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The future of the Defence Industry
The defence industry develops the weapons, platforms and systems that armed forces use, from fighter jets, ships and missiles to drones, cyber and space defence.
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- Pentagon taps Argonne to connect military supercomputers with major cloud platformsComputing
- Ghost Murmur tool that allegedly found the downed US airman in Iran defies physicsAI and intelligence
- The Pentagon is spending millions of dollars on AI HackersSecurity and privacy
- Australia launches the first 3D printed Mach 8 Hypersonic Missile from US soilIndustry and manufacturing
- Humanoid robots get first outing on Ukraines front linesRobotics
- Long range US X-Ray vision system sees threats from a mile awaySecurity and privacy
- Russian soliders surrender to Ukrainian gun totting robot in a world firstSecurity and privacy
- New military underwater drone launchers hitch rides on ships and submarine hullsRobotics
- Advanced AI models keep recommending nuclear war to solve conflictsSecurity and privacy
- Raytheon drone interceptor downs enemy drones using an electronic warfare weapon systemSecurity and privacy
- UK General Warns AI Could Streamline Development of Targeted Biological WeaponsSecurity and privacy
- World’s First 100,000 Watt High-Power Laser Defense System Enters Wartime OperationSecurity and privacy
- China develops the world’s most powerful Starlink Microwave smasherConnected society
- Sci-fi adaptive camouflage gets an upgrade with synthetic Octopus skinIndustry and manufacturing
- New Chinese design software identifies critical weaknesses in US B21 stealthSecurity and privacy
- UK MOD uses AI to classify and categorise secret documentsSecurity and privacy
- AI chip firm Cerebras wins M from DARPA to speed up chip connectionsComputing
- China unveils the world’s first anti-drone barrage weapon to counter drone swarmsRobotics
- These 3D printed electronics dissolve in water for faster recyclingIndustry and manufacturing
- Fileless Malware seen in the wild again as actors attack the Phillipines militarySecurity and privacy
- GE Aerospace builds out Mach 5 wind tunnels to test weapons and aircraftSecurity and privacy
- China unveils new invasion barges and deep sea cable cutting shipsSecurity and privacy
- Chinese scientists develop the first 6G electronic warfare systemSecurity and privacy
- Chinese scientists created a nuclear Neutron gun to detect bombsEarth and energy
- China unveils low cost fighter jet to disrupt US military export dominanceSecurity and privacy
- In new tests GPT-4 was itching to start a nuclear warSecurity and privacy
- These new Infra Red contact lenses let you see in the darkBiotech and enhanced humans
- China’s cross-modal Hunter Killer submarine launched drones break coverSecurity and privacy
- World first as Ukrainian sea drone shoots down advanced Russian SU-30 fighter jetSecurity and privacy
- This new AI forensic tool reanimates the mind of rogue AISecurity and privacy
- DARPA show off their massive Manta Ray stealthy sea droneRobotics
- US Space Force approves plans for satellite carriers in spaceSpace
- New AI tech lets soldiers pilot 100 spy drones all at onceSecurity and privacy
- Chinese military invents a new invisibility cloak for dronesIndustry and manufacturing
- US Navy uses AI to train lasers to hit hypersonic missiles fasterSecurity and privacy
- This new 3D printed Smart Tattoo reads patients mindsBiotech and enhanced humans
- US military's next gen fighter jet helmet lets pilots control everything with thoughtBiotech and enhanced humans
- China's new Ram-Rotor Detonation engine pushes beyond Mach 5Transport and mobility
- Two Chinese Sixth Gen fighter jets tear across the skies in ChinaSecurity and privacy
- Anduril ramps Autonomous Underwater Vehicle production in the USARobotics
- UK Flare Bright revolutionises GPS free drone navigation for denied environmentsSecurity and privacy
- China unveils the Mother of all drones at Chinese airshowRobotics
- Andurils new drones are built for Kamikazee missionsSecurity and privacy
- Northrup pitches AWACS without a plane to the US GovernmentSecurity and privacy
- UK conducts first flights using GPS free quantum navigation techSecurity and privacy
- UK company does the impossible to create magnets with no rare earthsIndustry and manufacturing
