb

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Eglin Air Force Base's Integrated Test Team have successfully demonstrated a new ...
US Army Seeks Easy-To-Carry Sensors

US Army Seeks Easy-To-Carry Sensors

The U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) is seeking to develop sensors that are light ...
Boeing Reveals T-7A Red Hawk Advanced Trainer Jet

Boeing Reveals T-7A Red Hawk Advanced Trainer Jet

Boeing has revealed its first T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer jet - one of 351 aircraft contracted to be delivered ...
VICEROY DECREE Will Recruit, Train Next Generation Experts In Cyber Warfare

VICEROY DECREE Will Recruit, Train Next Generation Experts In Cyber Warfare

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has partnered with Northeastern University, Northern Arizona University, the University of Houston, the University ...
DARPA Announces 3 Initiatives To Improve Synthetic Aperture Radar In Satellites

DARPA Announces 3 Initiatives To Improve Synthetic Aperture Radar In Satellites

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued broad agency announcements for three initiatives aimed at improving synthetic aperture ...
New Lightweight Vehicle Surveillance System Can Act As Mobile System To Counter Drone Swarms

New Lightweight Vehicle Surveillance System Can Act As Mobile System To Counter Drone Swarms

Teledyne FLIR Defense has introduced a new Lightweight Vehicle Surveillance System (LVSS) which can be mounted on a full-sized commercial ...
US Army Issues RFI For Powered and Unpowered Exoskeletons for Human Performance Augmentation

US Army Issues RFI For Powered and Unpowered Exoskeletons for Human Performance Augmentation

The Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Solder Center has issued a request for information (RFI) for the Powered and Unpowered ...
Air Force Seeks Partners For High Power Electromagnetics Empirical Effects Project

Air Force Seeks Partners For High Power Electromagnetics Empirical Effects Project

The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate is seeking partners for the High Power Electromagnetics (HPEM) Empirical Effects project ...
US Navy Tests All-Electric High-Energy Laser To Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems, Fast-Attack Boats

US Navy Tests All-Electric High-Energy Laser To Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems, Fast-Attack Boats

The U.S. Navy recently successfully tested the Lockheed Martin LLD (Layered Laser Defense) system by tracking and shooting down an ...
Mobile Nuclear Microreactor Can Power Military Base, Reach Site by Cargo Plane

Mobile Nuclear Microreactor Can Power Military Base, Reach Site by Cargo Plane

The Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) has approved Project PELE (Portable Energy for Lasting Effects) - a mobile ...
UK Ministry of Defense Tests Battery-Powered Flight For Military Aircraft

UK Ministry of Defense Tests Battery-Powered Flight For Military Aircraft

The UK Ministry of Defense is working with Elbit Systems UK and Affinity Flying Training Services on a series of ...
DARPA Seeks Enabling Technologies In Microsystems

DARPA Seeks Enabling Technologies In Microsystems

DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) has released a broad-agency announcement seeking enabling technologies in areas not currently addressed by MTO ...
US Marine Corps, Army To Study UAV Swarm Behavior At Edge 22 Exercise

US Marine Corps, Army To Study UAV Swarm Behavior At Edge 22 Exercise

Later this year, the US Marine Corps and the Army will be studying UAV swarm behavior at the Edge 22 ...
US Army Research Lab Spends $5.1M To Advance Hybrid Electric Engine Technology

US Army Research Lab Spends $5.1M To Advance Hybrid Electric Engine Technology

The U.S. Army’s Research Laboratory has awarded GE a $5.1 million research and development contract for the Applied Research Collaborative ...
Charles Stark Draper Lab Ruggedizes Electro-Optical Components Within PNT Devices

Charles Stark Draper Lab Ruggedizes Electro-Optical Components Within PNT Devices

Researchers at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory have developed new techniques to ruggedize electro-optical components for assured positioning, navigation, and ...
Machine Learning May Transform Night Vision Into Full Color, Researchers Say

Machine Learning May Transform Night Vision Into Full Color, Researchers Say

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine are using machine learning in an attempt to transform night vision from its ...
Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate Announces Research Topic Areas For Upcoming Project

Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate Announces Research Topic Areas For Upcoming Project

The Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate has issued a broad-agency announcement for the Air Delivered Effects project. Air Delivered ...
Flight of Textron Aerosonde Represents Expansion of Unmanned Systems In Real-World Maritime Missions

Flight of Textron Aerosonde Represents Expansion of Unmanned Systems In Real-World Maritime Missions

For the first time, Textron recently completed a successful flight and maritime integration of its Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System ...
US Space Force To Automate Manual Data Analysis, Produce More Timely Intelligence

US Space Force To Automate Manual Data Analysis, Produce More Timely Intelligence

The U.S. Space Force is now receiving data collected by a constellation of about 40 geolocation cubesats operated by Spire ...
US Army Prioritizes Understanding How To Use Passive Sensors On Battlefield

US Army Prioritizes Understanding How To Use Passive Sensors On Battlefield

One of the top priorities for the Army’s electronic warfare community is gaining a better understanding of how passive sensors ...
US Air Force Creates New Information Warfare Training and Research Detachment, Addresses Operations In Information Environment

US Air Force Creates New Information Warfare Training and Research Detachment, Addresses Operations In Information Environment

The US Air Force’s Air Combat Command has created a new information warfare (IW) training and research detachment aimed at ...
US Missile Defense Agency Successfully Remotely Launches PAC-3 MSE from THADD

US Missile Defense Agency Successfully Remotely Launches PAC-3 MSE from THADD

For the first time, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully remotely launched the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement ...
US Army Awards $3.8M For Fort Benning Smart Installation and Community Dashboard

US Army Awards $3.8M For Fort Benning Smart Installation and Community Dashboard

The U.S. Army Engineer and Development Center (ERDC) has awarded a $3.8M contract to US Ignite to design and deploy ...
Office of Naval Research Awards $15.4M To Further Develop Pushbroom Imaging LiDAR for Littoral Surveillance System

Office of Naval Research Awards $15.4M To Further Develop Pushbroom Imaging LiDAR for Littoral Surveillance System

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $15.4 million contract to Areté Associates for the further development of the ...
DARPA's In The Moment Project To Use AI and ML for Difficult Jobs, Medical Triage

DARPA’s In The Moment Project To Use AI and ML for Difficult Jobs, Medical Triage

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a broad agency announcement for the In the Moment (ITM) ...
What Can Owls Teach Us About Quieter Aircraft Turbomachinery Blades, Drones, and Wind Turbines?

What Can Owls Teach Us About Quieter Aircraft Turbomachinery Blades, Drones, and Wind Turbines?

Owls are known to be excellent predators, in part due to their ability to fly quietly and stealthily. Researchers from ...
Project Vermeer To Test Synthetic Kerosene As Fuel Source

Project Vermeer To Test Synthetic Kerosene As Fuel Source

Project Vermeer is a collaborative effort between the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the U.S. Naval Research Department to test ...
Autonomous Systems Researchers Reverse Engineer Hoverflies To Detect Drone Acoustic Signatures

Autonomous Systems Researchers Reverse Engineer Hoverflies To Detect Drone Acoustic Signatures

Autonomous systems researchers at the University of South Australia (UniSA), Flinders University, and Australian defense company Midspar Systems have reverse ...
DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Program To Measure Long-Term Utility of Next Gen Quantum Computing Technology

DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Program To Measure Long-Term Utility of Next Gen Quantum Computing Technology

DARPA has awarded contracts to Raytheon BBN and to the University of Southern California (USC) for its Quantum Benchmarking program ...
Anti-Submarine Warfare Shipboard Sonar Undersea Warfare System To Install Aboard Navy Combat Vessels

Anti-Submarine Warfare Shipboard Sonar Undersea Warfare System To Install Aboard Navy Combat Vessels

The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a contract modification to Leidos to install the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) shipboard ...
Marine Corps System Command Awards $252M For Next Gen Targeting Handheld System

Marine Corps System Command Awards $252M For Next Gen Targeting Handheld System

The Marine Corps Systems Command has awarded a $252 million eight-year contract to Northrop Grumman Mission Systems for the Next ...
DARPA Launches ROCkN Program To Create Optical Atomic Clocks, Improve Time Synchronization

DARPA Launches ROCkN Program To Create Optical Atomic Clocks, Improve Time Synchronization

DARPA has launched its Robust Optical Clock Network (ROCkN) program with the aim of creating optical atomic clocks to improve ...
Classified Naval Postgraduate School Study Explores Convergence of Electronic and Cyber Warfare

Classified Naval Postgraduate School Study Explores Convergence of Electronic and Cyber Warfare

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) commissioned the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to conduct a study exploring the convergence of ...
Air Force Research Laboratory Announces High Power Electromagnetics Modeling and Effects Project

Air Force Research Laboratory Announces High Power Electromagnetics Modeling and Effects Project

The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate recently issued a broad agency announcement for the High Power Electromagnetics (HPEM) ...
US Army Pivots Away From Fossil Fuel Use In Accordance With Pentagon Climate Strategy

US Army Pivots Away From Fossil Fuel Use In Accordance With Pentagon Climate Strategy

In the fall of 2021, the Pentagon released its 32-page climate strategy in order to guide the Army in how ...
US Army Demonstrates Cyber Defense In Cyber Cyclone Exercise

US Army Demonstrates Cyber Defense In Cyber Cyclone Exercise

The U.S. Army’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) has successfully demonstrated their new system designed to defend ground vehicles against ...
US Army Contracts Delivery of X2D Drone for Short Range Reconnaissance

US Army Contracts Delivery of X2D Drone for Short Range Reconnaissance

The U.S. Army has awarded Skydio a contract to deliver its X2D drone to the Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) ...
DARPA Completes Autonomous Flight of UH-60A Black Hawk Helicopter

