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1. Pentagon taps Argonne to connect military supercomputers with major cloud platformsComputing5 Jun 2026
2. Anthropic pulls Mythos and Fable 5 AI models as White House bans all foreign accessSecurity and privacy26 May 2026
3. Anthropic releases its first commercial Mythos class model Claude Fable 5AI and intelligence25 May 2026
4. Ghost Murmur tool that allegedly found the downed US airman in Iran defies physicsAI and intelligence24 May 2026
5. The Pentagon is spending millions of dollars on AI HackersSecurity and privacy6 Apr 2026
6. Australia launches the first 3D printed Mach 8 Hypersonic Missile from US soilIndustry and manufacturing13 Mar 2026
7. Long range US X-Ray vision system sees threats from a mile awaySecurity and privacy15 Feb 2026
8. New military underwater drone launchers hitch rides on ships and submarine hullsRobotics11 Feb 2026
9. Raytheon drone interceptor downs enemy drones using an electronic warfare weapon systemSecurity and privacy24 Jan 2026
10. AI chip firm Cerebras wins $45M from DARPA to speed up chip connectionsComputing10 Sep 2025
11. DARPA seeks Algorithmic Theory of Mind AI model to deter cyber attacksSecurity and privacy30 May 2025
12. DARPA show off their massive Manta Ray stealthy sea droneRobotics21 May 2025
13. US Space Force approves plans for satellite carriers in spaceSpace17 May 2025
14. New US Replicator drones are getting tested in UkraineRobotics23 Apr 2025
15. Low energy Analogue AI chips gets a $100 Million boost from DARPAComputing31 Mar 2025
16. Black Hornet 4 micro drone packs heavy recon duty into a tiny packageSecurity and privacy26 Mar 2025
17. DARPA tests ideas to create Hidden Networks to aid people in authoritarian regimesConnected society7 Mar 2025
18. Senior Pentagon officials reveal new autonomous killer robot policyRobotics5 Mar 2025
19. US Navy uses AI to train lasers to hit hypersonic missiles fasterSecurity and privacy20 Feb 2025
20. US military’s next gen fighter jet helmet lets pilots control everything with thoughtBiotech and enhanced humans19 Jan 2025
21. Anduril ramps Autonomous Underwater Vehicle production in the USARobotics2 Jan 2025
22. UK Flare Bright revolutionises GPS free drone navigation for denied environmentsSecurity and privacy27 Dec 2024
23. Andurils new drones are built for Kamikazee missionsSecurity and privacy21 Dec 2024
24. Northrup pitches AWACS without a plane to the US GovernmentSecurity and privacy9 Dec 2024
25. Split personality cyber platform uses a new Predator and Prey modelSecurity and privacy16 Nov 2024
26. UK and US accelerate Quantum Computing research after China advancesComputing12 Oct 2024
27. DARPA announces first of a kind project to allow real time drug approvalsBiotech and enhanced humans13 Jul 2024
28. US hypersonic vehicle achieves Mach 5 in first test flightTransport and mobility12 Jul 2024
29. US Navy dispatches new drone ships to Japan to deter ChinaSecurity and privacy7 Jul 2024
30. DARPA’s revolutionary quantum laser is unlike anything anyone’s seen beforeEarth and energy27 Jun 2024
31. The world’s first dogfight between an AI and a human pilot has taken placeRobotics7 Jun 2024
32. Hypersonic weapons key strength makes them vulnerableSecurity and privacy9 May 2024
33. Episci develops AI to detect hypersonic missiles from spaceSecurity and privacy22 Apr 2024
34. The US Navy just got it’s first big robo subRobotics20 Mar 2024
35. Unpowered cargo gliders could reduce air freight costs by 65%Transport and mobility15 Mar 2024
36. DARPA gets green light to build first of a kind X65 CRANE jetTransport and mobility13 Mar 2024
37. This new AI proof generator helps debug software and secure codeSecurity and privacy31 Jan 2024
38. New IARPA cyber attribution program hunts down hackers via their codeSecurity and privacy24 Jan 2024
39. The pentagon gets closer to fully autonomous war with new edictAI and intelligence29 Nov 2023
40. These new swarm AI controlled autonomous drones will change the battlefield foreverSecurity and privacy23 Oct 2023