- China's PLA found shooting at drone swarms challengingSecurity and privacy
- Digital twins are helping companies solve great challengesVirtual worlds
- China's AI used an clever tactic to win a simulated Mach 11 dogfightSecurity and privacy
- China's LAIRD radar with 5900 mile range detects plasma bubbles over GizaSecurity and privacy
- Chinese submarine comms systems sets a new record and irks NATOConnected society
- DARPA announces first of a kind project to allow real time drug approvalsBiotech and enhanced humans
- US hypersonic vehicle achieves Mach 5 in first test flightTransport and mobility
- US Navy dispatches new drone ships to Japan to deter ChinaSecurity and privacy
- DARPA's revolutionary quantum laser is unlike anything anyone's seen beforeEarth and energy
- China is building the world's first dedicated drone aircraft carrierSecurity and privacy
- The world's first dogfight between an AI and a human pilot has taken placeRobotics
- White House recommends everyone moves to Memory Safe Programming by designSecurity and privacy
- Hypersonic weapons key strength makes them vulnerableSecurity and privacy
- Researchers use amplification to smash the 10 Petawatt laser barrierEarth and energy
- Episci develops AI to detect hypersonic missiles from spaceSecurity and privacy
- China's newest atomic clock will run error free for 7.2 Billion yearsConnected society
- H2 Clipper wants to use robot swarms to build giant airships
- China splurges 0 Million to create an AI Supermind that trolls global scientistsAI and intelligence
- This Chinese hypersonic drone beats the F-22 in aerodynamic efficiencySecurity and privacy
- Ineffable cryptography breakthrough gets rid of root access adminsSecurity and privacy
- The US Navy just got it's first big robo subRobotics
- DARPA gets green light to build first of a kind X65 CRANE jetTransport and mobility
- This new AI proof generator helps debug software and secure codeSecurity and privacy
- Watch as these playful autonomous drones chase down a human in a forestRobotics
- Chinese stealth submarines now sound like just water thanks to this new materialIndustry and manufacturing
- Google's DeepMind AI just invented 380,000 new compoundsIndustry and manufacturing
- In a world first laser beams have been deflected by just airEarth and energy
- The pentagon gets closer to fully autonomous war with new edictAI and intelligence
- These new swarm AI controlled autonomous drones will change the battlefield foreverSecurity and privacy
- Paralysis used to be for life, but it isn't any longer, and this and other breakthroughs are just the start of a new era of medicine.Transport and mobility
- In a first China claims to have built a laser weapon that fires indefinitelySecurity and privacy
- BAE's torpedo dropping drone is a world firstSecurity and privacy
- The Pentagons new drone language lets drones communicate without humansRobotics
- The US Military's Replicator program will churn out thousands of military dronesIndustry and manufacturing
- France enters the hypersonic missile race with first VMAX launchIndustry and manufacturing
- Humans and AI fight it out using remotely controlled robots that adapt as they fightRobotics
- This new American satellite jamming system is a game changerSpace
- China's new 30Mw state of the art radar system sees over 2,800kmSecurity and privacy
- The UK's Royal Navy will soon take delivery of its first autonomous minesweeperRobotics
- NASA's hypersonic Rotating Detonation Engine passes first crucial testsTransport and mobility
- The USAF's Project VENOM is turning old F-16's into drone wingmenSecurity and privacy
- China's space agency tests a first of a kind Stirling EngineEarth and energy
- In a first an AI pilot flew a real uncrewed F16 in simulated aerial dog fightsSecurity and privacy
- China allegedly has found a way to make its hypersonic weapons twice as potentSecurity and privacy
- Hermeus's first of a kind Chimera engine switches from supersonic to hypersonicTransport and mobility
- Lockheed Martin achieves first light of it's latest 50kw laser weapon systemSecurity and privacy
- DARPA's unveils its revolutionary CRANE X-Plane with no moving partsTransport and mobility
- Jetopera's bladeless eVTOL aircraft targets 0.8 MachTransport and mobility
- The latest USAF report says force fields are almost here but they're not quite sci-fiSecurity and privacy
- NIST created the first atomic communications system, played games, and watched TVConnected society