DARPA Completes Autonomous Flight of UH-60A Black Hawk Helicopter

DARPA recently completed a 30-minute pilotless flight of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter. The helicopter was retrofitted with the core ...
IARPA Awards $14M For Tools To Decipher Radio RF Signals Using ML, AI, DSP

IARPA Awards $14M For Tools To Decipher Radio RF Signals Using ML, AI, DSP

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has awarded BAE Systems a $14M contract to develop tools to decipher radio ...
DHS Trials Quadrupedal Robots For Border Security

DHS Trials Quadrupedal Robots For Border Security

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been running trials of quadrupedal robots - often called robot dogs - ...
DARPA Awards Contract To Develop AI Prototype To Embed Into AR Training Headset

DARPA Awards Contract To Develop AI Prototype To Embed Into AR Training Headset

DARPA recently awarded Northrop Grumman and the University of Central Florida (UCF) a contract to develop a prototype of an ...
US Air Force Seeks Electro-Optical Sensors For Small, Disposable UAVs

US Air Force Seeks Electro-Optical Sensors For Small, Disposable UAVs

The Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking companies to develop advanced-technology, inexpensive electro-optical sensors for small disposable unmanned aerial vehicles ...
US Army Spy Plane Can Detect Moving Targets Using Ground and Dismount Indications

US Army Spy Plane Can Detect Moving Targets Using Ground and Dismount Indications

The US Army has received delivery of the productionized version of the Long Range Radar-Enhanced (LRR-E) prototype. According to the ...
US Army Seeks 300 kw Laser Weapon Prototype

US Army Seeks 300 kw Laser Weapon Prototype

The U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) has issued a call for white papers for a prototype ...
US Army Contracts Next Generation Infantry Weapons, Enables Farther Range and Predictive Shooting

US Army Contracts Next Generation Infantry Weapons, Enables Farther Range and Predictive Shooting

Vortex Optics subsidiary Sheltered Wings has received a contract from the U.S. Army for a new, futuristic scope for its ...
Oshkosh Defense Develops New Hybrid Electric Joint Light Tactical Vehicle

Oshkosh Defense Develops New Hybrid Electric Joint Light Tactical Vehicle

Oshkosh Defense has developed a new version of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) - a silent drive, hybrid-electric vehicle, ...
Space Force Launches 2 New Satellites To Provide Space Domain Awareness Data

Space Force Launches 2 New Satellites To Provide Space Domain Awareness Data

Space Force has launched two additional satellites as part of its Space Domain Awareness initiative (SDA). The satellites are part ...
Capabilities of SB>1 Defiant X Weapon System Include Flying Low and Fast Through Complex Terrain

Capabilities of SB>1 Defiant X Weapon System Include Flying Low and Fast Through Complex Terrain

The Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing team recently successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the SB-1 Defiant X weapon system - a technology ...
DARPA SCEPTER Program Will Explore Machine-Generated Strategies For Warfare

DARPA SCEPTER Program Will Explore Machine-Generated Strategies For Warfare

DARPA has released a broad-agency announcement for the Strategic Chaos Engine for Planning, Tactics, Experimentation and Resiliency (SCEPTER) program. SCEPTER ...
US Air Force Solicits Wearable Sensors To Measure Cognitive Performance In Extreme Environments

US Air Force Solicits Wearable Sensors To Measure Cognitive Performance In Extreme Environments

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory recently issued a solicitation for the Real-Time Assessment and Augmentation of Cognitive Performance in ...
Manta Ray Program To Develop Large, Autonomous, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Capable of Long Missions

Manta Ray Program To Develop Large, Autonomous, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Capable of Long Missions

DARPA recently awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and Martin Defense Group phase two contracts for the Manta Ray program. The ...
US Air Force Works To Replace Airborne High Frequency Radio in Aircraft

US Air Force Works To Replace Airborne High Frequency Radio in Aircraft

The Electronic Warfare and Avionics Program Office of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is working to develop and ...
US Army Tests Drones, Autonomous Technology To Deliver Medical Supplies To Battlefield

US Army Tests Drones, Autonomous Technology To Deliver Medical Supplies To Battlefield

The US Army is currently testing drones and other types of autonomous technology that could deliver medical supplies to the ...
US Navy Opens $23M Lab, "DESIL", To Test New Laser Weapons

US Navy Opens $23M Lab, “DESIL”, To Test New Laser Weapons

The U.S. Navy recently opened a $23 million laboratory in Ventura County, CA to test new laser weapons. The Directed ...
DARPA Awards $19.3M For Self-Healing Network To Securely Connect Sensors and Weapons In Contested Environments

DARPA Awards $19.3M For Self-Healing Network To Securely Connect Sensors and Weapons In Contested Environments

DARPA has awarded a $19.3 million US contract to Peraton Labs for the Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) project. The MINC ...
A Joint Study Will Explore Electrical Vehicle Take Off and Landing For Defense Market

A Joint Study Will Explore Electrical Vehicle Take Off and Landing For Defense Market

BAE Systems and Embraer Defense & Security have plans to work together on a joint study to explore the development ...
New Sailboat-Style Drone Can Provide US Navy With Affordable, Zero-Carbon Tool To Increase Sightline

New Sailboat-Style Drone Can Provide US Navy With Affordable, Zero-Carbon Tool To Increase Sightline

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) recently began operational testing of a sailboat-style drone. The tests are part of an ...
New UAS Will Support Special Operations Troops and High-Demand Users

New UAS Will Support Special Operations Troops and High-Demand Users

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) recently unveiled a new Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) dedicated to the particular needs of special ...
US Air Force Studies Use of Carbon Dioxide To Create Fossil-Free Jet Fuel

US Air Force Studies Use of Carbon Dioxide To Create Fossil-Free Jet Fuel

The US Air Force is working with the carbon transformation company, Twelve to study the feasibility of a process to ...
Drone With Legs and 3D-Printed Talons Can Perch Anywhere

Drone With Legs and 3D-Printed Talons Can Perch Anywhere

Researchers at the University of Groningen have designed a drone with legs that feature four 3D-printed talons. Inspired by the ...
US Air Force Rapid Dragon Palletized Munition System Seeks To Launch Cruise Missiles From Back of Aircraft

US Air Force Rapid Dragon Palletized Munition System Seeks To Launch Cruise Missiles From Back of Aircraft

The US Air Force recently completed another test of its Rapid Dragon palletized munition system concept. Rapid Dragon - sometimes ...
DARPA Recovers Unmanned X-61 Gremlin Air Vehicle In C-130 Flight

DARPA Recovers Unmanned X-61 Gremlin Air Vehicle In C-130 Flight

For the first time, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) succesfully recovered an unmanned X-61 Gremlin air vehicle to ...
Dragon's Lair Competition Winner Can Predict Building's Internal Structure Based On Outward Appearance

Dragon’s Lair Competition Winner Can Predict Building’s Internal Structure Based On Outward Appearance

One of the five winners of the most recent Dragon’s Lair competition - a search for innovative ideas held quarterly ...
DARPA Launches Forecasting Floats in Turbulence Challenge To Predict Sea Drifters, Float Locations

DARPA Launches Forecasting Floats in Turbulence Challenge To Predict Sea Drifters, Float Locations

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched its Forecasting Floats in Turbulence (FTT) challenge in search of technology ...
US Air Force Awards $35.4M For Drones With AnOff-Board Sensing Station

US Air Force Awards $35.4M For Drones With AnOff-Board Sensing Station

The Air Force has awarded Kratos Defense & Security Solutions and General Atomics matching $17.7M contracts to develop drones that ...
US Army Awards Contact For New High-Power, Compact Laser Weapon Subsystem

US Army Awards Contact For New High-Power, Compact Laser Weapon Subsystem

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing have recently been awarded a U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office ...
Stinger Training Dome Projects Terrain and Aircraft Images Within 360° VR Battlefield

Stinger Training Dome Projects Terrain and Aircraft Images Within 360° VR Battlefield

Fort Sill, OK recently held an opening ceremony for its new Integrated Moving Target Simulator - called the Stinger Training ...
DARPA Announces Coded Visibility Program

DARPA Announces Coded Visibility Program

DARPA recently announced its Coded Visibility program, which aims to develop obscurants that will be used to provide warfighters with ...
Low Boom Supersonic UAV Demonstrator Will Provide Next-Gen Combat Drones For Fighter Pilot Training

Low Boom Supersonic UAV Demonstrator Will Provide Next-Gen Combat Drones For Fighter Pilot Training

Exosonic has been awarded a Direct to Phase II SBIR contract from the US Air Force for the development of ...
Bell Autonomous Pod Transport Demonstrates Ability For Quicker Resupply Missions In Challenging Locations

Bell Autonomous Pod Transport Demonstrates Ability For Quicker Resupply Missions In Challenging Locations

Bell has successfully demonstrated the aerial resupply capability of its Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) - an autonomous electric vertical takeoff ...
DARPA Awards Contracts For Enhanced Night Vision Eyeglass Form Factors

DARPA Awards Contracts For Enhanced Night Vision Eyeglass Form Factors

DARPA has awarded a $3 million contract to Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. and a $2.3 million contract to UC San ...
DARPA SBIR Opportunity Seeks Breakthrough Technologies For Energy Web Dominance

DARPA SBIR Opportunity Seeks Breakthrough Technologies For Energy Web Dominance

DARPA has issued a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) opportunity for the Breakthrough Technologies for Energy Web Dominance project. The ...
Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle (SPUR) Allows Operators Safe Distance To Load and Fire

Special Purpose Unmanned Rifle (SPUR) Allows Operators Safe Distance To Load and Fire

Ghost Robotics and SWORD International recently presented what they call the “latest lethality innovation” at the Association of the U.S ...
BAE Systems Tests Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System Laser-Guided Rocket

BAE Systems Tests Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System Laser-Guided Rocket