41. 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 mobility11 Oct 2023
42. BAE’s torpedo dropping drone is a world firstSecurity and privacy17 Sep 2023
43. The Pentagons new drone language lets drones communicate without humansRobotics12 Sep 2023
44. New recycling method flashes waste into graphene and free hydrogen fuelEarth and energy4 Sep 2023
45. The US Military’s Replicator program will churn out thousands of military dronesIndustry and manufacturing13 Aug 2023
46. This new American satellite jamming system is a game changerSpace22 Jul 2023
47. An AI controlled drone killed – didn’t kill its operator in battle simulationsVirtual worlds17 Jun 2023
48. NASA’s hypersonic Rotating Detonation Engine passes first crucial testsTransport and mobility29 May 2023
49. The USAF’s Project VENOM is turning old F-16’s into drone wingmenSecurity and privacy21 May 2023
50. Hermeus’s first of a kind Chimera engine switches from supersonic to hypersonicTransport and mobility7 Feb 2023
51. Lockheed Martin achieves first light of it’s latest 50kw laser weapon systemSecurity and privacy30 Jan 2023
52. DARPA’s unveils its revolutionary CRANE X-Plane with no moving partsTransport and mobility28 Jan 2023
53. Jetopera’s bladeless eVTOL aircraft targets 0.8 MachTransport and mobility24 Jan 2023
54. The latest USAF report says force fields are almost here but they’re not quite sci-fiSecurity and privacy11 Jan 2023
55. NIST created the first atomic communications system, played games, and watched TVConnected society27 Dec 2022
56. The US military is significantly ramping up its interest in quantum communicationsConnected society24 Dec 2022
57. A major US led drone fleet is finally coming together in the Middle EastSecurity and privacy8 Dec 2022
58. Submersible drone motherships are about to conquer their final hurdleSecurity and privacy30 Nov 2022
59. The US Navy asks for massive drone swarms to overcome future adversariesSecurity and privacy16 Nov 2022
60. An autonomous Blackhawk just successfully completed its first mock rescue missionSecurity and privacy3 Nov 2022
61. As Arctic tensions heat up DARPA wants to control iceIndustry and manufacturing19 Oct 2022
62. The US Navy takes delivery of its first tactical laser weaponSecurity and privacy10 Oct 2022
63. Researchers have invented a new kind of material that thinks for itselfIndustry and manufacturing24 Aug 2022
64. Fighter pilots take the simulators into battle to fight augmented reality foesVirtual worlds13 Aug 2022
65. NASA’s Martian autonomous cybersecurity defence test is a resounding successSecurity and privacy12 Aug 2022
66. Iron Beam laser weapon counters multiple drone threats in live fire testsSecurity and privacy11 May 2022
67. Record breaking US military test takes beaming energy long distance to a new levelEarth and energy29 Apr 2022
68. A new DARPA project is experimenting with living factories in spaceIndustry and manufacturing25 Mar 2022
69. US Army unveils robotics project that lets AI’s ask soldiers clarifying questionsSecurity and privacy9 Mar 2022
70. New US AI project will identify bots and individuals behind disinformation campaignsSecurity and privacy5 Mar 2022
71. From flying aircraft carriers to submarine motherships, the US military draws up plansSecurity and privacy24 Feb 2022
72. World’s first real warp bubble created by accident as scientists mull future warp driveTransport and mobility14 Feb 2022
73. Sensors that detect Covid-19 in the air get major US military fundingBiotech and enhanced humans11 Jan 2022
74. The US Army is training to take down real life hunter killer Terminator robotsSecurity and privacy7 Jan 2022
75. World’s first living robots made by AI surprise scientists by spontaneously reproducing themselvesRobotics28 Dec 2021
76. 5G and Smart City sensor networks could give autonomous vehicles collective perceptionConnected society30 Nov 2021
77. DARPA and GE developing truck mounted labs to churn out synthetic DNA and RNA vaccinesBiotech and enhanced humans14 Nov 2021
