The White House's 'AI Cyber Challenge' aims to crowdsource national security solutionsThe winning systems will be able to analyze and correct vulnerable code in critical infrastructure.By A. Tarantola, 08.09.2023
NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build the nuclear rocket that’ll take us to MarsBTX Technologies will provide the reactor and fuel.By W. Shanklin, 07.26.2023
DARPA wants AR goggles to help soldiers with complex tasksBut first: cooking.By W. Shanklin, 01.25.2023
NASA and DARPA will test nuclear thermal engines for crewed missions to MarsThe agencies hope to demonstrate the tech as soon as 2027.By K. Holt, 01.24.2023
Cryptocurrency is more centralized than many advocates claim, according to reportDARPA-backed researchers found that a fifth of bitcoin nodes are using old, vulnerable tech.By K. Holt, 06.21.2022
DARPA taps Intel to create simulation software for off-road autonomous vehiclesThe company will work on new tools to improve autonomous combat vehicles. By A. Khalid, 04.26.2022
Hitting the Books: When the military-industrial complex came to Silicon ValleyTurns out, Big Tech has bought a lot of CIA-backed startups over the years.By A. Tarantola, 04.24.2022
DARPA's PROTEUS program gamifies the art of warThe combat simulation system could give US Marines a big advantage in future conflicts.By A. Tarantola, 08.06.2021
DARPA helped make a sarcasm detector, because of course it didCould this be the end of online trolling as we know it?By A. Tarantola, 05.21.2021
DARPA picks Lockheed Martin and Blue Origin to build nuclear spacecraftThe two companies will work with General Atomics to design an agile rocket for cislunar missions.By S. Shah, 04.14.2021
Intel is working with DARPA on advanced cloud encryptionThey'll try to speed up compute times in the field of fully homomorphic encryption.By K. Holt, 03.08.2021
Hitting the Books: Why Travis Kalanick got Uber into the self-driving car gameFor a moment, the ride-hailing firm sat on the cutting edge of automotive autonomy.By A. Tarantola, 02.13.2021
DARPA says it's getting closer to snatching drones out of midairThe agency is still working on its Gremlins reusable drone project.By K. Holt, 12.11.2020
DARPA's hypersonic weapons move closer to free-flight testingLockheed Martin and Raytheon's concepts are designed to go beyond Mach 5.By R. Lawler, 09.01.2020
Heron Systems' AI pilot just beat a human in a simulated dogfightDeep reinforcement learning helped the AI pilots figure out how to outfly and outshoot their competition.By R. Lawler, 08.20.2020
Watch AI-controlled virtual fighters take on an Air Force pilot on August 18thDARPA's final AlphaDogfight Trial will take place online due to COVID-19.By M. Moon, 08.09.2020
Intel wants to use AI to reconnect damaged spinal nervesIts team-up could eventually restore movement for paralyzed people.By J. Fingas, 10.03.2019
DARPA is seeking giant abandoned tunnels for... reasonsIsn't this how sci-fi horror movies begin?By J. Fingas, 08.28.2019
Three teams will compete for millions in DARPA's rocket launch challengeOne mystery competitor wishes to remain anonymous.By C. Fisher, 04.11.2019
Android apps used by troops in combat contained vulnerabilitiesA whistleblower warned about the issues for a year before being acknowledged.By A. Dellinger, 12.20.2018