- The US military is significantly ramping up its interest in quantum communicationsConnected society
- A major US led drone fleet is finally coming together in the Middle EastSecurity and privacy
- Submersible drone motherships are about to conquer their final hurdleSecurity and privacy
- The US Navy asks for massive drone swarms to overcome future adversariesSecurity and privacy
- An autonomous Blackhawk just successfully completed its first mock rescue missionSecurity and privacy
- Scientists have created a new smart material that's more AI than materialAI and intelligence
- As Arctic tensions heat up DARPA wants to control iceIndustry and manufacturing
- The US Navy takes delivery of its first tactical laser weaponSecurity and privacy
- China's latest anti-stealth metric wave radar is the size of a clothes rackSecurity and privacy
- China's hybrid supersonic weapon flies like a missile and swims like a torpedoSecurity and privacy
- This revolutionary AI image enhancement system is revolutionising CCTVAI and intelligence
- This UK startup lets you buy a literal invisibility shieldIndustry and manufacturing
- Fighter pilots take the simulators into battle to fight augmented reality foesVirtual worlds
- NASA's Martian autonomous cybersecurity defence test is a resounding successSecurity and privacy
- Telekinetic and telepathic materials open the door to mental weirdnessBiotech and enhanced humans
- This new drone swarm speeds through forests with unprecedented easeAI and intelligence
- China touts an AI that can design its own hypersonic weaponsSecurity and privacy
- AI and 6G will form the bedrock of China's first hypersonic missile defence systemSecurity and privacy
- 6G takes on a new roll helping China create better hypersonic weapons systemsSecurity and privacy
- Iron Beam laser weapon counters multiple drone threats in live fire testsSecurity and privacy
- A new ultra lightweight hydrogen fuel tank could make jet fuel obsoleteEarth and energy
- State actors weaponise DeepFakes to try and change the course of the Ukraine warSecurity and privacy
- Coup prediction algorithms are here to save and wreck democracyAI and intelligence
- Russia becomes the worlds first country to use hypersonic weapons in war timeSecurity and privacy
- An AI invented over 40,000 new chemical weapons in just 6 hours but it's OKAI and intelligence
- A new DARPA project is experimenting with living factories in spaceIndustry and manufacturing
- Unmanned military drones team up with manned fighter jets during BAE trialSecurity and privacy
- Ukraine jumps onboard the crypto and NFT express to fund its war effortConnected society
- US Army unveils robotics project that lets AI's ask soldiers clarifying questionsSecurity and privacy
- Nammo's drone swarms now come with tank killing weapons systemsSecurity and privacy
- NASA wants to be the first to launch a rocket from another planet by 2026Space
- From flying aircraft carriers to submarine motherships, the US military draws up plansSecurity and privacy
- The first gas station in space is now operationalEarth and energy
- China plays catch up as AI trounces PLA's best fighter pilots in simulated combatSecurity and privacy
- World's first real warp bubble created by accident as scientists mull future warp driveTransport and mobility
- Sensors that detect Covid-19 in the air get major US military fundingBiotech and enhanced humans
- The US Army is training to take down real life hunter killer Terminator robotsSecurity and privacy
- The US military's Active Denial System is a 95Ghz heat ray weaponSecurity and privacy
- China's hypersonic missile circled Earth at 21,000mph and smashed its targetSecurity and privacy
- US military launches cube sats to test new anti-hypersonic weapons techSecurity and privacy
- Significant MQ-9 Reaper drone AI upgrade opens door to full military autonomySecurity and privacy
- Living pharmacies within our bodies could help cure jet lag and diseaseBiotech and enhanced humans
- New microwave weapon THOR helps the USAF defeat drone swarms in secondsSecurity and privacy
- USAF pumps m into Quarterhorse their future 4,000mph autonomous aircraftTransport and mobility
- A new ultra thin film gives your ordinary glasses night visionIndustry and manufacturing
- China is developing hypersonic UCAV swarms to overcome missile defensesSecurity and privacy