78. The US military’s Active Denial System is a 95Ghz heat ray weaponSecurity and privacy12 Nov 2021
79. GE teams up with NIH to put a COVID-19 sensor in your smartphoneIndustry and manufacturing4 Nov 2021
80. This 3D printed heat exchanger extracts up to 500 litres of pure water from airEarth and energy22 Sep 2021
81. US military launches cube sats to test new anti-hypersonic weapons techSecurity and privacy17 Sep 2021
82. Significant MQ-9 Reaper drone AI upgrade opens door to full military autonomySecurity and privacy14 Sep 2021
83. Living pharmacies within our bodies could help cure jet lag and diseaseBiotech and enhanced humans2 Sep 2021
84. Molecular farming means your next vaccine could be grown in a plantBiotech and enhanced humans1 Sep 2021
85. New microwave weapon THOR helps the USAF defeat drone swarms in secondsSecurity and privacy29 Aug 2021
86. USAF pumps $60m into Quarterhorse their future 4,000mph autonomous aircraftTransport and mobility20 Aug 2021
87. The US Army’s augmented night vision goggles look like alien techVirtual worlds8 Aug 2021
88. The Pentagon wants to test a space based particle beam weapon by 2023Earth and energy16 Jul 2021
89. Rocket delivery anywhere in an hour gets included in latest US military budgetTransport and mobility9 Jul 2021
90. An autonomous US Navy Stingray drone successfully refuelled an F-18 in mid flightRobotics15 Jun 2021
91. Pentagon scientists microchip detects COVID-19 in the blood before symptoms showBiotech and enhanced humans14 Apr 2021
92. DARPA looks for new ways to decouple legacy code from hardwareComputing12 Apr 2021
93. US stealth ship reaches insane speeds to out race everything in the oceanSecurity and privacy27 Mar 2021
94. 500 hackers spent three months trying to hack a radical new computer chip and failedSecurity and privacy19 Mar 2021
95. US Pentagon successfully tests solar power concept to beam energy to Earth from spaceEarth and energy12 Mar 2021
96. Wireless Brain to Brain telepathy gets another DARPA funding boost to go next levelBiotech and enhanced humans7 Mar 2021
97. The world’s first active duty military AI co-pilot just got its next missionAI and intelligence14 Feb 2021
98. Researchers create first of a kind quantum sensor that scans the entire RF spectrumIndustry and manufacturing7 Feb 2021
99. DeepMind’s AI learns the rules as it goes so it can conquer the real worldAI and intelligence13 Jan 2021
100. AI everywhere as DARPA spins up new intelligent edge computing projectsAI and intelligence29 Dec 2020
101. World first as AI officially joins the crew onboard a US military jetAI and intelligence23 Dec 2020
102. DARPA AI learns to autonomously build computer networks on the fly in minutesComputing18 Dec 2020
103. The US military found a way to use AI to turn humans into living sensor networksBiotech and enhanced humans19 Nov 2020
104. US military starts using human gamers brainwaves to train killer robot swarmsRobotics3 Nov 2020
105. USAF experiments with neurotraining to cut pilot training times in halfBiotech and enhanced humans1 Nov 2020
106. DARPA selects Gryphon to build world’s first ever nuclear rocket engineEarth and energy11 Oct 2020
107. US Air Force announces plans to update fighter jet software in mid flightSecurity and privacy2 Oct 2020
108. Air Force One to go hypersonic after USAF signs contract with US engine makerTransport and mobility29 Sep 2020
109. Battery breakthrough lets robots store energy like humans do in fat reservesEarth and energy11 Sep 2020
110. AI fighter pilot obliterates human USAF pilot in simulated dogfightsAI and intelligence28 Aug 2020
111. A patient in the US controlled two prosthetic arms simultaneously with just his thoughtsBiotech and enhanced humans17 Aug 2020
112. Breakthrough lets ships make unlimited amounts of their own fuel using seawaterEarth and energy8 Aug 2020
113. A US startup just built a giant centrifuge to fling rockets into spaceTransport and mobility19 Jul 2020
