The big AI research DARPA is funding this year: The Defense Department’s key research arm will experiment with ethical chatbots and new robot super pilots.
defenseone.com/technology/2024/03/big-ai-research-darpa-funding-year/394924/
An engine that can conjure thrust from thin air? We speak to the designer: Chatting to Anmol Taploo about the race to develop tech for satellites
theregister.com/2024/03/09/darpa_apeb_project_interview/
Scientist claims 'smoking gun' evidence COVID-19 intentionally created by researchers in Chinese lab
nypost.com/2024/02/29/world-news/scientists-may-have-started-the-covid-pandemic-article/
Philly nonprofit gets $48 million to use AI to find new uses for approved drugs: The nonprofit was founded by a University of Pennsylvania immunologist who was ...
inquirer.com/health/every-cure-upenn-david-fajgenbaum-20240229.html
The US government seems serious about developing a lunar economy: You know the military is serious when the guy running the program is nicknamed "Orbit."
arstechnica.com/space/2024/03/the-us-government-seems-serious-about-developing-a-lunar-economy/
Video: Hypersonic rotating detonation engine in sustained test burn
: A revolutionary alternative to conventional rockets that uses controlled explosions has ...
newatlas.com/military/rotating-detonation-engine/
F.A.Z. exclusive: Cooperation between civil and military research should be strengthened
faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/militaerische-forschung-stark-watzinger-will-mehr-kooperation-19576434.html
Germany's Defense: Cheers to Military Research: Western governments want to put more money into defense. This will invigorate military research - with ...
faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/mehr-geld-fuer-die-verteidigung-ein-hoch-auf-die-militaerforschung-19554727.html
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Jill Biden announces $100 million for 'life-changing' research and development into women's health
pbs.org/newshour/politics/jill-biden-announces-100-million-for-life-changing-research-and-development-into-womens-health
Quick Glance: Jill Biden supports women’s health research with $100 million
- Jill Biden announced a support of $100 million for women’s health research.
- The funding comes from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
- The initiative aims to enhance research in the field of women’s health.
- The investment will be directed towards groundbreaking research to assist women.
Let Robots Do Your Lab Work: Air Force Research Laboratory software automates the design and implementation of experiments
spectrum.ieee.org/air-force-research-ares-os
Energy Department Awards $20 Million For Research Into Carbon-Free Geologic Hydrogen
forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2024/02/08/energy-department-awards-20-million-for-research-into-carbon-free-geologic-hydrogen/
Pentagon explores military uses of large language models : The Pentagon is meeting this week tech experts to discuss how to incorporate artificial intelligence ...
washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/20/pentagon-ai-llm-conference/
Quick Glance: Critical Considerations for AI Takeover
- Boards should understand AI's impact on their companies to stay competitive and serve customers effectively.
- AI can make proprietary data more valuable and create new opportunities, but requires in-depth data management.
- AI has the potential to disrupt industries, create new competitors, and erode a firm's competitive advantages.
- The board should support AI development, assess its impact on competitive advantage, and prepare employees for changes.
Pentagon plans AI-based program to estimate prices for critical minerals: The U.S. Department of Defense plans to develop a program to estimate prices and ...
reuters.com/markets/commodities/pentagon-plans-ai-based-program-estimate-prices-critical-minerals-2024-01-29/
Essay | Could a Rogue Billionaire Make a Nuclear Weapon?: A decade ago, the Pentagon paid a team of experts to study the possibility of an entrepreneur or ...
wsj.com/business/could-a-rogue-billionaire-make-a-nuclear-weapon-cd8bfde2
Japan Plans Defense Tech Innovation Body With 100 Staffers; Institute Modeled on Foreign Examples Like DARPA, DIU
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/defense-security/20240224-170847/
Active flow control: X-65 test aircraft does not require moving controls: Conventional aircraft have rudders and flaps for control. The X-65, on the other hand ...
heise.de/news/X-65-DARPA-gibt-Testflugzeug-ohne-primaere-bewegliche-Steuerung-in-Auftrag-9587981.html
DARPA okays construction of X-65 plane with air jet flight controls: DARPA has awarded a contract to Aurora Flight Sciences to build a full-scale aircraft called ...
