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DARPA seeks ‘top chef’ for 3D printed food
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants ideas for turning cellular biomass into safe, visually appealing, edible and palatable food that can support the military and civilians when traditional food is unavailable.
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Water treatment facilities named in joint cyber advisory
To help water and wastewater utilities protect their IT and operational technology systems from cyberattack, the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, Environmental Protection Agency and National Security Agency have outlined steps facilities can to take steps to defend themselves.
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DARPA’s vision for satellite communications
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to build a low-cost, high-speed reconfigurable optical datalink to interconnect low-Earth Orbit satellites.
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NSA outlines Wi-Fi safety best practices
To help remote workers stay secure, the National Security Agency issued guidance on securing wireless devices in public.
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Defending against attacks on vehicle networks
Army researchers are using machine learning to help the in-vehicle network identify the optimal way to shuffle the frequency and bandwidth allocation of IP addresses to deliver effective, long-term moving target defense for computerized vehicles.
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Army tests climate model in Azure cloud
The Army Engineer Research and Development Center will test the scalability of its coastal storm modeling system, CSTORM-MS -- previously run on high-performance computers -- inside Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud.
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Air Force plans 3D scans of facilities
The Air Force wants high-resolution 3D scans of the interiors and exteriors of its facilities so it can give civil engineers as well as fire and medical responders greater insight into the condition of buildings before and during emergencies.
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E-sports gaming platforms take off in Air Force
With more than 80% of Airmen ages 18 to 35 identifying as gamers, the Air Force developed a scalable framework and unified competition structure for players.
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VR, AR training helps forward observers direct fire support
The Office of Naval Research has developed augmented and virtual reality tools to make it easier to train the Marines who help protect infantry by keeping an eye on the ground situation and calling in necessary air artillery, mortar and naval gunfire.
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We were promised jetpacks. DARPA looks to deliver
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for ways individual warfighters can strap on a portable personal air mobility system to fly themselves to and from missions.
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Army to expand experimental transportation smart base
The Army plans to expand its testbed into the nearby Colorado Springs community with sensor deployment, data integration and the development of AI models and decision dashboards that integrate traffic and weather-related information.
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More visible data helps drive DOD decision-making
CDOs in the Defense Department are opening up their data to take advantage of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools that help surface insights and improve decision-making.
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Rethinking computing for next-level problems
With current computer systems struggling to keep pace with ever more complex workloads, intelligence and defense agencies are looking for new approaches to solving data-intensive problems.
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Famed spy plane gets AI upgrade with Kubernetes
The Air Force has equipped a legacy U-2 surveillance aircraft with machine learning thanks to Kubernetes, an open-source container-orchestration system that automates the application deployment, scaling and management.
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How’s my driving? Researchers measure trust in autonomous vehicles
Scientists at the Army Research Lab are using facial recognition technology to gauge the trust soldiers have in their robotic teammates, enabling developers to calibrate systems so that they work efficiently with humans whose native trust levels vary.
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Marines connect smart base infrastructure
The smart base testbed will leverage Marine Corps Air Station Miramar’s investments in both autonomous vehicles testing and microgrid technology.
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DARPA’s first bug bounty targets hardware-based security
Security researchers are challenged to devise exploits that bypass the novel hardware security protections developed for the System Security Integration Through Hardware and Firmware program.
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DOD's plan for 'virtual critical care wards' for COVID-19 patients
The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium wants health professionals to be able to deliver high-quality critical care to bedsides of COVID-19 patients in field hospitals, small rural health care facilities and even gymnasiums.
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DARPA's plan for a US-friendly 5G network
Defense Advanced Research and Projects Agency aims to develop a secure, open-source, standards-compliant network stack for 5G networking.
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DOD takes AI to school
The Defense Acquisition University and the Air Force are experimenting with new ways to speed up and improve learning.
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