- The Pentagon wants to test a space based particle beam weapon by 2023Earth and energy
- Rocket delivery anywhere in an hour gets included in latest US military budgetTransport and mobility
- An autonomous US Navy Stingray drone successfully refuelled an F-18 in mid flightRobotics
- For the first time the UN believes a hunter killer drone autonomously killed humans in battleSecurity and privacy
- World's first handheld neutron detector detects bombs and nuclear material in real timeEarth and energy
- Pentagon scientists microchip detects COVID-19 in the blood before symptoms showBiotech and enhanced humans
- DARPA looks for new ways to decouple legacy code from hardwareComputing
- US stealth ship reaches insane speeds to out race everything in the oceanSecurity and privacy
- 500 hackers spent three months trying to hack a radical new computer chip and failedSecurity and privacy
- US Pentagon successfully tests solar power concept to beam energy to Earth from spaceEarth and energy
- Wireless Brain to Brain telepathy gets another DARPA funding boost to go next levelBiotech and enhanced humans
- The world's first active duty military AI co-pilot just got its next missionAI and intelligence
- Researchers create first of a kind quantum sensor that scans the entire RF spectrumIndustry and manufacturing
- DeepMind's AI learns the rules as it goes so it can conquer the real worldAI and intelligence
- World's largest drone that will launch satellites from mid air finally unveiledSpace
- AI everywhere as DARPA spins up new intelligent edge computing projectsAI and intelligence
- The french government just signed off on cyborg soldiersBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first as AI officially joins the crew onboard a US military jetAI and intelligence
- Black box AI’s learn to express themselves so researchers can read their mindsAI and intelligence
- China to build its own ultra-powerful Z Machine to test mock nuclear explosionsEarth and energy
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin outlines plans for first deliveries to the Moon in 2023Space
- The US military found a way to use AI to turn humans into living sensor networksBiotech and enhanced humans
- US military starts using human gamers brainwaves to train killer robot swarmsRobotics
- USAF experiments with neurotraining to cut pilot training times in halfBiotech and enhanced humans
- British Army shows off tiny bug drone that flies at 50mph and blows doors offRobotics
- Revolutionary rocket that eats itself for fuel gets UK government fundingSpace
- DARPA selects Gryphon to build world's first ever nuclear rocket engineEarth and energy
- Russians latest military exoskeleton controls drone swarms and survives landminesSecurity and privacy
- US Air Force announces plans to update fighter jet software in mid flightSecurity and privacy
- Air Force One to go hypersonic after USAF signs contract with US engine makerTransport and mobility
- Powered up exoskeleton turns wimps into world-beating power liftersRobotics
- Researchers latest super-powered camera lets you see through wallsEarth and energy
- AI fighter pilot obliterates human USAF pilot in simulated dogfightsAI and intelligence
- Raytheon unveils the world's first 3D printed guided missileIndustry and manufacturing
- A US startup just built a giant centrifuge to fling rockets into spaceTransport and mobility
- Common element combinations could replace rare Earth metals in electronicsIndustry and manufacturing
- US military starts testing solar cells in orbit that beam electricity back to EarthEarth and energy
- US military signs on to start testing Elon Musk’s StarLink communications networkConnected society
- USAF ramps up AI drone wingman concept, preps for 2023 launchSecurity and privacy
- US topguns will fight AI drones in 2021 as era of autonomous warfare nearsAI and intelligence
- Squids help researchers genetically engineer human cells and turn them invisibleIndustry and manufacturing
- US Navy's biofuel powered Tomahawk missiles open door to sustainable rocket travelEarth and energy
- US Navy shows off first of a kind laser weapon by destroying drones over the PacificSecurity and privacy
- Israeli researchers newest hack uses fans to steal classified data from top secret serversSecurity and privacy
- The US Space Force shows off its first offensive space weaponSecurity and privacy
- Invisible soldiers get closer after new thermal camouflage breakthroughSecurity and privacy