newatlas.com/aircraft/darpa-construction-x-65-plane/
In a joint project between DARPA and the US Air Force, a special aircraft called the X-62 Vista became the first tactical aircraft to be piloted by artificial ... Show more
Biden administration hopes chips will give it an election year boost: A new center to coordinate government and private industry’s research efforts on computer ...
washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/16/biden-chips-center-research/
Bell and DARPA Propel Air Mobility into the Future: Bell Textron Inc. recently completed high-speed vertical takeoff and landing (HSVTOL) technology tests at ...
riotimesonline.com/bell-and-darpa-propel-air-mobility-into-the-future/
Here's Every Major Theory About What's Really Going On In True Detective: Night Country
slashfilm.com/1508074/every-major-theory-about-true-detective-night-country/
OpenAI's Lobbyists Are Targeting The Pentagon And Other Defense Agencies: Federal disclosures filed this January show that OpenAI lobbied the Department of ...
forbes.com/sites/sarahemerson/2024/02/07/openais-lobbyists-are-targeting-the-pentagon-and-other-defense-agencies/
When is ART useful? When it’s IBM’s Adversarial Robustness Toolbox for AI: By releasing ART on Hugging Face IBM's goal is to now make the defensive AI ...
venturebeat.com/security/when-is-art-useful-when-its-ibms-adversarial-robustness-toolbox-for-ai/
In a joint project between DARPA and the US Air Force, a special aircraft called the X-62 Vista became the first tactical aircraft to be piloted by artificial ... Show more
The Hill Events : Speaking at The Hill's 'U.S. Healthcare’s Annual Checkup' event, Dr. Susan Monarez (Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health) emphasized:
"A ... Show more
DARPA's ground-effect X-plane will haul 100 tons of cargo: Aurora Flight Sciences has updated the design of its Liberty Lifter seaborne military heavy-lift ...
newatlas.com/military/darpas-liberty-lifter-x-plane-gets-a-face-lift/
Boeing Company's Revolutionary Seaplane for DARPA Progresses Through Preliminary Testing
techtimes.com/articles/301282/20240202/boeing-company-revolutionary-seaplane-darpa-progresses-preliminary-testing.htm
Biden's Big Push to Democratize AI Arrives. What Does It Mean for Your Company?: U.S.-based researchers can now seek federal funding, thanks to a project helping ...
inc.com/kit-eaton/bidens-big-push-to-democratize-ai-arrives-what-does-it-mean-for-your-company.html
The Hill Events : Talking about Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health's initiative to improve clinical trials, Dr. Susan Monarez mentioned:
"An open and ... Show more
The Hill Events : Speaking on medical advancements, Dr. Susan Monarez, Deputy Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health shared valuable insights into how 3D ... Show more
Aurora Flight Sciences Revises Liberty Lifter Design: Aurora Flight Sciences has reconfigured the tail section of its Liberty Lifter large transport seaplane ...
flyingmag.com/aurora-flight-sciences-revises-liberty-lifter-design/
NASA had a very busy — and productive — 2023: It x2019; s been a busy year for NASA x2014; full of asteroid missions and collaborations with industry ...
fastcompany.com/91000663/nasa-2023-look-back
OpenAI is working with the Pentagon on a number of new projects including cybersecurity
neowin.net/news/openai-is-working-with-the-pentagon-on-a-number-of-new-projects-including-cybersecurity/
JPMorgan latest to pile into quantum upstart with $5b valuation: Banking giant believes in Quantinuum key to optimizing investment portfolios
theregister.com/2024/01/16/jpmorgan_quantum_banking/
Boeing Subsidiary Building Airplane with No Traditional Control Surfaces for U.S. Government
flyingmag.com/boeing-subsidiary-building-airplane-with-no-traditional-control-surfaces-for-u-s-government/
DARPA's Futuristic X-65 Aircraft Set for 2025 Maiden Flight: DARPA's CRANE program drives the X-65, an aircraft revolutionizing flight control with air ...