BAE Systems has successfully tested its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket. The precision strike tests were held ...
Molar Microphone Enables Soldiers To Pick Up Voice Communication Without Headset

Molar Microphone Enables Soldiers To Pick Up Voice Communication Without Headset

Integrated Tactical Technologies(iT2) has created new communication capabilities for soldiers that combine handsfree tooth microphones with electronics-embedded apparel. The Molar ...
DoD Releases Climate Adaptation Plan

DoD Releases Climate Adaptation Plan

The Department of Defense has released its 2021 Climate Adaptation Plan - a roadmap to ensure it can maintain the ...
Synthetic Training Environment Live Training System for US Army Will Emphasize Realism

Synthetic Training Environment Live Training System for US Army Will Emphasize Realism

Amentum will be leading a team of federal technology and service providers -  including FN America, Cole Engineering Systems, Cornet ...
Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Concept Successfully Flight Tested

Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Concept Successfully Flight Tested

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, working with Northrop Grumman, recently successfully completed the first flight test of a scramjet-powered Hypersonic Air-breathing ...
Air Force Begins MC-130J Commando II Amphibious Capability Program

Air Force Begins MC-130J Commando II Amphibious Capability Program

The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has plans to begin its MC-130J Commando II Amphibious Capability - or MAC ...
Army National Simulation Center Tests LVC-IA System

Army National Simulation Center Tests LVC-IA System

The Army’s National Simulation Center at Fort Leavenworth, KS has been testing the Live, Virtual, Constructive Integrating Architecture (LVC-IA) - ...
New Flying Microchip Measures Environment, May Have Military Application

New Flying Microchip Measures Environment, May Have Military Application

John Rogers at Northwestern University and his team have developed tiny wireless sensors inspired by floating seeds which could be ...
FLIR R80D Skyraider Unmanned Aerial System Tested, Includes LiDAR and Throwbots

FLIR R80D Skyraider Unmanned Aerial System Tested, Includes LiDAR and Throwbots

Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from the 707th Ordnance Company (EOD) have been field testing the FLIR R80D Skyraider Unmanned Aerial ...
JAXA Schedules Phase 1 of Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project

JAXA Schedules Phase 1 of Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has scheduled Phase I of its Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project (CRD2) for ...
Infantry Tests New Software To Coordinate Cyberspace Electromagnetic Activities

Infantry Tests New Software To Coordinate Cyberspace Electromagnetic Activities

New software which allows commanders to automate the planning, coordination, and synchronization of Cyberspace Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) was recently tested ...
DARPA Seeks Technical Solutions for Space-BACN Project

DARPA Seeks Technical Solutions for Space-BACN Project

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued a solicitation for two technical areas of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications ...
Office of Naval Research Announces Advanced Minesweeping Sensor Payload Deployment

Office of Naval Research Announces Advanced Minesweeping Sensor Payload Deployment

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently issued a special notice for the the Magnetic and Acoustic Generation Next Unmanned ...
Project Kaiju To Apply AI and Machine Learning To Future Cognitive Electronic Warfare Systems

Project Kaiju To Apply AI and Machine Learning To Future Cognitive Electronic Warfare Systems

Early next year, the US Air Force will launch Project Kaiju - a project that will apply AI and machine ...
Built-In Computerized AI Enables Transformation of Assault Rifles Into Networked Combat Machines

Built-In Computerized AI Enables Transformation of Assault Rifles Into Networked Combat Machines

Elbit Systems recently released its Assault Rifle Combat Application System (ARCAS) - a built-in computerized artificial intelligence (AI) powered system ...
Office of Naval Research Awards $9.5M For Development of Underwater Robotic System To Neutralize Mines and Explosives

Office of Naval Research Awards $9.5M For Development of Underwater Robotic System To Neutralize Mines and Explosives

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded RE2 Robotics a $9.5 million US contract to develop an underwater robotic ...
US Navy and Boeing Complete Mid-Air Refueling Using Unmanned Tanker

US Navy and Boeing Complete Mid-Air Refueling Using Unmanned Tanker

The U.S. Navy and Boeing recently successfully completed the mid-air refueling of a U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II fighter jet ...
Office of Naval Research Awards $9.5M For Development of Underwater Robotic System

Office of Naval Research Awards $9.5M For Development of Underwater Robotic System

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded RE2 Robotics a $9.5 million contract to develop an underwater robotic system ...
6th Generation Multi-Function Active Electronically Scanned Array Successfully Demonstrated

6th Generation Multi-Function Active Electronically Scanned Array Successfully Demonstrated

Northrop Grumman has developed a sixth-generation digital multifunction active electronically scanned array (AESA) under DARPA's Arrays at Commercial Timescales – ...
Collins Aerospace Unveils Handheld Underwater Diver Navigation System

Collins Aerospace Unveils Handheld Underwater Diver Navigation System

Collins Aerospace - a Raytheon subsidiary - unveiled a new military underwater navigation system - the Military Underwater Navigation System ...
US Army High-Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System Will Provide Multi-Faced Sensing

US Army High-Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System Will Provide Multi-Faced Sensing

Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) has received a contract to build, integrate, and demonstrate prototype sensors for the U.S. Army’s ...
V-BAT Unmanned Aircraft Successfully Flight Tested

V-BAT Unmanned Aircraft Successfully Flight Tested

Northrop Grumman Corporation and Martin UAV have successfully flight tested the V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) - a part of ...
US Army RFP Due Sept 24 Seeking Net-Operations/Net-Centric Capabilities

US Army RFP Due Sept 24 Seeking Net-Operations/Net-Centric Capabilities

The US Army has issued a request for multiple proposals covering a broad range of IT systems and services to ...
RISE Consortium: Collaborating With DoD To Enhance Energy and Climate Resilience

RISE Consortium: Collaborating With DoD To Enhance Energy and Climate Resilience

The Resilient Infrastructure & Secure Energy (RISE) Consortium seeks to address the energy security and climate crises by reimagining how ...
Air Force Research Laboratory Awards $400M In Advanced Cybersecurity and Digital Engineering Research Contracts

Air Force Research Laboratory Awards $400M In Advanced Cybersecurity and Digital Engineering Research Contracts

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded contracts to research advanced cybersecurity and digital engineering to protect aircraft electronic ...
Airborne Reconnaissance and Electric Warfare System Aircraft Completes Maiden Flight

Airborne Reconnaissance and Electric Warfare System Aircraft Completes Maiden Flight

L3Harris Technologies’ Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System aircraft (ARES) recently completed its maiden flight after six months of modifications ...
Remotely Operated Ground Unity For Expeditionary (ROGUE) Fires Successfully Tested

Remotely Operated Ground Unity For Expeditionary (ROGUE) Fires Successfully Tested

During the US Navy’s Large-Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021 - a global event in which it tests and validates the Navy ...
US Army Begins Construction On Resilient Replicable Modular Microgrid

US Army Begins Construction On Resilient Replicable Modular Microgrid

US Army Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA) in Dublin, California is beginning the construction of the first of ten ...
DARPA's CRANE Project Begins Phase One Development

DARPA’s CRANE Project Begins Phase One Development

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin Aeronautics $12.1 million US and Aurora Flight Sciences ...
New Algorithm Helps Drones Safely Find Fastest Route Around Obstacles

New Algorithm Helps Drones Safely Find Fastest Route Around Obstacles

Researchers at MIT's Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems have designed an algorithm that will help drones find the fastest ...
US Army Awards $774M Contract To Update Cryptographic Technology

US Army Awards $774M Contract To Update Cryptographic Technology

The US Army’s Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO-C3T) awarded a contract for major updates to its cryptographic technology ...
New US Air Force Drones Will Simulate Aircraft and Missiles

New US Air Force Drones Will Simulate Aircraft and Missiles

The U.S. Air Force has contracted with Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems to build target drones with the ability to perform ...
US Marine Corps Tests Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle

US Marine Corps Tests Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle

The US Marine Corps has recently been testing the Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV). The EMAV is an autonomous truck ...
Raytheon Coyote Block 3 Successfully Defeats Drone Swarm

Raytheon Coyote Block 3 Successfully Defeats Drone Swarm

The U.S. Army recently tested Raytheon Missiles & Defense’s Coyote Block 3 non-kinetic effector. It was able to successfully defeat ...
DOD Inspector General Warns of Security Risks With 3D Printing

DOD Inspector General Warns of Security Risks With 3D Printing

The Defense Department inspector General’s office recently published a report - Audit of the Cybersecurity of Department of Defense Additive ...
Missile Defense Agency Analyzes Networked Radio Communications Between Nanosatellites

Missile Defense Agency Analyzes Networked Radio Communications Between Nanosatellites

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is conducting a 90-day analysis of the use of small, low-cost satellites to demonstrate networked ...
US Marines Test Drone40

US Marines Test Drone40

The US Marines are testing the Drone40 - a miniaturized, low-cost, and recoverable unmanned aerial system that can be deployed ...
DARPA Issues AI Exploration Opportunity for ShELL Project, Proposals Due July 27

DARPA Issues AI Exploration Opportunity for ShELL Project, Proposals Due July 27

Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced research Projects Agency (DARPA) have issued an artificial intelligence exploration opportunity for the Shared-Experience ...
DARPA FENCE Program Will Work With Event-Based Neuromorphic Cameras

DARPA FENCE Program Will Work With Event-Based Neuromorphic Cameras

DARPA has selected Raytheon, BAE Systems, and Northrop Grumman to lead research teams in the development of event-based infrared (IR) ...
Mobile, Fast-Forming, Secure VCM Provides Mobile Power For Next Gen Weapon Systems

Mobile, Fast-Forming, Secure VCM Provides Mobile Power For Next Gen Weapon Systems

The Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Department of the Army recently demonstrated a ...
HiDRON Autonomous Aircraft Tested In Series of Stratospheric Flights

