U.S. Navy officials at the Naval Research Laboratory recently announced plans to award a contract to L3Harris Technologies Ocean Server to improve and upgrade two Iver3 autonomous underwater vehicles (UUVs). The value of the upcoming […]
Researchers from NCCR Robotics consortium at the University of Zurich and microprocessor company Intel have collaborated to develop a quadcopter that can learn to fly acrobatics autonomously. Their novel algorithm enables the drone to fly […]
The US Department of Defense is currently conducting experiments that enable 5G networks – with spectrum sharing as one of the key technology goals. Spectrum sharing refers to the various methodologies for allowing different kinds […]
The U.S. Army is offering a $25 million contract for the development of wearable sensors with the capability for the pre/very early symptomatic detection of COVID-19 infection. The Request for Project Proposals (RPP) is offered […]
The US Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) submitted a request for information (RFI) looking for input on testing and evaluation capabilities to support the “full spectrum” of the Defense Department’s emerging AI technologies – […]
The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is partnering with Verizon to host Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network for testing government technologies. PNNL’s main campus in Richland, Washington specializes in advanced mobile communications […]
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a solicitation for the second phase of the Ocean of Things Project. The Project, begun in 2017, seeks to develop persistent, wide-area sensor surveillance across […]
A new artificial intelligence consortium at the University of Illinois has made fighting the COVID-19 pandemic its number one priority. The C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute (C3.ai DTI) was recently launched by a collaboration that includes […]
DARPA’s COMPASS – Collection and Monitoring via Planning for Active Situational Scenarios – tool suite has undergone testing by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii. The tool suite is designed to help military analysts […]
Researchers at MIT have devised a system for training autonomous driving systems how to drive. VISTA – Virtual Image Synthesis and Transformation for Autonomy – creates a photorealistic world with multiple steering possibilities, helping the […]
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