114. US military starts testing solar cells in orbit that beam electricity back to EarthEarth and energy19 Jun 2020
115. US military signs on to start testing Elon Musk’s StarLink communications networkConnected society18 Jun 2020
116. USAF ramps up AI drone wingman concept, preps for 2023 launchSecurity and privacy17 Jun 2020
117. US topguns will fight AI drones in 2021 as era of autonomous warfare nearsAI and intelligence15 Jun 2020
118. US Navy’s biofuel powered Tomahawk missiles open door to sustainable rocket travelEarth and energy3 Jun 2020
119. US Navy shows off first of a kind laser weapon by destroying drones over the PacificSecurity and privacy26 May 2020
120. The US Space Force shows off its first offensive space weaponSecurity and privacy29 Apr 2020
121. Invisible soldiers get closer after new thermal camouflage breakthroughSecurity and privacy17 Apr 2020
122. Lack of Covid-19 vaccine pushes DARPA to develop a therapeutic “Shield”Security and privacy30 Mar 2020
123. DARPA announces “Counter-Hypersonics” program to counter the catastrophic threat from hypersonic weaponsSecurity and privacy12 Mar 2020
124. DARPA closes in on its ambitions to build the worlds first flying aircraft carriersRobotics3 Mar 2020
125. The US military’s new Jetson laser can identify you from just your heartbeatEarth and energy25 Feb 2020
126. US Army explores the use of shape shifting robots for 2040Robotics17 Jan 2020
127. Lightweight metal foam stops armour piercing .50 calibre bullets as well as steelSecurity and privacy16 Nov 2019
128. The USAF deploys it’s first microwave drone killing weaponSecurity and privacy9 Nov 2019
129. World’s most advanced nanotube computer keeps Moore’s Law alive, for nowComputing9 Oct 2019
130. USAF announces development of a new Mach 5 hypersonic missileSecurity and privacy8 Oct 2019
131. US military report recommends giving AI autonomous authority to launch nuclear weaponsSecurity and privacy5 Oct 2019
132. Liquid computers get a step closer after liquid storage breakthroughComputing14 Aug 2019
133. Watch DARPA’s smart EXACTO bullets change path mid flightSecurity and privacy8 Jul 2019
134. Mission Impossible style smart contact lens gets US military’s attentionBiotech and enhanced humans26 Jun 2019
135. New military virtual reality system lets operators control swarms of dronesVirtual worlds21 Jun 2019
136. Colour night vision breakthrough turns the darkest midnight into dayAI and intelligence20 May 2019
137. Game changing “Unhackable” MORPHEUS computer chip re-configures itself every 50 millisecondsSecurity and privacy16 May 2019
138. Department of Defense warns the US is falling behind China on 5GConnected society11 Apr 2019
139. Pentagon demands satellites that can dodge incoming fire like an NBA all starSpace29 Mar 2019
140. Researchers have created a digital nose that can sniff out diseaseIndustry and manufacturing14 Mar 2019
141. US Military puts the call out for autonomous AI’s that can defend its networksSecurity and privacy10 Mar 2019
142. The US Pentagon releases it’s plan to become a world leader in AISecurity and privacy22 Feb 2019
143. Shooting lasers at drones helps DARPA keep them airborne foreverEarth and energy18 Feb 2019
144. US researchers have found a safe way to 3D print explosivesIndustry and manufacturing13 Feb 2019
145. US Pentagon surrenders and admits it can no longer keep pace with cyber attacksSecurity and privacy12 Feb 2019
146. The Pentagon hires the world’s best poker playing AI to play War GamesAI and intelligence3 Feb 2019
147. DARPA propose creating an AI that can monitor the whole world for threatsSecurity and privacy25 Jan 2019
148. DARPA announces plans to build conscious robots using insect brainsAI and intelligence22 Jan 2019
149. US military genetics program to turn marine life into giant living sensor networksSecurity and privacy31 Dec 2018
150. US researchers get $1.7m grant to create wonder bio-material that lasts 500 million yearsIndustry and manufacturing30 Dec 2018
151. Here’s how NASA plans to build on Mars and the MoonSpace25 Dec 2018