- Mind control breakthrough gives patients fine grained control of prosthetic limbsRobotics
- Lack of Covid-19 vaccine pushes DARPA to develop a therapeutic “Shield”Security and privacy
- DARPA announces "Counter-Hypersonics" program to counter the catastrophic threat from hypersonic weaponsSecurity and privacy
- DARPA closes in on its ambitions to build the worlds first flying aircraft carriersRobotics
- This new powerful terahertz camera uses lasers and radiation to see inside objectsEarth and energy
- The US military's new Jetson laser can identify you from just your heartbeatEarth and energy
- Russia’s new 200 knot “supercavitating” torpedoes leave America speechlessSecurity and privacy
- Russia becomes the first country in the world to deploy hypersonic weaponsSecurity and privacy
- US Army explores the use of shape shifting robots for 2040Robotics
- HyperStealth demonstrate the world’s first viable invisibility cloakIndustry and manufacturing
- A new VR synthetic skin brings feelings to gaming and prostheticsVirtual worlds
- Neurotech breakthrough lets Russians visualise people's thoughtsAI and intelligence
- Researchers created a digital metamaterial to create better cloaking devicesIndustry and manufacturing
- Lightweight metal foam stops armour piercing .50 calibre bullets as well as steelSecurity and privacy
- The USAF deploys it’s first microwave drone killing weaponSecurity and privacy
- Russia’s Navy could be the first to field hypersonic weaponsSecurity and privacy
- Hypersonic flight a step closer after revolutionary British hypersonic engine aces testsTransport and mobility
- A new artificial human skin gives people spiderman like superpowersBiotech and enhanced humans
- USAF announces development of a new Mach 5 hypersonic missileSecurity and privacy
- Gallium “heartbeat” discovery gives re-configurable electronics a boostIndustry and manufacturing
- US military report recommends giving AI autonomous authority to launch nuclear weaponsSecurity and privacy
- DARPA human telepathy project will let people transmit images into other people’s brainsBiotech and enhanced humans
- AI researchers clone dragonfly brains to create better missile defencesAI and intelligence
- Quantum radar that neutralises stealth technology demonstrated for first time, againSecurity and privacy
- Chinese scientists unveil electronics that dissolve to protect classified dataSecurity and privacy
- University nabs multi-million pound to create next gen reconfigurable electronicsIndustry and manufacturing
- Liquid computers get a step closer after liquid storage breakthroughComputing
- Future quantum computers could crack 2048 bit RSA encryption in 8 hoursSecurity and privacy
- Watch DARPA’s smart EXACTO bullets change path mid flightSecurity and privacy
- Mission Impossible style smart contact lens gets US military's attentionBiotech and enhanced humans
- New military virtual reality system lets operators control swarms of dronesVirtual worlds
- Scientists have created a living material that has the three signs of lifeIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists hunt for “Kryptonite to stop CRISPR,” the world’s most powerful gene editing toolBiotech and enhanced humans
- Colour night vision breakthrough turns the darkest midnight into dayAI and intelligence
- “Unblinking Eye” pre-crime tech gets investment boost from UK governmentSecurity and privacy
- Game changing “Unhackable” MORPHEUS computer chip re-configures itself every 50 millisecondsSecurity and privacy
- Revolutionary polymorphic liquid metal paves the way for shape shifting robotsIndustry and manufacturing
- Pentagon demands satellites that can dodge incoming fire like an NBA all starSpace
- Revolutionary Bio-Compatible transistors will let AI's interface with your brainComputing
- Chinese researchers turned hard drives into covert listening devicesSecurity and privacy
- Chinese researchers hack "Unhackable" quantum encryption, reveal methodSecurity and privacy
- US Military puts the call out for autonomous AI’s that can defend its networksSecurity and privacy
- The US Pentagon releases it's plan to become a world leader in AISecurity and privacy
- US researchers have found a safe way to 3D print explosivesIndustry and manufacturing
- MIT's new neural network can explain its decisionsAI and intelligence
- The Pentagon hires the world's best poker playing AI to play War GamesAI and intelligence