HiDRON Autonomous Aircraft Tested In Series of Stratospheric Flights

The Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University partnered with Stratodynamics and UAVOS to perform a series of stratospheric ...
Smart Clothing Fiber Could Transform Uniforms Into Wearable Computers

Smart Clothing Fiber Could Transform Uniforms Into Wearable Computers

The US Army and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a smart clothing fiber that could transform uniforms ...
Air Force Invents Flapping Wing Micro Aircraft Based On Bird Biomechanics

Air Force Invents Flapping Wing Micro Aircraft Based On Bird Biomechanics

Researchers at the US Air Force Research Lab have invented a flapping-wing micro aircraft vehicle - or MAV - based ...
Revolutionizing Night Vision With A Novel Nanocrystal

Revolutionizing Night Vision With A Novel Nanocrystal

An international team of researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS), the Australian national University ...
South Korea ETRI Develops Sensor That Can Withstand Radiation

South Korea ETRI Develops Sensor That Can Withstand Radiation

South Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has developed a sensor that can withstand heavy radiation and detect differences ...
Army Research Laboratory and University of Maryland Sign 5-Year Cooperative Agreement For AI Research

Army Research Laboratory and University of Maryland Sign 5-Year Cooperative Agreement For AI Research

The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and University of Maryland (UMD) have signed a five-year cooperative agreement to conduct artificial intelligence ...
US Army Transportation School Uses Simulation Training

US Army Transportation School Uses Simulation Training

A division of the U.S. Army Transportation School - The Maritime & Intermodal Training Department (MITD) - is using simulation ...
4 Battery Companies Compete To build Conformal Wearable Battery

4 Battery Companies Compete To build Conformal Wearable Battery

US Army Communications-Electronics Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD has asked four battery companies to compete to build the Conformal ...
DARPA To Assess Feasibility of SQUIRREL Project

DARPA To Assess Feasibility of SQUIRREL Project

DARPA has released a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project to assess the feasibility of the SQUad Intelligent Robotic Radio ...
DARPA Awards Contracts for DRACO Phase One

DARPA Awards Contracts for DRACO Phase One

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts for the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program's ...
Dragonfly-Inspired Drone Modeled On Superior Aerodynamics

Dragonfly-Inspired Drone Modeled On Superior Aerodynamics

Professor Javaan Chahl and his team from the University of South Australia (UniSA) are working remotely during the pandemic to ...
COPE JAVELIN Simulation Training Provides New Integrations

COPE JAVELIN Simulation Training Provides New Integrations

The Marine Corps recently held a simulation training event called ‘COPE JAVELIN.’ The simulation followed a fictional operational scenario involving ...
Biohybrid Robots Work Continues with US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command

Biohybrid Robots Work Continues with US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory is working with researchers at Duke University and the University ...
New Process Could Create Higher Performance Shock Absorption

New Process Could Create Higher Performance Shock Absorption

Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford, and Ghent are working on a new process that could lead to more ...
Enhanced Night Vision Goggle Binocular Enable Greater Clarity

Enhanced Night Vision Goggle Binocular Enable Greater Clarity

The U.S. Army’s new Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B) goggles will provide the Army's close combat forces with "an extra ...
Kaman Air Vehicles Successfully Tests Heavy-Lift Unmanned Helicopter

Kaman Air Vehicles Successfully Tests Heavy-Lift Unmanned Helicopter

Kaman Air Vehicles, a division of Kaman Aerospace Corporation, has successfully tested its K-MAX TITAN - a heavy-lift unmanned helicopter ...
US Marine Corps To Invest $1B In Electromagnetic Warfare Development Over 5 Years

US Marine Corps To Invest $1B In Electromagnetic Warfare Development Over 5 Years

The US Marine Corps has announced its plans to invest about $1 billion in electromagnetic warfare development over the next ...
Can Increasing Satellites Orbiting Earth Cause Safety Problems?

Can Increasing Satellites Orbiting Earth Cause Safety Problems?

Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, recently stated before the Senate Armed Services Committee his opinion that the ...
US Air Force Seeks Next-Gen Cyber Security Enabling Tech Through 5-Year "Capabilities For Cyber Advancement Project"

US Air Force Seeks Next-Gen Cyber Security Enabling Tech Through 5-Year “Capabilities For Cyber Advancement Project”

The US Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate has issued a call for next-generation cyber security enabling technologies. The five-year ...
US Army Awards Contracts For Prototypes of All-Terrain Vehicles For The Arctic

US Army Awards Contracts For Prototypes of All-Terrain Vehicles For The Arctic

The US Army has awarded contracts for prototypes of a new, all-terrain vehicle (CATV) that can operate in the Arctic ...
WiSPER Project Will Develop Secure RF Transmitter and Receiver Tech

WiSPER Project Will Develop Secure RF Transmitter and Receiver Tech

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts to CACI International and Perspecta Labs for the Wideband ...
New Plasma-Treated Aluminum Nanoparticles Will Improve Future Explosive Weapon Systems

New Plasma-Treated Aluminum Nanoparticles Will Improve Future Explosive Weapon Systems

Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory have developed a ...
US Army Tests Light Robotic Combat Vehicle Prototype

US Army Tests Light Robotic Combat Vehicle Prototype

The US Army recently received the first of its light Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) prototypes and has begun testing for ...
Chemical Detection Tech Will Equip Warfighters With New Tools

Chemical Detection Tech Will Equip Warfighters With New Tools

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Joint Science and Technology Office (DTRA JSTO) awarded a contract to FLIR Systems for chemical-detection technologies based ...
Microgrid at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar In San Diego is Live!

Microgrid at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar In San Diego is Live!

Schneider Electric and Black & Veatch have completed the installation of a microgrid system at the Marine Corps Air Station ...
NORAD and Defense Innovation Unit Create AI "Pathfinder" To Detect Threats

NORAD and Defense Innovation Unit Create AI “Pathfinder” To Detect Threats

NORAD partnered with the Defense Innovation Unit - a Pentagon organization that specializes in using emerging commercial technologies for military ...
California Startup Announces Reusable Rocket

California Startup Announces Reusable Rocket

Relativity Space - a California start-up offering autonomous rockets and launch services for satellites - recently announced the creation of ...
DARPA Awards Contracts For HEAT Project

DARPA Awards Contracts For HEAT Project

U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts for its High Enthalpy Aperture Technology (HEAT) project. HEAT will ...
US Army To Field Test Tactical High Power Operational Responder

US Army To Field Test Tactical High Power Operational Responder

The US Army plans to conduct field-testing as early as 2024 of THOR - Tactical High Power Operational Responder - ...
Six Month Joint Study Will Examine Mental Health of Troops In Extreme Cold

Six Month Joint Study Will Examine Mental Health of Troops In Extreme Cold

The Army’s 25th Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, will be taking part in a ...
DARTA Strategic Technologies Office Awards 2 Contracts for ASTARTE Project

DARTA Strategic Technologies Office Awards 2 Contracts for ASTARTE Project

DARPA's Strategic Technologies Office recently awarded two contracts for Phase 1 of the Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical ...
US Army To Develop New, Lower Energy, More Powerful Laser Weapon

US Army To Develop New, Lower Energy, More Powerful Laser Weapon

The United States Army is developing a new laser weapon - the Tactical Ultrashort Pulsed Laser for Army Platforms (UPSL) ...
New Way To Link Materials May Enable Military Robots Made of Robots

New Way To Link Materials May Enable Military Robots Made of Robots

US Army researchers - working with MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms - have created a new way to link ...
US Army Spectrum Analyzer, Spec A, Will Improve Situational Awareness

US Army Spectrum Analyzer, Spec A, Will Improve Situational Awareness

The U.S. Army is working on a new spectrum analyzer to improve situational awareness. The analyzer, also called a Spec ...
Army Natick Soldier Systems Center Seeks Exoskeleton Technologies

Army Natick Soldier Systems Center Seeks Exoskeleton Technologies

The Army Natick Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts recently released a request for information (RIF) for the development of  exoskeleton ...
Small, Light, Low-Cost Antenna For CubeSats Reduces Limitations for Next Gen Telecommunications

Small, Light, Low-Cost Antenna For CubeSats Reduces Limitations for Next Gen Telecommunications

Researchers at Pusan National University and the University of Alabama have developed a small, light, and low-cost deployable antenna for ...
bluShift Aerospace Launches World's First Biofuel Powered Commercial Booster

bluShift Aerospace Launches World’s First Biofuel Powered Commercial Booster

Startup company bluShift Aerospace recently launched the world's first commercial booster powered by biofuel - named ‘Stardust 1.0.’ The company's ...
DARPA To Use Honeywell Next Gen Inertial Sensor Technology In Navigation Applications

DARPA To Use Honeywell Next Gen Inertial Sensor Technology In Navigation Applications

Honeywell is creating the next generation of inertial sensor technology that will be used in future for both commercial and ...
US Army Publishes New Installations Strategy, Examining Need For Cybersecurity On Base

US Army Publishes New Installations Strategy, Examining Need For Cybersecurity On Base

The US Army published its new Installations Strategy in December of 2020 which examines the need for cybersecurity on bases ...
Defiant X Proposed As US Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft

Defiant X Proposed As US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft

Sikorsky and Boeing Co. have unveiled Defiant X - a compound coaxial helicopter that they propose as the U.S. Army's ...
New Partnership Prevents Drones From Zero-Day Cyber Attacks

New Partnership Prevents Drones From Zero-Day Cyber Attacks

SparkCognition and SkyGrid have formed a new partnership to protect drones from zero-day attacks - cyber attacks that occur when ...
US Army RFP Seeks Drones To Deliver Supplies To Field Infantry Brigade Combat Teams

US Army RFP Seeks Drones To Deliver Supplies To Field Infantry Brigade Combat Teams

The U.S. Army recently issued an RFP for drones that can deliver supplies to infantry brigade combat teams in the ...
Quieter Drones Possible Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Quieter Drones Possible Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

