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The future of US Department of Defense
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- Pentagon taps Argonne to connect military supercomputers with major cloud platformsComputing
- Australia launches the first 3D printed Mach 8 Hypersonic Missile from US soilIndustry and manufacturing
- GE Aerospace builds out Mach 5 wind tunnels to test weapons and aircraftSecurity and privacy
- In new tests GPT-4 was itching to start a nuclear warSecurity and privacy
- DARPA seeks Algorithmic Theory of Mind AI model to deter cyber attacksSecurity and privacy
- Low energy Analogue AI chips gets a $100 Million boost from DARPAComputing
- Black Hornet 4 micro drone packs heavy recon duty into a tiny packageSecurity and privacy
- Senior Pentagon officials reveal new autonomous killer robot policyRobotics
- This new AI proof generator helps debug software and secure codeSecurity and privacy
- These new swarm AI controlled autonomous drones will change the battlefield foreverSecurity and privacy
- BAE’s torpedo dropping drone is a world firstSecurity and privacy
- The US Military’s Replicator program will churn out thousands of military dronesIndustry and manufacturing
- Molecular barcodes help suppliers keep track of Cannabis shipmentsIndustry and manufacturing
- DARPA’s unveils its revolutionary CRANE X-Plane with no moving partsTransport and mobility
- NASA’s Martian autonomous cybersecurity defence test is a resounding successSecurity and privacy
- Unmanned military drones team up with manned fighter jets during BAE trialSecurity 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
- 500 hackers spent three months trying to hack a radical new computer chip and failedSecurity and privacy
- Wireless Brain to Brain telepathy gets another DARPA funding boost to go next levelBiotech and enhanced humans
- Battery breakthrough lets robots store energy like humans do in fat reservesEarth and energy
- A US startup just built a giant centrifuge to fling rockets into spaceTransport and mobility
- The US military’s new Jetson laser can identify you from just your heartbeatEarth and energy
- Scientists hunt for “Kryptonite to stop CRISPR,” the world’s most powerful gene editing toolBiotech and enhanced humans
- Department of Defense warns the US is falling behind China on 5GConnected society
- Pentagon demands satellites that can dodge incoming fire like an NBA all starSpace
- 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 Pentagon surrenders and admits it can no longer keep pace with cyber attacksSecurity and privacy
- US military genetics program to turn marine life into giant living sensor networksSecurity and privacy
- US researchers get $1.7m grant to create wonder bio-material that lasts 500 million yearsIndustry and manufacturing
- Virgin Orbit strapped a rocket to their 747 to democratise access to spaceSpace
- Physicists have discovered the world’s first “time crystal”Earth and energy
- Telepathic warfare takes center stage as US military bets big on neuro techBiotech and enhanced humans
- US military and DARPA team up to develop tech to uncover fake newsAI and intelligence
- The US Military just put out a contract for the world’s first flying aircraft carriersSecurity and privacy
- DARPA wants to genetically engineer smart plants to act as surveillance devicesSecurity and privacy
- World’s best AI robo-hacker takes on BotnetsSecurity and privacy
- Watch the F/A-18 release swarms of autonomous drones into the skySecurity and privacy
- The US Army wants biodegradable bullets that grow plantsEarth and energy
- Pentagon mulls putting the whole US military onto blockchainSecurity and privacy
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