techtimes.com/articles/300327/20240104/darpas-futuristic-x-65-aircraft-set-2025-maiden-flight.htm
The Future We Saw Coming Is Now: Technologies we've been following for years will be huge in 2024
spectrum.ieee.org/technology-forecast-2024
11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2024: Killer Drones, Olympic Air Taxis, Amazon Internet, and more
spectrum.ieee.org/technology-in-2024
Raytheon to create DARPA's airborne "wireless internet for energy"
newatlas.com/military/raytheon-airborne-wireless-power/
US aims to power up drones with lasers: The US Defense Research Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) is pioneering a project to extend drone flight times ...
asiatimes.com/2023/12/us-aims-to-power-up-drones-with-lasers/
Boosting Laser Power Will Help Them Blast Drones: Bumping up fiber lasers by an order of magnitude may do the job.
spectrum.ieee.org/laser-weapons
Kerry’s COP28 fusion address will change the world: On November 20, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry announced that he would present a new ...
asiatimes.com/2023/12/kerrys-cop28-fusion-address-will-change-the-world/
To supercharge science, first experiment with how it is funded: Too much of researchers’ time is spent filling in forms
economist.com/leaders/2023/11/16/to-supercharge-science-first-experiment-with-how-it-is-funded
U.S. Troops Still Train on Weapons With Known Risk of Brain Injury: Pentagon researchers say weapons like shoulder-fired rockets expose troops who fire them to ...
nytimes.com/2023/11/26/us/military-brain-injury-rocket-launcher.html
To supercharge science, first experiment with how it is funded: Too much of researchers’ time is spent filling in forms
economist.com/leaders/2023/11/16/to-supercharge-science-first-experiment-with-how-it-is-funded
Japan's FY 2024 defense budget expands to record 7.9 tril. yen - The Mainichi: TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government approved a record-high 7 ...
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231222/p2g/00m/0na/051000c
The Military’s Big Bet on Artificial Intelligence: As new AI technology is developed in the name of national security, questions about ethics and responsible use ...
undark.org/2023/11/29/military-artificial-intelligence/
Collaborative Combat Aircraft Cost, Capability Concerns Emerge In Congress: Legislators want the Air Force and the Navy to be more forthcoming about their ...
thedrive.com/the-war-zone/collaborative-combat-aircraft-cost-capability-concerns-emerge-in-congress
Japanese Government Earmarks ¥373.1 billion for 2 Aegis-Equipped Vessels; Response to North Korea’s Ballistic Missile Threat
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/defense-security/20231223-157475/
U.S. and China race to shield secrets from quantum computers | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
asahi.com/ajw/articles/15086721
Japan eyes record ¥7.7 tril defense budget for fiscal 2024: Japan is making final arrangements to earmark a record defense budget of 7.7 trillion yen for fiscal ...
japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-eyes-record-7.7-tril.-yen-defense-budget-for-fiscal-2024
Renee Wegrzyn, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), and Eric Topol, executive vice president of Scripps Research ... Show more
New psychedelic-like drugs: All treatment, no trip?: California scientists race to concoct compounds that rewire the brain without euphoria or hallucinations.
mercurynews.com/2023/12/12/new-psychedelic-like-drugs-all-treatment-no-trip/
The Military’s Big Bet on Artificial Intelligence: As new AI technology is developed in the name of national security, questions about ethics and responsible use ...
undark.org/2023/11/29/military-artificial-intelligence/
DARPA program breakthrough promises more practical quantum computers: A DARPA program is claiming a major breakthrough in quantum computing. The Optimization ...
newatlas.com/technology/darpa-breakthrough-practical-quantum-computers/
Harvard scientists claim quantum computing breakthrough: A team of DARPA-funded researchers led by scientists at Harvard, with support from QuEra Computing, MIT ...
cointelegraph.com/news/harvard-scientists-darpa-mit-breakthrough-advent-of-early-error-corrected-quantum-computation
The Military’s Big Bet on Artificial Intelligence: As new AI technology is developed in the name of national security, questions about ethics and responsible use ...
undark.org/2023/11/29/military-artificial-intelligence/
AI Is Already at War: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform the Military: Artificial intelligence will transform the military.
foreignaffairs.com/united-states/ai-already-war-flournoy
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General Electric Confirms It's Investigating Claims Of A Shocking Data Breach: GE is a massive company, so this breach comes as no surprise; but the sensitive ...