Miranda Costenoble, a graduate student researcher with the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), recently presented her work on ...
Cloaking Skin Enables Wearers To Camouflage, Hide From Thermal Cameras

Cloaking Skin Enables Wearers To Camouflage, Hide From Thermal Cameras

Researchers at Seoul National University in South Korea are working on a new cloaking “skin,” that will enable wearers to ...
Aevum Releases Rocket-Launching Drone

Aevum Releases Rocket-Launching Drone

Aevum - an aerospace startup - recently released its rocket-launching drone designed to send small satellites into orbit without a ...
US Navy Uses Camera-Equipped Drones To Detect Distant Targets

US Navy Uses Camera-Equipped Drones To Detect Distant Targets

Under the Submarine-Launched Unmanned Aerial System (SLUAS), the U.S. Navy is equipping submarines with camera-equipped drones that can be launched ...
US DoD and Australian DoD Agree To Continue Development of Air-Breathing Hypersonic Missiles

US DoD and Australian DoD Agree To Continue Development of Air-Breathing Hypersonic Missiles

The U.S. Department of Defense and the Australian Department of Defense have entered into an agreement to continue the development ...
Army's 10th Mountain Division Undergo 12-Month Human Performance MASTR-E Study

Army’s 10th Mountain Division Undergo 12-Month Human Performance MASTR-E Study

Soldiers from the Army’s 10th Mountain Division are participating in a 12-month human performance study to monitor their stress levels ...
Marine Corps System Command Seeks Sources For Man-Portable System Able To Launch Swarms of Kamikaze Drones

Marine Corps System Command Seeks Sources For Man-Portable System Able To Launch Swarms of Kamikaze Drones

Marine Corps System Command (MARCORSYSCOM) has released an RFI for industry sources to produce a man-portable system capable of launching ...
US Army Develops Modular Electromagnetic Spectrum Deception Suite

US Army Develops Modular Electromagnetic Spectrum Deception Suite

The U.S. Army is developing a deceptive capability for use within the electromagnetic spectrum mission - the Modular Electromagnetic Spectrum ...
How Will Bumblebee Flight Impact Next Generation Drones and Autonomous Vehicles?

How Will Bumblebee Flight Impact Next Generation Drones and Autonomous Vehicles?

A collaboration of researchers from UNSW Canberra, Bielefeld University, The Max Planck Institute, Brown University, and The University of California ...
Select SBIR Briefings from Navy, NASA, DHS, DoE and more!

Select SBIR Briefings from Navy, NASA, DHS, DoE and more!

This session features five-minute SBIR/STTR agency briefings on current and upcoming funding opportunities. Bob Smith, Director, SBIR/STTR, U.S. NavyClare Masucci, ...
Defense Innovation Secrets: Providing AI Solutions the U.S. Military Will Buy

Defense Innovation Secrets: Providing AI Solutions the U.S. Military Will Buy

The Joint TechConnect and Defense Innovation Spotlights accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with commercial market and national security ...
Logistics In A Contested Environment

Logistics In A Contested Environment

Operating in contested environments requires presents a unique demand set, from base to battlefield. This panel representing combatant commands and ...
Working With The Primes

Working With The Primes

According to SBIR.gov, "with over 40% of the SBIR/STTR budget going to the Department of Defense, it is important to ...
DOD Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy Stresses Freedom of Action

DOD Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy Stresses Freedom of Action

The Department of Defense recently announced the release of the DOD Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy. The strategy stresses the need ...
DARPA Awards $9.8M To Rice University For Next-Gen Nonsurgical Neurotechnology Program

DARPA Awards $9.8M To Rice University For Next-Gen Nonsurgical Neurotechnology Program

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded $9.8 million US to researchers at Rice University for the ...
US Air Force Contracts Descartes Labs For Real-Time Analytics, Moving Target Indication Data

US Air Force Contracts Descartes Labs For Real-Time Analytics, Moving Target Indication Data

Descartes Labs Inc. - a spinoff company from Los Alamos National Laboratory - has received a $2.2 million US contract ...
DoD Requests $449M for 5G Work in 2021, Announces Pilot Projects

DoD Requests $449M for 5G Work in 2021, Announces Pilot Projects

The Defense Department has requested $449 million US for 5G work to be performed in 2021 and has already announced ...
AVENGER Naval AI Grand Challenge Aims To Incorporate AI Into Fleets

AVENGER Naval AI Grand Challenge Aims To Incorporate AI Into Fleets

The Navy is holding its AVENGER Naval AI Grand Challenge between the service, naval laboratories, and the Joint Artificial Intelligence ...
NIST Launches Research Committee, Focuses On National Security Applications of Quantum Science

NIST Launches Research Committee, Focuses On National Security Applications of Quantum Science

NIST’s Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QEDC) recently launched a new research committee focused on the national security applications of quantum ...
US Missile Defense Agency Seeks To Define Concepts for Sea-Based Terminal Future Interceptor

US Missile Defense Agency Seeks To Define Concepts for Sea-Based Terminal Future Interceptor

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has issued a broad agency announcement to define concepts for the Sea-Based Terminal Future ...
NASA and US Geological Survey Request Information For Landsat Next Project

NASA and US Geological Survey Request Information For Landsat Next Project

The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have issued a request for information (RIF) for ...
AR Goggles Enable Communication With Military Working Dogs on Battlefield

AR Goggles Enable Communication With Military Working Dogs on Battlefield

Command Sight Inc. - a start-up investigating technological solutions to improve communication between humans and animals - has created augmented ...
Army Develops New Microwave Radiation Sensor 100,000x More Sensitive Than Existing

Army Develops New Microwave Radiation Sensor 100,000x More Sensitive Than Existing

A microwave radiation sensor with 100,000 times higher sensitivity than currently available commercial sensors has recently been developed. The Army ...
Army Funds $8M Research Project with University of Illinois for Autonomous Charging System for Drones

Army Funds $8M Research Project with University of Illinois for Autonomous Charging System for Drones

The Army Research Laboratory’s Combat Capabilities Development Command has funded a four-year, $8 million research project with The University of ...
Jack Voltaic 3.0 Simulates Cyber Attack in Savannah and Charleston

Jack Voltaic 3.0 Simulates Cyber Attack in Savannah and Charleston

The Army Cyber Institute (ACI) at Georgia Southern University recently held an all-virtual cyber exercise - Jack Voltaic™ 3.0 - ...
Live Fire Engagements Demonstrate AI Systems Detecting Threats, Delivering Data

Live Fire Engagements Demonstrate AI Systems Detecting Threats, Delivering Data

The U.S. Army recently completed a series of live fire engagements demonstrating how artificial intelligence systems can rapidly work together ...
Patent Issued for 3D Printable Marine Biodegradable Base Polymer Material

Patent Issued for 3D Printable Marine Biodegradable Base Polymer Material

Researchers in the Biotechnology Research and Development Lab at the U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center have been issued a ...
DARPA Awards $13.9M for Sea Train Project

DARPA Awards $13.9M for Sea Train Project

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $13.9M US contract to Applied Physical Sciences - a ...
US Army Awards $36M for 1.1 MW Floating Solar PV System

US Army Awards $36M for 1.1 MW Floating Solar PV System

The US Army has awarded Ameresco’ Federal Solutions Group and Duke Energy a $36 million design-build utility energy service contract ...
US Army to Open PNT Modernization Office to Develop Solutions to Reduce Dependence on GPS

US Army to Open PNT Modernization Office to Develop Solutions to Reduce Dependence on GPS

The U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors will soon open a new office and laboratory ...
Tube-Launched SQUID Drone Removes Requirements for Takeoff Conditions

Tube-Launched SQUID Drone Removes Requirements for Takeoff Conditions

Researchers at Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab have built a tube-launched drone that removes the standard requirements for takeoff ...
Army Research Laboratory Grants $780K to the Study of Combustion Engines in Aerial Army Drones

Army Research Laboratory Grants $780K to the Study of Combustion Engines in Aerial Army Drones

Researchers from the department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas have received a $780,000 grant ...
Oak Ridge National Lab Spinoff Seeks to Commercialize New Drone Operation System

Oak Ridge National Lab Spinoff Seeks to Commercialize New Drone Operation System

Horizon31 - a spin out from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) - seeks to commercialize a ...
DARPA Announces Science of Atomic Vapors for New Technologies Project

DARPA Announces Science of Atomic Vapors for New Technologies Project

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a broad agency announcement for the Science of Atomic Vapors ...
DoD Approves 5 Companies for Drone Production, Alternatives to Chinese-Made Systems

DoD Approves 5 Companies for Drone Production, Alternatives to Chinese-Made Systems

The Defense Department's technology innovation unit (DIU) recently approved five U.S. companies for drone production as alternatives to Chinese-made systems ...
Rechargeable Zinc Battery Integrates with Robot, Provides More Energy

Rechargeable Zinc Battery Integrates with Robot, Provides More Energy

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a rechargeable zinc battery that integrates into the structure of a robot ...
US Army Issues RFI for Technology Allowing Aircraft to Survive and Defeat Systems in Adversarial Environments

US Army Issues RFI for Technology Allowing Aircraft to Survive and Defeat Systems in Adversarial Environments

The U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center has ...
US Army Tests Integrated Battle Command System to Overcome Enemy Jamming

US Army Tests Integrated Battle Command System to Overcome Enemy Jamming

The U.S. Army recently tested Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) to overcome “enemy” jamming and direct Patriot missiles ...
A Spectrum Sharing Plan Will Make 100MHz of Mid-Band Spectrum Available for Commercial 5G Networks

A Spectrum Sharing Plan Will Make 100MHz of Mid-Band Spectrum Available for Commercial 5G Networks