152. US military identifies virtual nations as a potential security threat to US sovereigntyConnected society14 Dec 2018
153. Pentagon seriously considers using rockets to move soldiers and equipment around the globeSpace9 Dec 2018
154. Scientists jumped out of a plane to create a new wonder materialIndustry and manufacturing27 Nov 2018
155. Worldwide surveillance, Hawkeye satellites use radio to track illegal shippingSecurity and privacy19 Nov 2018
156. US Navy puts AI brains into its 3D printers to make them “creative and intelligent”Industry and manufacturing26 Oct 2018
157. Neural implants let military pilots control three jets at once with their mindsBiotech and enhanced humans3 Oct 2018
158. Mine hunting bees tracked with Lidar help farmers boost crop yieldsEarth and energy19 Sep 2018
159. US Marines 3D printed new barracks using the world’s largest 3D printerIndustry and manufacturing18 Sep 2018
160. Telepathic warfare takes center stage as US military bets big on neuro techBiotech and enhanced humans14 Sep 2018
161. DARPA splashes $1.5bn to re-invent the electronics industryComputing21 Aug 2018
162. US military starts trialling robotic surgeons in the battlefieldBiotech and enhanced humans14 Jul 2018
163. Stopping the DIY bio-terrorists, US military embraces AI and Ginkgo BioworksSecurity and privacy9 Jul 2018
164. Revolutionary injectable brain implant restores mobility in paralysed patientsBiotech and enhanced humans5 Jul 2018
165. US spy agencies prepare to build DNA computers and molecular storage systemsComputing24 Jun 2018
166. US military and DARPA team up to develop tech to uncover fake newsAI and intelligence16 Jun 2018
167. The US military is funding an AI that’s learning to write its own codeAI and intelligence11 May 2018
168. DARPA funds programs to get black box AI’s to explain their decisionsAI and intelligence18 Apr 2018
169. Lockheed Martin awarded contract to arm US Navy destroyers with lasersSecurity and privacy8 Apr 2018
170. The Pentagon is making lasers that create voices out of thin airSecurity and privacy5 Apr 2018
171. DARPA hands the world’s first fully autonomous drone warship to the US NavySecurity and privacy18 Feb 2018
172. DARPA drops $4m to build the world’s first unhackable ‘self-reconfiguring’ computer systemComputing28 Dec 2017
173. The US Military just put out a contract for the world’s first flying aircraft carriersSecurity and privacy21 Dec 2017
174. DARPA wants to genetically engineer smart plants to act as surveillance devicesSecurity and privacy2 Dec 2017
175. DARPA invests hard cash to bring telepathy to the massesAI and intelligence15 Nov 2017
176. Lockheed will build America’s next generation of autonomous submarinesRobotics9 Nov 2017
177. Mysterious hypersonic SR-72 demonstrator spotted in CaliforniaSecurity and privacy4 Nov 2017
178. The F-35 could be the first US aircraft to be outfitted with laser weaponsSecurity and privacy24 Oct 2017
179. Lockheed shoots drones out of the sky with it’s newest laser weaponSecurity and privacy17 Oct 2017
180. Self-evolving killer robots are almost here, and experts want a debateSecurity and privacy22 Aug 2017
181. Machine gun equipped drones get ready for battle, autonomy next?Security and privacy21 Aug 2017
182. Skynet booted as Pentagon straps “Mayhem” autonomous AI into critical systemsSecurity and privacy17 Aug 2017
183. Mine hunting drones can now detect mines from the airRobotics6 Jul 2017
184. Boeing teams up with America’s biggest ship builder to build autonomous subsRobotics4 Jul 2017
185. DARPA splurges $50million to help spies upload information to their brains ‘Matrix’ styleBiotech and enhanced humans6 May 2017
186. US General: ‘Swarms of autonomous Hunter-Killer drones will lead Marines into battle’Robotics21 Apr 2017
187. The USAF turned an F-16 fighter jet into the world’s most advanced droneRobotics19 Apr 2017
188. The US Army just 3D printed a grenade launcher and grenadesIndustry and manufacturing11 Mar 2017
189. US Army to develop artificial human skin and powdered bloodBiotech and enhanced humans3 Mar 2017