hothardware.com/news/general-electric-darpa-potentially-suffers-cybersecurity-breach
To supercharge science, first experiment with how it is funded: Too much of researchers’ time is spent filling in forms
economist.com/leaders/2023/11/16/to-supercharge-science-first-experiment-with-how-it-is-funded
VTOL Lift Fan Tactical Transport Design Emerges Under DARPA Program: The U.S. has had a curious relationship with tactical transport concepts that use lift fans ...
thedrive.com/the-war-zone/vtol-lift-fan-tactical-transport-design-emerges-under-darpa-program
Cybersecurity company founded by ex-NSA director files for bankruptcy: Cybersecurity company IronNet, founded by a former director of the U.S ...
reuters.com/legal/litigation/cybersecurity-company-founded-by-ex-nsa-director-files-bankruptcy-2023-10-13/
DARPA Hopes to Beam Power Across 200 Kilometers: Lasers could one day relay power to remote areas, or even from orbital arrays
spectrum.ieee.org/power-beaming-2665745442
DARPA picks competitors for high-speed VTOL X-Plane contract: DARPA has announced the four companies that will compete for the contract to design ...
newatlas.com/aircraft/darpa-sprint-vtol/
After pandemic pause, the 'bump factor' returns to Kendall Square: Random meetings in the compact hub help to fuel the local biotech cluster — at least on ...
bostonglobe.com/2023/11/15/business/kendall-square-biotech-cluster/
DARPA funding 14 space companies to build moon economy: As hundreds of space engineers mull potential partnerships at the fall Lunar Surface Innovation ...
post-gazette.com/business/tech-news/2023/10/11/darpa-funding-moon-economy-lunar-surface-innovation-consortium-pittsburgh/stories/202310110103
Have UFOs been a cover for high-tech defense research?: Could the decades-long pursuit of unraveling the UFO mystery potentially function as a cover for advanced ...
asiatimes.com/2023/10/have-ufos-been-a-cover-for-high-tech-defense-research/
Colonies of bacteria could save the Pentagon billions: America’s armies hope to make use of beneficial biofilms
economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/09/27/colonies-of-bacteria-could-save-the-pentagon-billions
Biden plans $100 million drive to combat drug-resistant 'superbugs': U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Wednesday a $100 million research drive to fight ...
reuters.com/world/us/biden-plans-100-million-drive-combat-drug-resistant-superbugs-2023-09-27/
Emory researcher finds a common thread among many diseases ‘plaguing Americans’: Emory University in Atlanta is now the first recipient of funding through the ...
gpb.org/news/2023/10/02/emory-researcher-finds-common-thread-among-many-diseases-plaguing-americans
Uncle Sam is this keen to keep US CHIPS funds out of China: Meanwhile, GlobalFoundries scores $3B DoD contract to fab chips for military, aerospace
theregister.com/2023/09/23/commerce_dept_us_chips_funds/
SpaceX says it’s ‘Hard to say’ when Starship will be moon-ready: William Gerstenmaier, vice president for build and flight reliability at Elon Musk’s Space ...
dallasnews.com/business/2023/10/18/spacex-says-its-hard-to-say-when-starship-will-be-moon-ready/
The New Industrial Politics | by Barry Eichengreen - Project Syndicate: Barry Eichengreen thinks state intervention to promote specific industries in particular ...
project-syndicate.org/commentary/return-of-industrial-policy-only-partly-vindicated-by-barry-eichengreen-2023-10
DARPA takes its long-duration Manta undersea drone for a test-dip: Autonomous sub should recharge and resupply in perfect stealth, hopefully
theregister.com/2023/09/28/darpa_underwater_drone/
Joint biomedical engineering building dedicated by UTD, UTSW: Aiming to train the next generation of researchers and bolster Dallas’ reputation as a hub for the ...
dallasnews.com/news/2023/10/26/ut-southwestern-ut-dallas-dedicate-joint-research-facility-for-biomedical-engineering/
Boeing to develop hypersonic missile interceptor for DARPA: Boeing has been tapped by DARPA to develop and test the technology that will be required to build a ...
newatlas.com/military/boeing-developing-hypersonic-missile-interceptor-darpa/
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