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Military looking to 4D printing to develop weapons that assemble themselves, last longer and adapt to specific conditions on command.
September 5, 2018
3D printing or additive manufacturing is ongoing revolution in manufacturing with its potential to fabricate any complex object and is being utilized from printing small components to full drones on…
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DARPA develops Testbed to test space warfare strategies integrated with air, cyber, land, and maritime domains
June 2, 2018
As the space domain has become more congested and militarized the potential for intentional and unintentional threats to space system assets has increased. To mitigate these threats, the Department of Defense…
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US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) designed counter asymmetric threats, now upgraded with power projection capabilities for A2/AD environment
May 10, 2018
The US Navy’s $35+ billion “Littoral Combat Ship” program is intended to create a new generation of affordable surface combatants that could operate in dangerous shallow and near-shore environments, while…
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USAF developing Integrated and Networked Multidomain capability and capacity for Air Superiority in Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) environment
April 20, 2018
In modern military operations, achieving air superiority is a critical precondition for success. Air superiority provides freedom from attack, freedom to attack, freedom of action, freedom of access, and freedom…
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DARPA NESD developing high bandwidth implantable neural interfaces for controlling machines with brain and mind control of soldiers
January 16, 2018
Neural interfaces currently approved for human use squeeze a tremendous amount of information through just 100 channels, with each channel aggregating signals from tens of thousands of neurons at a…
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Researchers Creating Air and Water Drones that can carry search-and-rescue operations, inspect underwater structures and defuze underwater mines
August 23, 2017
In recent years, a number of groups have begun researching and building vehicles that can smoothly transition from water to air and back again. Among these new platforms are…
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Rapid deployment of Directed Energy Weapons is leading to search and development of counter directed energy technologies, techniques and tactics
June 27, 2017
Directed-energy weapons are among a handful of maturing disruptive or asymmetric technologies that could confer game-changing technological advantages both as a superior defensive capability and as an effective electronic attack…
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DARPA plans city wide network of tethered platforms and long-endurance UASs to track every terrorist drone
March 1, 2017
Cities have become the new battleground and Hybrid or Urban Warfare the greatest threat being waged by ISIS to Boko Haram to Hamas to Ukraine rebels. One of the biggest emerging…
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ARGUS-IS, and ARGUS-IR are DARPA’s Real-Time, Day/Night, Drone Gigapixel Imaging and Surveillance systems in the sky
December 30, 2016
Our military forces are becoming increasingly dependent on current and reliable video data for the conduct of day-to-day operations. Our deployed forces are faced with many challenges to provide real-time…
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DARPA developing next generation of Ultra-stable and Super-precise portable Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC)
November 27, 2016
The ACES program aims to develop portable, battery‐powered atomic clocks with stability, repeatability, and environmental sensitivity approaching that of laboratory‐grade cesium beam frequency standards. “The history of human knowledge is…
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US Air Force plans Close Air Support (CAS) under low to medium threat environment, DARPA delivers Rapid and Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS)
November 21, 2016
US Air Force could soon begin testing light attack aircraft to see if they’re a viable option for close-air support. The work is being led by Air Force Strategic Development…
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New Era of Smart Bullets has arrived: “One Shot, One Kill” of Moving Targets even under wind and dust
October 11, 2016
DARPA under its Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program has developed a self-steering bullet that can hit moving targets at long ranges with great accuracy. During successful live fire tests in…
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