The U.S. Navy has successfully demonstrated the use of a prototype airborne mine countermeasure system. The test involved a BAE Single-system Multi-mission Airborne Mine Detection (SMAMD) System aboard an MQ-8C Fire Scout helicopter drone. The […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Science Board (DSB) recently formed a new task force – named The Strategic Options Task Force – to review the potential for leveraging emerging technologies and approaches to “rebalance intervention cost and […]
The U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) is seeking to develop sensors that are light in weight, low in cost, small in size, and easy for warfighters to carry. The […]
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine are using machine learning in an attempt to transform night vision from its current monochromatic black-and-green to actual colors. Color night vision would be of benefit to the […]
The U.S. Space Force is now receiving data collected by a constellation of about 40 geolocation cubesats operated by Spire Global to detect GPS jamming. The goal of the project is to discover a way to […]
One of the top priorities for the Army’s electronic warfare community is gaining a better understanding of how passive sensors can be used on the battlefield. At a recent Cyber Quest experimentation event, the Army conducted […]
The US Air Force’s Air Combat Command has created a new information warfare (IW) training and research detachment aimed at improving the way the service prepares personnel to conduct operations. According to a statement, the […]
The U.S. Army Engineer and Development Center (ERDC) has awarded a $3.8M contract to US Ignite to design and deploy a ‘Smart Installation and Community Dashboard’ at Fort Benning in Columbus, GA. The Dashboard is […]
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a broad agency announcement for the In the Moment (ITM) project. ITM seeks to develop the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies […]
DARPA has awarded contracts to Raytheon BBN and to the University of Southern California (USC) for its Quantum Benchmarking program. The program will seek new methods of measuring the long-term utility of – and best […]
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