190. DARPA’s TERN drone gives US Marines a new wingmanRobotics16 Feb 2017
191. New US military intercept tech lets operators take control of enemy dronesSecurity and privacy9 Feb 2017
192. DARPA’s new P3 program aims to stop all pandemics dead within 60 daysBiotech and enhanced humans8 Feb 2017
193. F-35 pilots will team with AI to control swarms of drones in mid flightRobotics7 Feb 2017
194. When satellites fall from the sky DARPA’s new ocean network will still workSecurity and privacy21 Jan 2017
195. DARPA wants to build “Vampire Drones” that turn into gas at sunriseSecurity and privacy19 Jan 2017
196. DARPA is bringing the internet to the world’s deepest oceans and minesSecurity and privacy16 Jan 2017
197. Watch the F/A-18 release swarms of autonomous drones into the skySecurity and privacy13 Jan 2017
198. The US Army wants biodegradable bullets that grow plantsEarth and energy12 Jan 2017
199. Soldiers digital twins let US Army 3D print replacement body parts in battleBiotech and enhanced humans5 Jan 2017
200. The US Army tests convoys of autonomous trucks in MichiganTransport and mobility2 Jan 2017
201. US Navy protects Chesapeake Bay with swarms of its latest robotic boatsSecurity and privacy18 Dec 2016
202. US Navy’s autonomous submarine hunter begins operational trialsSecurity and privacy18 Dec 2016
203. US Navy successfully tests it’s latest Railgun at full powerSecurity and privacy10 Dec 2016
204. Drones are fighting back against laser attacksSecurity and privacy28 Nov 2016
205. US Navy will soon be able to launch surprise drone attacks from the deep seaSecurity and privacy27 Nov 2016
206. The US Navy announced it will build a global network of undersea drone highwaysSecurity and privacy26 Nov 2016
207. Lasers on fighter jets by 2020, the USAF and Northrop Grumman get cosySecurity and privacy23 Nov 2016
208. The Pentagon announces more investment and a new anti-satellite warfare strategySecurity and privacy22 Nov 2016
209. The US Marines want to build a fully autonomous F-35Robotics16 Nov 2016
210. US Navy stands up the worlds first fully autonomous drone squadronRobotics9 Nov 2016
211. US Navy’s future supersonic submarines will command swarms of autonomous dronesSecurity and privacy4 Nov 2016
212. US Army to equip its bases and vehicles with laser weapons by 2023Security and privacy27 Oct 2016
213. New US Navy launcher fires swarms of autonomous drones into the skySecurity and privacy24 Oct 2016
214. Capable of full autonomy, we go inside the stealth destroyer USN ZumwaltSecurity and privacy15 Oct 2016
215. Pentagon mulls putting the whole US military onto blockchainSecurity and privacy12 Oct 2016
216. World first as US Marines 3D print their own ammunitionSecurity and privacy3 Oct 2016
217. World first as Lockheeds autonomous submarine launches an autonomous droneSecurity and privacy3 Oct 2016
218. US to turn its aircraft carriers into floating drone factoriesSecurity and privacy2 Oct 2016
219. The US and China are developing supersonic submarinesSecurity and privacy15 Sep 2016
220. Pentagon tests Artificial Intelligence electronic warfare systemsSecurity and privacy8 Sep 2016
221. New era of hypersonic warfare forces the Pentagon to rethink its strategySecurity and privacy5 Sep 2016
222. US defense contractors announce directed energy weapons are ready for prime timeSecurity and privacy4 Sep 2016
223. The US airforce will rule the air with swarms of dronesSecurity and privacy22 Aug 2016
224. The world’s first fully autonomous warship aces sea trialsSecurity and privacy9 Aug 2016
225. US military funds cameras that can see round cornersSecurity and privacy3 Aug 2016
226. US Navy divers go Ironman with DAVDVirtual worlds14 Jul 2016
227. DARPA pushes autonomous Mach 20 drone program undergroundSecurity and privacy13 Jul 2016
228. ALPHA AI just changed the balance of global warfareAI and intelligence1 Jul 2016
229. America launches the worlds first fully autonomous submarine hunterSecurity and privacy28 Apr 2016