A spectrum-sharing plan will soon make 100MHz of spectrum in the 3.45-3.55GHz band - known as mid-band spectrum - available ...
Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) Satellite Receives Small Satellite Mission of the Year Award

Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) Satellite Receives Small Satellite Mission of the Year Award

The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter satellite - built by The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) - has received the Small Satellite Mission ...
Perception and Action: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers Design Novel Method for Teaching Drones

Perception and Action: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers Design Novel Method for Teaching Drones

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have designed a novel method that allows drones to learn perception and action separately. This ...
DAMO-Cy Becomes DAMO-Strategic Operations, Focuses on Digital Modernization of Warfighting Systems

DAMO-Cy Becomes DAMO-Strategic Operations, Focuses on Digital Modernization of Warfighting Systems

The US Army’s Management Office-Cyber (DAMO-Cy) has become the DAMO-Strategic Operations (DAMO-SO), running under its G3/5/7 operations and planning directorate ...
NanoGraf To Develop Longer Lasting Batteries with SBIR Grant from US DoD

NanoGraf To Develop Longer Lasting Batteries with SBIR Grant from US DoD

Battery tech startup NanoGraf - formerly known as SiNode Systems - has received a $1.65 million SBIR grant from the ...
DAMO-Strategic Operations Focuses on Digital Modernization of Warfighting Systems

DAMO-Strategic Operations Focuses on Digital Modernization of Warfighting Systems

The US Army’s Management Office-Cyber (DAMO-Cy) has become the DAMO-Strategic Operations (DAMO-SO), running under its G3/5/7 operations and planning directorate ...
NAVAIR Cyber Warfare Detachment Solicits R&D Addressing Critical Access Points and Resiliency Issues

NAVAIR Cyber Warfare Detachment Solicits R&D Addressing Critical Access Points and Resiliency Issues

The NAVAIR Cyber Warfare Detachment (CWD) of the Naval Air Systems Command has submitted a broad agency announcement (BAA) soliciting ...
Compact Telescopes for Nanosatellites Could Collect Information for Remote Sensing Data Users

Compact Telescopes for Nanosatellites Could Collect Information for Remote Sensing Data Users

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. have formed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to ...
US Navy Contracts Design for Prototype of Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle

US Navy Contracts Design for Prototype of Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle

The U.S. Navy has awarded a fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract to L3Harris Technologies Unmanned Maritime Systems division to design and manufacture a ...
Ben-Gurion University Researchers Can Now Pinpoint Malicious Drone Operators

Ben-Gurion University Researchers Can Now Pinpoint Malicious Drone Operators

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel have developed a system that will determine how to pinpoint ...
iRocket Signs Phase II Contract with US Air Force to Transport  Satellite Constellations to Low Earth Orbit Satellites on Shockwave

iRocket Signs Phase II Contract with US Air Force to Transport Satellite Constellations to Low Earth Orbit Satellites on Shockwave

iRocket - a New York based startup building autonomous small reusable rockets - has signed a Phase II RAPID Other ...
US Air Force and Hypergiant Build Chameleon Constellation, Small Satellites in Low Earth Orbit

US Air Force and Hypergiant Build Chameleon Constellation, Small Satellites in Low Earth Orbit

The US Air Force will be working with AI start-up, Hypergiant, to build prototypes of a network of small satellites ...
US Air Force Contracts 18+ Businesses in Advanced Battle Management System Effort

US Air Force Contracts 18+ Businesses in Advanced Battle Management System Effort

The U.S. Air Force recently contracted with 18 more businesses to work on its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) effort ...
US Navy Officials Award Contract to Upgrade Iver3 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

US Navy Officials Award Contract to Upgrade Iver3 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

U.S. Navy officials at the Naval Research Laboratory recently announced plans to award a contract to L3Harris Technologies Ocean Server ...
Quadcopter Novel Algorithm Enables Acrobatic Maneuvers for Drones

Quadcopter Novel Algorithm Enables Acrobatic Maneuvers for Drones

Researchers from NCCR Robotics consortium at the University of Zurich and microprocessor company Intel have collaborated to develop a quadcopter ...
US Air Force COVID-19 Patient Transport System Declared Ready for Operational Use

US Air Force COVID-19 Patient Transport System Declared Ready for Operational Use

The US Air Force’s Covid-19 patient transportation system has been declared fully ready for operational use as the first Negatively ...
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane and Atlantic Divisions Partner, Seek New Technologies to Support Naval Integration in Contested Environments

Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane and Atlantic Divisions Partner, Seek New Technologies to Support Naval Integration in Contested Environments

Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane (NSWC Crane) Division and Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic (NIWC Atlantic) have partnered to search ...
New Tool Enables Future Vertical Lift Vehicles to Change Shape During Flight

New Tool Enables Future Vertical Lift Vehicles to Change Shape During Flight

Researchers with the U.S. Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory and Texas A&M University have developed a tool ...
Navy SEALs Test Dry Combat Submersible Allowing Full Enclosure In Transit

Navy SEALs Test Dry Combat Submersible Allowing Full Enclosure In Transit

Navy SEALs are testing a new dry combat submersible (DCS) that allows them to be fully enclosed inside a mini-submarine ...
DARPA Launches First Bug Bounty Program

DARPA Launches First Bug Bounty Program

DARPA is partnering with the Defense Digital Service (DDS) and Synack, a crowdsourced security company, to launch its first bug ...
DoD Experiments with Spectrum Sharing, 5G Networks

DoD Experiments with Spectrum Sharing, 5G Networks

The US Department of Defense is currently conducting experiments that enable 5G networks - with spectrum sharing as one of ...
Raytheon Partners with Boldend, Builds Automated Products to Develop Cyber Tools, Bolster Security

Raytheon Partners with Boldend, Builds Automated Products to Develop Cyber Tools, Bolster Security

Raytheon Intelligence & Space is partnering with Boldend, a next-generation defense contractor, to build automated products that accelerate the development ...
AtHoc Software Enables Real-Time Secure Alerts for Unauthorized Drones in Sensitive Airspace

AtHoc Software Enables Real-Time Secure Alerts for Unauthorized Drones in Sensitive Airspace

BlackBerry and drone detection company, Dedrone, have partnered to build an instant notification system for unauthorized drone activity in sensitive ...
DARPA Launches Automatic Implementation of Secure Silicon Program, Aims to Design Security into Microchips

DARPA Launches Automatic Implementation of Secure Silicon Program, Aims to Design Security into Microchips

DARPA has launched the Automatic Implementation of Secure Silicon (AISS) program - a four-year project seeking ways to design security ...
US Army Seeks to Fund Wearable COVID-19 Sensors

US Army Seeks to Fund Wearable COVID-19 Sensors

The U.S. Army is offering a $25 million contract for the development of wearable sensors with the capability for the ...
ADVACAM Aims At Drone To Independently Search for Radiation

ADVACAM Aims At Drone To Independently Search for Radiation

ADVACAM - a spin-off of the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) - and the Laboratory of Multi-robot Systems (MRS) ...
New Lightweight Fuel Tank for Small-Scale Satellites Developed in UK

New Lightweight Fuel Tank for Small-Scale Satellites Developed in UK

Researchers at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Center (AMRC) have developed a lightweight fuel tank for small-scale satellites ...
Biosolar Cell Generates Electricity Using Two Types of Bacteria, Lasts Longer

Biosolar Cell Generates Electricity Using Two Types of Bacteria, Lasts Longer

Researchers at Binghamton University have designed a biosolar cell that generates electricity using two types of bacteria: one is photosynthetic ...
Pentagon Joint AI Center Explores Testing and Evaluation Capabilities for Emerging AI Tech

Pentagon Joint AI Center Explores Testing and Evaluation Capabilities for Emerging AI Tech

The US Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) submitted a request for information (RFI) looking for input on testing and ...
21 High-Performance Jet Target Drones and Spares Purchased for Live Weapon System Evaluations and Testing

21 High-Performance Jet Target Drones and Spares Purchased for Live Weapon System Evaluations and Testing

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. - based in San Diego, CA - recently announced that the Kratos Unmanned Systems ...
Proton Battery Using Abundant Materials Developed in Sweden

Proton Battery Using Abundant Materials Developed in Sweden

Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have developed a proton battery based on abundant organic materials. Though lithium-ion batteries are ...
DARPA Issues Solicitation for Ocean of Things Project Phase Two

DARPA Issues Solicitation for Ocean of Things Project Phase Two

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a solicitation for the second phase of the Ocean of ...
New AI Consortium Focuses on Fighting COVID-19

New AI Consortium Focuses on Fighting COVID-19

A new artificial intelligence consortium at the University of Illinois has made fighting the COVID-19 pandemic its number one priority ...
DARPA'S COMPASS Tool Suite Tested to Study Observed Events, Possible Connections

DARPA’S COMPASS Tool Suite Tested to Study Observed Events, Possible Connections

DARPA’s COMPASS - Collection and Monitoring via Planning for Active Situational Scenarios - tool suite has undergone testing by the ...
US Space Force Announces Operational Capability and Acceptance of Space Fence Radar Surveillance System

US Space Force Announces Operational Capability and Acceptance of Space Fence Radar Surveillance System

The US Space Force has announced the initial operational capability and operational acceptance of its Space Fence radar surveillance system ...
Virtual Image Synthesis and Transformation for Autonomy Creates Photorealistic World, Helps Autonomous Cars Navigate

Virtual Image Synthesis and Transformation for Autonomy Creates Photorealistic World, Helps Autonomous Cars Navigate

Researchers at MIT have devised a system for training autonomous driving systems how to drive. VISTA - Virtual Image Synthesis ...
US Department of Homeland Security Awards $4M for Autonomous, Underwater, Surface Vehicles Models

US Department of Homeland Security Awards $4M for Autonomous, Underwater, Surface Vehicles Models

San Diego-based Ocean Aero has been awarded a multi-year, $4 million dollar contract by the US Department of Homeland Security ...
New Cathode Material Achieves Stable Operation at High Discharge Currents