- DARPA propose creating an AI that can monitor the whole world for threatsSecurity and privacy
- DARPA announces plans to build conscious robots using insect brainsAI and intelligence
- Joint China-Russia atmospheric experiment spikes temperatures over Europe by 100 CelciusEarth and energy
- US proposes to regulate AI the same way it regulates weapons exportsSecurity and privacy
- New Russian laser weapon obliterates targets in secondsSecurity and privacy
- US military genetics program to turn marine life into giant living sensor networksSecurity and privacy
- US researchers get .7m grant to create wonder bio-material that lasts 500 million yearsIndustry and manufacturing
- Here's how NASA plans to build on Mars and the MoonSpace
- US military identifies virtual nations as a potential security threat to US sovereigntyConnected society
- After four year wait Cape Canaveral gets its license to launch commercial space planesSpace
- Pentagon seriously considers using rockets to move soldiers and equipment around the globeSpace
- Scientists have created the world’s first Star Trek like tractor beamEarth and energy
- Inside Google’s plan to make sure AI is safeSecurity and privacy
- Scientists jumped out of a plane to create a new wonder materialIndustry and manufacturing
- Worldwide surveillance, Hawkeye satellites use radio to track illegal shippingSecurity and privacy
- The UK’s new Quantum Compass makes GPS satellites obsoleteTransport and mobility
- Meet the robot surgeon that's going to be taking aim at your organsRobotics
- Virgin Orbit strapped a rocket to their 747 to democratise access to spaceSpace
- US Navy puts AI brains into its 3D printers to make them "creative and intelligent"Industry and manufacturing
- Neural implants let military pilots control three jets at once with their mindsBiotech and enhanced humans
- BAE is developing a "wearable" cockpit for fighter jetsVirtual worlds
- Scientists have created an ultrasound patch to monitor your vital healthIndustry and manufacturing
- Mine hunting bees tracked with Lidar help farmers boost crop yieldsEarth and energy
- US Marines 3D printed new barracks using the world's largest 3D printerIndustry and manufacturing
- Windows are the perfect lens-less cameras for AI and VR headsetsAI and intelligence
- Telepathic warfare takes center stage as US military bets big on neuro techBiotech and enhanced humans
- MIT created a nanobot spray that gives dumb objects superpowersIndustry and manufacturing
- Hackers discover a way to turn satellites into microwave weaponsSecurity and privacy
- Scientists have 3D printed the world's first physical neural networkAI and intelligence
- A controversial AI can allegedly reveal your personality from just a photoAI and intelligence
- Canada and UK partner to develop the West's first Quantum Radar systemSecurity and privacy
- US military starts trialling robotic surgeons in the battlefieldBiotech and enhanced humans
- China unveils their revolutionary ZKZM-500 laser assault rifleSecurity and privacy
- New omniphobic material reduces maritime fuel consumption by upto 80 percent
- US spy agencies prepare to build DNA computers and molecular storage systems
- New quantum resistant crypto stops quantum computers spying on your data
- US military and DARPA team up to develop tech to uncover fake news
- Fantastic self-healing material regenerates after suffering "catastrophic damage"
- Two breakthroughs make it impossible to fake nuclear weapon decommissioning
- Deadly new “Cyber RAT” turns any factory, power plant or oil rig into a bomb
- Suspicious nuclear power plants can now be monitored remotely using WATCHMAN
- The US military is funding an AI that's learning to write its own code
- Hackers use electromagnetic attack to steal data from air gapped systems
- Hackers found a way to steal data from air gapped networks using powerlines
- China looks to re-create DARPA to create next generation weapons systems
- The robots of the future might not have a brain
- DARPA funds programs to get black box AI’s to explain their decisions
- Lockheed Martin awarded contract to arm US Navy destroyers with lasers
- The Pentagon is making lasers that create voices out of thin air
- Blackberry's AI Robo-hacker gets to work finding bugs in connected cars code
- China's new "Ghost Imaging" satellites will make US stealth obsolete
- Harvard's Metalense breakthrough could pave the way for real invisibility cloaks
