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DARPA continues quest to validate quantum computing utility
Through the program, DARPA wants to understand whether it’s possible to develop a utility-scale quantum computing system by 2033.
DARPA’s plan for AI to understand the world
A new DARPA program seeks to use AI to better understand and predict world events.
By Mark Pomerleau
DARPA program blending robots in the squad to find and destroy threats
Marines and soldiers will get to test run new ways to use robots to achieve squad-level missions.
By Todd South
Why DARPA thinks air assets will be the last to get laser weapons
Issues related to weight and cooling may slow down the deployment of directed energy onto Air Force platforms.
By Aaron Mehta
The Pentagon wants to enlist AI to protect AI
In testimony before a House subcommittee, leaders from the Pentagon's research wing discussed what it will take to maintain an edge in artificial intelligence.
By Kelsey D. Atherton
Why the Air Force is investing $100M in AI
Net-centric warfare is evolving, so the Air Force is embracing artificial intelligence research.
By Justin Lynch
DARPA wants to know if it can do anything with blockchain
The agency is soliciting ideas for ways to use distributed cryptographic ledgers for things other than currency.
By Kelsey D. Atherton
These drone swarms survived without GPS
DARPA says its new drone technology can collaborate and adapt with minimal human commands, even when its communications are challenged.
By Brandon Knapp
This DARPA program will give Army and Marine aviators a robot co-pilot
The autonomous capability will take the load off pilots so they can focus on mission tasks other than flying.
By Todd South
The internet of battlefield things is coming. Are IT pros ready?
Inanimate and innocuous objects, including plants and stones, are being turned into connected information gathering points, increasing the scale of information and the need for IT teams to support war fighters.
By Paul Parker
DARPA wants researchers that think like Dr. Evil, but for good
Theesearch Projects Agency is hosting an autonomous robot exposition to conquer the underground battlefield. Defense Advanced R
By Brandon Knapp