New Cathode Material Achieves Stable Operation at High Discharge Currents

Researchers from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) in Russia have created a new cathode material based ...
Researchers Gather Radar Measurement Data, Improve Detection of UAVs

Researchers Gather Radar Measurement Data, Improve Detection of UAVs

A team of researchers based at Aalto University (Finland), UCLouvain (Belgium), and New York University (USA) is gathering extensive radar ...
Installation Energy Resilience Strategy Delivers Uninterrupted, Reliable, High Quality Power

Installation Energy Resilience Strategy Delivers Uninterrupted, Reliable, High Quality Power

The US Department of Navy and the US Marines Corps have developed a resilience policy that will enable key installations ...
Space and Missile Systems Center's Ground-Based Communications Jammer Achieves Initial Operating Capability

Space and Missile Systems Center’s Ground-Based Communications Jammer Achieves Initial Operating Capability

The Space and Missile Systems Center’s special programs directorate of the U.S. Space Force has announced that its new version ...
Elbit Systems Will Equip F-16 Aircraft with Pylon-Based Infrared Missile Warning Systems

Elbit Systems Will Equip F-16 Aircraft with Pylon-Based Infrared Missile Warning Systems

Israeli defense contractor Elbit recently announced that its American subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, has received a firm-fixed-price contract with ...
Underwater Multi-Sensor Test Pool Can Now Perform Autonomy Assessments, Sonar Measurements, Verification of Acoustic Release Systems

Underwater Multi-Sensor Test Pool Can Now Perform Autonomy Assessments, Sonar Measurements, Verification of Acoustic Release Systems

The Underwater Multi-Sensor (UMS) test pool at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) recently underwent renovations ...
Can "islanded" electric grid systems provide electricity to smaller geographical areas?

Can “islanded” electric grid systems provide electricity to smaller geographical areas?

Researchers from the University of British Columbia's Okanagan School of Engineering are examining ways to redesign how electricity is distributed ...
Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System Awards $225K to Three Companies Supplying Delivery Drones

Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System Awards $225K to Three Companies Supplying Delivery Drones

Delivery drones are now capable of delivering supplies to marines in combat, allowing emergency food and ammunition deliveries in a ...
L3Harris Technologies to Develop Software Training Platform Supporting AI in Large Data Sets

L3Harris Technologies to Develop Software Training Platform Supporting AI in Large Data Sets

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded L3Harris Technologies a multi-million dollar contract to develop a software platform ...
The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible AI to Promote Thoughtful Development and Application of AI

The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible AI to Promote Thoughtful Development and Application of AI

Penn State will launch a new, multi-unit research center this spring - The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial ...
Aerial Robots Use AI and Sensors to Fly Autonomously

Aerial Robots Use AI and Sensors to Fly Autonomously

Exyn Technologies -  a spinoff of the University of Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing, and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory - has ...
US Navy Awards Ameresco $58M, Invests in Infrastructure Redundancy for Mission Critical Loads

US Navy Awards Ameresco $58M, Invests in Infrastructure Redundancy for Mission Critical Loads

The US Navy has awarded Ameresco a task order for a $58 million energy resilience project at the Portsmouth Naval ...
Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium Awards $1.2M for Study Assessing Psychological and Physiological Effects of Augmented Reality

Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium Awards $1.2M for Study Assessing Psychological and Physiological Effects of Augmented Reality

Researchers from the University of California Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine, in partnership with Chenega Healthcare Services, LLC and MedCognition, ...
DoD Launches AI Strategy to Maintain Strategic Position

DoD Launches AI Strategy to Maintain Strategic Position

The US Department of Defense has launched its artificial intelligence strategy emphasizing that the United States - and its allied ...
Naval Surface Warfare Center Releases Crane's First Open Source Project, Supports DARPA Radio Frequency Machine Learning Systems Program

Naval Surface Warfare Center Releases Crane’s First Open Source Project, Supports DARPA Radio Frequency Machine Learning Systems Program

Researchers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) have released Crane’s first open source project to provide ...
Drones to Monitor Disaster-Stricken Regions, Toxic Spill Sites

Drones to Monitor Disaster-Stricken Regions, Toxic Spill Sites

The European Defense Agency (EDA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) are partnering on two new projects that will explore ...
US Air Force Researches Sensors for Physiological Data, Aims to Mitigate Physiological Episodes

US Air Force Researches Sensors for Physiological Data, Aims to Mitigate Physiological Episodes

The US Air Force recently held a Physiological Episodes Mitigation Technology Summit and Industry Day to discuss research and development ...
Hybrid Drones and Shrunken Technology Identify Unexploded Ordinances from Air

Hybrid Drones and Shrunken Technology Identify Unexploded Ordinances from Air

Researchers from Binghamton University and Ukraine have developed a new technique using hybrid drones and shrunken technology to identify unexploded ...
New Approach to Automated Design of Drones Based on Mathematical Modeling, Digital Twin

New Approach to Automated Design of Drones Based on Mathematical Modeling, Digital Twin

Researchers at Tomsk State University’s Supercomputer Center in Russia have developed a method for the automated design of drones based ...
NOAA Hosts Data for Public Use

NOAA Hosts Data for Public Use

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently announced that it has entered into separate multi-year contracts with Amazon Web ...
European Commission Approves $3.5B State Aid for Battery Research and Innovation

European Commission Approves $3.5B State Aid for Battery Research and Innovation

The European Commission has approved €3.2B (~$3.5B US) of state aid to help fund new research and innovation in battery ...
New Nanoscale Sensing Technology to Image, Measure Stress on Materials Under High Pressure

New Nanoscale Sensing Technology to Image, Measure Stress on Materials Under High Pressure

Researchers at Iowa State University and the University of California at Berkeley have developed new nanoscale sensing technology to image ...
Head-Up Display VR Training Device Complements Scientific Research

Head-Up Display VR Training Device Complements Scientific Research

Collins Aerospace Systems will provide The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with a Head-Up Display (HUD) Virtual-Reality (VR) training device to ...
US Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Conduct Bilateral Exercise, Demonstrate Cyber Capability

US Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Conduct Bilateral Exercise, Demonstrate Cyber Capability

The US Army and Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force recently conducted a bilateral exercise - Cyber Blitz-Orient Shield 2019 - to ...
SkyWatch Awarded Contract to Complete Phase I of AI and Big Data Analytics for Advanced Autonomous Space Systems Challenge

SkyWatch Awarded Contract to Complete Phase I of AI and Big Data Analytics for Advanced Autonomous Space Systems Challenge

SkyWatch has been awarded a $156K CD (~$118K US) contract from the Innovative Solutions Canada program via the Canadian Space ...
US Navy Releases Strategy Document, Promotes Consolidated information, Dedicated Information Warfare Cells

US Navy Releases Strategy Document, Promotes Consolidated information, Dedicated Information Warfare Cells

The U.S. Navy released a new strategy document on December 4, 2019 promoting the need for a consolidated information warfare ...
US Department of Veterans Affairs Prioritizes AI Research and Development to Help Veterans

US Department of Veterans Affairs Prioritizes AI Research and Development to Help Veterans

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently launched the National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII), with the goal of prioritizing ...
Can AI Detect Volcano Eruption Warning Signs?

Can AI Detect Volcano Eruption Warning Signs?

Researchers at the University of Leeds in the UK are using artificial intelligence to create a new satellite-based method of ...
University of Central Florida Receives $500K FEMA Grant to Develop Portable Detection System

University of Central Florida Receives $500K FEMA Grant to Develop Portable Detection System

Researchers at the University of Central Florida have received a $500,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to ...
Raytheon Releases Synthetic Training Environment Soldier Virtual Trainer

Raytheon Releases Synthetic Training Environment Soldier Virtual Trainer

Raytheon recently released a new, immersive military training product - The Synthetic Training Environment Soldier Virtual Trainer, or STE SVT ...
Trueface Receives SBIR Phase II Contract from US Air Force

Trueface Receives SBIR Phase II Contract from US Air Force

The US Air Force has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase II contract to Trueface - a ...
US Air Force to Demonstrate New Electronic Warfare Prototypes with Radar Threat Protection Technology

US Air Force to Demonstrate New Electronic Warfare Prototypes with Radar Threat Protection Technology

The US Air Force (USAF) has selected L3Harris Technologies and Northrop Grumman to demonstrate new electronic warfare (EW) prototypes, along ...
ARPA-E Announces $43M in Funding to Develop Carbon Capture and Storage

ARPA-E Announces $43M in Funding to Develop Carbon Capture and Storage

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently announced up to $43 million is now available ...
NanoAvionics Provides Nano-Satellite Bus for Singaporean Research Mission

NanoAvionics Provides Nano-Satellite Bus for Singaporean Research Mission

NanoAvionics has received a contract to provide its flight-proven nano-satellite bus in a 12U configuration for the Singaporean research mission, ...
Aqueous Flow Battery Technology Could Lead to Scalable Grid-Level Storage for Renewables

Aqueous Flow Battery Technology Could Lead to Scalable Grid-Level Storage for Renewables

Researchers at the University of Colorado are developing low-cost, high-performance, aqueous flow battery technology that potentially will lead to scalable ...
DARPA Awards Two $1.6M Contracts for Biological Sensors for Subterranean Surveillance

DARPA Awards Two $1.6M Contracts for Biological Sensors for Subterranean Surveillance

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded separate $1.6 million contracts to Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. and ...
Midwest To Establish First National Guard Cyber Battalion This Year

Midwest To Establish First National Guard Cyber Battalion This Year

The Midwest's first National Guard cyber battalion will be established in Indiana this year - with plans to be at ...
Virtual Co-Design Research Center Works To Improve AI Technologies