- DARPA hands the world's first fully autonomous drone warship to the US Navy
- World's most powerful laser will be able to rip matter out of a vacuum
- Quantum sensor breakthrough could one day replace global GPS systems
- Hitachi's newest surveillance AI can follow you through a crowd
- Researchers unveil self-charging fabrics that could power tomorrow's Smart Clothes
- DARPA drops m to build the world’s first unhackable ‘self-reconfiguring’ computer system
- The US Military just put out a contract for the world's first flying aircraft carriers
- DARPA wants to genetically engineer smart plants to act as surveillance devices
- MIT's new AI is helping scientists design new, futuristic materials
- DARPA invests hard cash to bring telepathy to the masses
- Lockheed will build America's next generation of autonomous submarines
- Researchers have found a way to successfully debug neural networks
- China splurges Billion to build a national quantum technology research center
- The F-35 could be the first US aircraft to be outfitted with laser weapons
- MIT researchers use AI and a smartphone to see round corners
- NASA’s new ion thruster smashes all the records
- Lockheed shoots drones out of the sky with it's newest laser weapon
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- Researchers use 3D printing to create a soft electronic wearable
- Revolutionary new IoT chip communicates miles without using any energy
- Lockheed show off their orbiting Mars station concept
- Russia reportedly re-activates autonomous "Deadhand" AI, plugs it into nuclear arsenal
- Lockheed's new camera puts a space telescope in your pocket
- Virtual reality lets cyber security experts patrol their networks Matrix style
- Self-evolving killer robots are almost here, and experts want a debate
- Machine gun equipped drones get ready for battle, autonomy next?
- UN cancels crucial 2017 debate on autonomous warfare because Brazil owes it money
- MIT tests the future of cybersecurity, pits AI's against AI's
- World first as Chinese scientists communicate without sending any data, revolution in computing beckons
- China shows off its revolutionary silent submarine engine
- China wants to build a 20,000 tonne warship that submerges
- Mine hunting drones can now detect mines from the air
- Boeing teams up with America's biggest ship builder to build autonomous subs
- US Intelligence director: "AI will replace 75 percent of spies"
- Lockheed confirms it's building the unmanned hypersonic SR-72 aircraft
- Russian researchers have created a 'Quantum safe' blockchain
- Hackers have found a new way to hack Samsung's iris security system
- World first as scientists create the first Black Hole on Earth
- DARPA splurges million to help spies upload information to their brains 'Matrix' style
- US General: 'Swarms of autonomous Hunter-Killer drones will lead Marines into battle'
- The USAF turned an F-16 fighter jet into the world's most advanced drone
- Russia gets ready to test its new, 'unbeatable' hypersonic missile system
- Descartes Labs new AI visual search tool lets you find everything on Earth
- The US Army just 3D printed a grenade launcher and grenades
- US Army to develop artificial human skin and powdered blood
- DARPA's TERN drone gives US Marines a new wingman
- New US military intercept tech lets operators take control of enemy drones
- DARPA's new P3 program aims to stop all pandemics dead within 60 days
- Two world firsts as researchers hack an unhackable quantum network
- F-35 pilots will team with AI to control swarms of drones in mid flight
- New nano material gives buildings, energy and stealth a big boost
- So long Asimov's Laws, say hello to the 23 Laws of Robotics
- Liberatus AI whips world's top poker players to take .7m pot
- Norwegian robot learns to self-evolve and 3D print itself in the lab
- British Aerospace unveils the world's first laser deflector shield concept
- New Chinese camera can see round corners
- World's tightest atomic knot will help scientists create new super materials
- When satellites fall from the sky DARPA's new ocean network will still work
- DARPA wants to build "Vampire Drones" that turn into gas at sunrise
- DARPA is bringing the internet to the world's deepest oceans and mines
- Watch the F/A-18 release swarms of autonomous drones into the sky
- The US Army wants biodegradable bullets that grow plants
- Soldiers digital twins let US Army 3D print replacement body parts in battle
- China to build artificially intelligent, fire and forget, cruise missiles
- The US Army tests convoys of autonomous trucks in Michigan
- The UN is going to debate banning killer robots
- Texas might become a testing ground for new EMP proof electricity grids
- US Navy's autonomous submarine hunter begins operational trials
- US Navy protects Chesapeake Bay with swarms of its latest robotic boats
- Russias tests its new autonomous nuclear submarine off the US coast
- US Navy successfully tests it's latest Railgun at full power
- This scuba mask concept lets divers swim without tanks
- New spray on polymer makes watermelons, and the Pentagon, indestructible
- Nanocrystal discovery turns normal glasses into night vision specs
- Technology and the future of privacy
- Nimble Atlas robot ups its game again to conquer tricky terrain
- Scientists use defects to create a new programmable material
- IBM opens the worlds first commercial Cyber Range
- Scientists turn nuclear waste into diamond batteries that last forever
- BAE uses AI to defeat todays state of the art electronic jamming systems
- Drones are fighting back against laser attacks
- The US Navy announced it will build a global network of undersea drone highways
- Lasers on fighter jets by 2020, the USAF and Northrop Grumman get cosy
- The Pentagon announces more investment and a new anti-satellite warfare strategy
- Scientists have found a way to turn your body into a computer
- The US Marines want to build a fully autonomous F-35
- China claims new anti-stealth radar systems neutralise stealth
- Artificial atom breakthrough to usher in era of secure communications
- New heat resistant material breakthrough gives hypersonic flight a boost
- US Navy stands up the worlds first fully autonomous drone squadron
- Elon Musk says advanced AIs will take down the internet
- US Navy's future supersonic submarines will command swarms of autonomous drones
- Ukraines army uses Hololens to make their tanks invisible
- ISS SPHERE drones learn to see and fly around in space all by themselves
- Encryption’s arch nemesis is a ticking quantum time bomb
- China's puts final touches to its 2,000km long unhackable quantum network
- New blockchain DNS system would put an end to DDoS attacks
- Google AIs learnt how to encrypt their communications to stop people spying on them
- US Army to equip its bases and vehicles with laser weapons by 2023
- New electronics breakthrough lets devices run for years without batteries
- New US Navy launcher fires swarms of autonomous drones into the sky
- World first as Microsofts speech recognition software becomes as accurate as humans
- DARPA’s hack proof code protects military systems from hackers
- Fabric circuits open a door to smarter clothes
- US Government unveils CAUSE, a program to predict cyber attacks before they happen
- Capable of full autonomy, we go inside the stealth destroyer USN Zumwalt
- Pentagon mulls putting the whole US military onto blockchain
- Google teaches robots to learn from each other using a hive mind
- World first as US Marines 3D print their own ammunition
- World first as Lockheeds autonomous submarine launches an autonomous drone
- US to turn its aircraft carriers into floating drone factories
- Claimed Chinese Quantum Radar breakthrough would render US stealth obselete
- DARPA launches dragnet program to monitor drones in cities
- SRI unveils Minority Report like touchless biometric technologies
- The US and China are developing supersonic submarines
- Pentagon tests Artificial Intelligence electronic warfare systems
- New era of hypersonic warfare forces the Pentagon to rethink its strategy
- US defense contractors announce directed energy weapons are ready for prime time
- US Government drafts plans to confuse cyber-criminals
- The US airforce will rule the air with swarms of drones
- Truck sized nuclear fusion reactors appear on the horizon
- DARPA's king Robo-hacker "Mayhem" proves no match for humans
- The world's first fully autonomous warship aces sea trials
- US military funds cameras that can see round corners
- The White House just issued a Defcon scale for cyber attacks
- DARPA teams go head to head to find the worlds best robo-hacker
- One camera to watch an entire city, meet WAMI
- US Navy divers go Ironman with DAVD
- DARPA pushes autonomous Mach 20 drone program underground
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