Virtual Co-Design Research Center Works To Improve AI Technologies

Sandia National Laboratories, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering to launch a virtual research ...
MIT Researchers Develop "ShadowCam"

MIT Researchers Develop “ShadowCam”

Researchers at MIT have developed a system that can sense tiny changes in shadows on the ground that could help ...
$100M Funding Initiative Will Explore AI Research

$100M Funding Initiative Will Explore AI Research

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has launched a strategic funding initiative in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) ...
MIT Researchers Develop Trajectory Planning Model for Drones

MIT Researchers Develop Trajectory Planning Model for Drones

Researchers at MIT have developed a trajectory-planning model that helps drones safely fly at high speeds through previously unexplored areas ...
Vertical Aerospace Tests Electrical Vertical Take-Off and Landing Air Taxi Prototype

Vertical Aerospace Tests Electrical Vertical Take-Off and Landing Air Taxi Prototype

Vertical Aerospace has successfully tested an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi prototype. ‘The Seraph’ is capable of ...
US Army Seeks Proposals for Prototypes on First Integrated Signals Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Cyber Platform

US Army Seeks Proposals for Prototypes on First Integrated Signals Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Cyber Platform

The US Army is seeking proposals for prototypes and experiments on the service’s first integrated signals intelligence, electronic warfare and ...
Center for Intelligent Imaging to Accelerate AI Applications in Radiology

Center for Intelligent Imaging to Accelerate AI Applications in Radiology

University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) new Center for Intelligent Imaging will accelerate the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology ...
NREL Investigates Wireless EV Charging

NREL Investigates Wireless EV Charging

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is currently investigating a number of aspects of electric vehicle (EV) technology. One area examines ...
Human Effectiveness Directorate of US Air Force Researches Bio-Signature Sensing Technologies

Human Effectiveness Directorate of US Air Force Researches Bio-Signature Sensing Technologies

The Human Effectiveness Directorate of the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) 711th Human Performance Wing is researching human signatures ...
US Airforce Researches Human Bio Signatures at Molecular and Macro Level

US Airforce Researches Human Bio Signatures at Molecular and Macro Level

The Human Effectiveness Directorate of the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) 711th Human Performance Wing is researching “human signatures” ...
Far Eastern Federal University Develops Multi-Purpose Sensor Containing Millions of Parabolic Nano-antennae

Far Eastern Federal University Develops Multi-Purpose Sensor Containing Millions of Parabolic Nano-antennae

Researchers at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in Vladivostok, Russia have developed a multi-purpose sensor based on a gold ...
How Will Drones Impact Aviation Safety?

How Will Drones Impact Aviation Safety?

Researchers at the University of Vermont’s Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL) have joined the Federal Aviation Administration’s Alliance for System Safety ...
NSF Announces Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless

NSF Announces Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced a third wireless research platform to be located in North Carolina's Research Triangle ...
OSU Unmanned System Research Institute, MaxQ Demonstrate Drone Tech to Deliver Medical Supplies

OSU Unmanned System Research Institute, MaxQ Demonstrate Drone Tech to Deliver Medical Supplies

Oklahoma State University’s Unmanned System Research Institute has partnered with MaxQ to demonstrate the use of drone technology to deliver ...
National Geographic Society and Microsoft's AI for Earth Program Issue RFP

National Geographic Society and Microsoft’s AI for Earth Program Issue RFP

The National Geographic Society (NGS) and Microsoft’s AI for Earth program have issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) - AI ...
Ford Researches Keeping View Clear for Self-Driving Car Sensors

Ford Researches Keeping View Clear for Self-Driving Car Sensors

Ford Motor Company is working on methods of keeping self-driving vehicles free on insects, as they pose a significant challenge ...
US Air Force Funds Advanced Integrated Circuits and Satellite Electronics

US Air Force Funds Advanced Integrated Circuits and Satellite Electronics

Nalu Scientific, which specializes in advanced integrated circuits, and Space Micro, which is focused on satellite electronics, have been selected ...
OneWeb Announces Fiber-Like Internet for Arctic Region

OneWeb Announces Fiber-Like Internet for Arctic Region

OneWeb, a London-based space startup, has announced its first official commercial service - a “fiber-like” internet to the Arctic region ...
Floating Microgrids Could Help Power Islands After Disasters

Floating Microgrids Could Help Power Islands After Disasters

Researchers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia are proposing the use of floating microgrids made up ...
US DOE Awards General Motors $9.1M in Award Funds, Seeks Solid State Battery R&D

US DOE Awards General Motors $9.1M in Award Funds, Seeks Solid State Battery R&D

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded General Motors (GM) a total of $9.1 million as part of its 2019 ...
US Army Futures Command Solicits Information For STELLA Program

US Army Futures Command Solicits Information For STELLA Program

The US Army Futures Command (AFC) is soliciting industry for information on emerging technologies in robotics and sensors to enhance ...
US Army Futures Command Seeks Emerging Robotics and Sensors Technologies

US Army Futures Command Seeks Emerging Robotics and Sensors Technologies

The US Army Futures Command (AFC) is soliciting industry for information on emerging technologies in robotics and sensors to enhance ...
Xcel Energy First Utility in US with Permission for Beyond Visual Line of Sight Drone Flights

Xcel Energy First Utility in US with Permission for Beyond Visual Line of Sight Drone Flights

Xcel Energy has become the first utility in the U.S. to receive permission from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ...
CARES Works Toward Contactless Exhaust Measurement Method

CARES Works Toward Contactless Exhaust Measurement Method

As part of the Horizon 2020 research project CARES (City Air Remote Emission Sensing), an international research consortium is working ...
NSF Grants $194K from RAPID for Electric System That Can Withstand Category 5 Hurricane

NSF Grants $194K from RAPID for Electric System That Can Withstand Category 5 Hurricane

A Colorado State University team of researchers has received a $194,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Rapid Response Program ...
Flexible High-Performance Sensors Can Print Onto Skin, Clothing

Flexible High-Performance Sensors Can Print Onto Skin, Clothing

A team of researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed flexible high-performance sensors that can ...
Innovative Space Logistics and Orbex Sign Wide Ranging Cooperation Agreement

Innovative Space Logistics and Orbex Sign Wide Ranging Cooperation Agreement

Innovative Space Logistics B.V. (ISL) and UK-based orbital launch services provider Orbex recently signed a wide-ranging cooperation agreement which will ...
US Air Force Awards Contract to Ascent Vision Technologies for Suite of Anti-Unmanned Aircraft System Vehicles

US Air Force Awards Contract to Ascent Vision Technologies for Suite of Anti-Unmanned Aircraft System Vehicles

The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded a contract to Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) to supply a full suite of ...
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency To Use Drones for Training

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency To Use Drones for Training

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) - part of the Department of Homeland Security - will be using drones ...
NanoGraf Receives $7.5M to Commercialize High-Energy Anode Materials

NanoGraf Receives $7.5M to Commercialize High-Energy Anode Materials

NanoGraf Corporation - formerly SiNode Systems -  has been awarded a $7.5 million technology development contract from The United States ...
US Army Space and Missile Defense Command to Establish Baseline for NAVWAR Engagements

US Army Space and Missile Defense Command to Establish Baseline for NAVWAR Engagements

The secretary of the United States Army has designated the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command ...
Veterans Affairs Department Appoints First AI Director

Veterans Affairs Department Appoints First AI Director

The Veterans Affairs (VA) Department has appointed its first director of artificial intelligence. Dr. Gil Alterovitz - who has degrees ...
Airports Council International Calls for Rapid Adoption of Drone ID Technology

Airports Council International Calls for Rapid Adoption of Drone ID Technology

The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Mitigation at Airports - established by the Airports Council International-North ...
PUNCH Program Studies How Solar Events Affect Earth's Atmosphere and Magnetic Field

PUNCH Program Studies How Solar Events Affect Earth’s Atmosphere and Magnetic Field

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have partnered to study the sun’s outer corona ...
Toyota Starts Public Road Trials Using Solar Batteries on EVs

Toyota Starts Public Road Trials Using Solar Batteries on EVs

Toyota, in a joint project with Sharp and NEDO, is set to start public road trials using solar batteries on ...
Army Paratroopers to Use Black Hornet Mini Drone for First Time

Army Paratroopers to Use Black Hornet Mini Drone for First Time

US Army paratroopers deployed to Afghanistan this month will be using the “Black Hornet” mini-drone for the first time. Used ...
Can Drones Deliver Defibrillators Faster Than We Can Find Them In An Emergency?

Can Drones Deliver Defibrillators Faster Than We Can Find Them In An Emergency?

Researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC) and NC State have conducted a feasibility study of automatic external defibrillator ...
London City Airport to Install Microgrid

London City Airport to Install Microgrid

London City Airport, which is undergoing a £500 million (~$633 million US) City Airport Development Program (CADP), will work with ...
AirMap and Raytheon Sign Strategic Agreement to Collaborate On Projects To Integrate UAS Into National Airspace

AirMap and Raytheon Sign Strategic Agreement to Collaborate On Projects To Integrate UAS Into National Airspace

AirMap, an intelligence platform for drones, and Raytheon recently announced that they have signed a strategic agreement to collaborate on ...
SAE International Announces Formation of G-34 Committee for Applied AI in Aviation Systems

SAE International Announces Formation of G-34 Committee for Applied AI in Aviation Systems

The engineering association, SAE International, recently announced the formation of the ‘SAE G-34 Committee for Applied Artificial Intelligence in Aviation ...
Department of Homeland Security Selects 8 Companies to Develop Smart Cities Prototype Technologies for Commercial Marketplace

Department of Homeland Security Selects 8 Companies to Develop Smart Cities Prototype Technologies for Commercial Marketplace

The Department of Homeland Security has selected eight companies to further develop smart cities prototype technologies for the commercial marketplace ...
New MIT Accelerator Focuses on AI for Air Force