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Soon after the launch of Pokémon Go, players reportedly began wandering onto Canadian military property in pursuit of the game's virtual creatures.

Pokémon Go Led to a Surge in Trespassers on Military Bases

By Kristin Houser

Artificial intelligence researchers are studying the brain waves and eye movements of gamers to train an AI that can control fleets of military robots.

DARPA Is Using Gamers’ Brain Waves to Train Robot Swarms

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Army is working with chemists to develop fabrics that can absorb and neutralize nerve agents for use in future military uniforms.

The US Army Is Developing Fabrics That Neutralize Nerve Agents

By Kristin Houser

Boeing has quit DARPA's Experimental Spaceplane (XSP) project, prompting the military agency to announce it was killing the project altogether.

Boeing Quits — and Kills — DARPA Experimental Spaceplane Program

By Kristin Houser

A new report suggests that the U.S. military might be holding on to more footage of a mysterious 2004 "unidentified aerial phenomenon" UFO encounter.

US Military Admits It Has Secret Footage of UFO Incident

By Victor Tangermann

Pentagon officials signed a memo earlier this week urging members of the military to stop using consumer DNA tests, calling them a security threat.

Pentagon Urges Military Members to Skip At-Home DNA Tests

By Dan Robitzski

The radioactivity from a nuclear blast in space could disable crucial satellites, so the military is trying to find a way to scrub them clean.

The Military Is Unprepared for Nuclear Strikes on Satellites

By Dan Robitzski

In a year filled with technological breakthroughs of all stripes, military technology really pushed the limits of what we thought was possible this year.

The Coolest (and Scariest) Military Tech of 2019

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is reportedly testing bullets that can be shot underwater.

The U.S. Military Is Reportedly Testing Underwater Bullets

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA-funded scientist Christoffer Heckman argues that some sort of new guidelines are needed to keep engineers from building autonomous weapons.

DARPA Scientist: Engineers Must Stop Making Autonomous Weapons

By Dan Robitzski

The Defense Department released a new report detailing its goals and plans for creating cyborg soldiers by the year 2050.

US Military Warns of “Augmented Human Beings”

By Dan Robitzski

NATO has added space as its fifth operational military domain, meaning the organization will now protect member nations' off-world interests.

NATO Boss: Space Is Now a Military “Operational Domain”

By Kristin Houser

DARPA is funding research into bacteria for bomb detection that could sense explosives below the ground and then glow on its surface.

DARPA Is Engineering Glowing Bacteria for Bomb Detection

By Kristin Houser

Several witnesses to the U.S. Navy's 2004 UFO encounter have detailed the immediate aftermath of the event, and that the video was seized by the military.

Veterans Claim Military Immediately Seized Video of UFO Encounter

By Kristin Houser

Hyperstealth Biotechnology has filed a patent on a new invisibility cloak material that bends light to make objects disappear.

Watch a Real-Life Invisibility Cloak Designed for Military Use

By Kristin Houser

A Pentagon report predicts that American infrastructure and the U.S. military could collapse within 20 years due to the ravages of climate change.

Pentagon Report Predicts Collapse of US Military Within 20 Years

By Dan Robitzski

China is building a flying saucer-like experimental attack helicopter, and according to state media, it could fly as soon as 2020.

New Chinese Military Aircraft Looks Exactly Like a Flying Saucer

By Jon Christian

France is assembling a "red team" of sci-fi writers to help it predict what sorts of technologies it might face on the battlefield of the future.

France Is Hiring Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Future Military Threats

By Kristin Houser

The US military PR unit took to Twitter to "joke" that it would attack anyone who tried to storm Area 51 with a stealth bomber.

US Military Threatened to Bomb “Millennials” Storming Area 51

By Kristin Houser

Pengyi Li from China attempted to smuggle sensitive spacecraft and military missile components out of the U.S. according to documents obtained by Quartz.

The U.S. Says China is Stealing Military Spacecraft Technology

By Victor Tangermann

After hackers revealed flaws in the F-15's cybersecurity, the Air Force plans to invite white hat hackers to probe an active satellite for vulnerabilities.

The Air Force Is Inviting Hackers to Breach a Satellite

By Dan Robitzski

A new delivery drone called the Silent Arrow GD-2000 could replace military airdrops, delivering supplies by drones to battlefields at half the cost.

Gliding Delivery Drones Could Replace Military Airdrops

By Dan Robitzski

Companies like Postmates that have launched fleets of delivery robots still depend on human operators to occasionally grab the wheel.

Why a Former Military Drone Pilot Now Steers Burrito Delivery Bots

By Dan Robitzski

In an inexplicable tweet, DARPA called all city dwellers to please find them "commercially managed underground urban tunnels and facilities."

DARPA Needs a Creepy Underground Lair ASAP

By Victor Tangermann

The Pentagon is considering launching a network of satellites that would be able to identify and track any acts of aggression in outer space.

The Pentagon Wants Sentinel Satellites to Deter Space Warfare

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Space Command, the military's 11th united combatant command, will launch next week, according to Mike Pence's announcement.

Officials: US Space Command Will Launch This Month

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. Army General Paul Funk found that the Army is woefully unprepared for informational warfare in the future, and that logistical systems are outdated.

This General Says the US Army Is Outgunned in Information Warfare

By Dan Robitzski

The CDC has ordered a military germ lab to "cease and desist" all research involving high-level disease-causing materials after a failed safetly inspection.

CDC Shuts Down Military Germ Lab Due to Safety Concerns

By Kristin Houser

For the last nine years, the U.S. government has been working on a top-secret military artificial intelligence "brain" platform called "Sentient."

The Military Secretly Built An “Artificial Brain” Called Sentient

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA assembled a team called Squad X that uses robots to scout out a battlefield before human soldiers engage in combat.

DARPA’s “Squad X” Teams Up Soldiers With Scout Robots

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon and Microsoft are bidding for a $10 billion Pentagon contract for a wartime cloud computing system, but lawsuits over favoritism slowed the process.

Amazon and Microsoft Want to Build A “War Cloud” for the Military

By Dan Robitzski

SpinLaunch, a company that specializes in a space katapult launch system, just signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense's Innovation Unit (DIU).

Hypersonic Space Catapult Startup Signs Military Contract

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's defense minister recently announced that the country has begun combat tests for both lasers and hypersonic weaponry.

Russian Military Actively Testing Lasers, Hypersonic Weapons

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA wants contractors to develop an "air-breathing" hypersonic weapon. Now Raytheon is ready to test a missile that can travel 5x faster than sound.

New Missile Lobs Nukes 5x Faster Than Sound

By Dan Robitzski

A Defense News investigation has revealed many problems with the military's in-development F-35 fighter jet that had previously gone unreported.

US Military’s Trillion-Dollar F-35 Fighter Jet Is Almost Unflyable

By Kristin Houser

A Brooklyn wholesaler has been charged with selling the U.S. military gear made in China that could have endangered troops' lives.

Scammed: US Military Spent $20M on Fake Gear Made in China

By Kristin Houser

Australian pilots recently had to land after Chinese boats reportedly aimed lasers at them. Now China is denying responsibility for the incident.

Australia: Chinese Lasers Forced Military Pilots to Land

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese state scientists claim to have developed a network of meter-long radar systems capable of spotting and tracking stealth aircraft.

China Says New Tech Can Detect Stealth Jets Including F-22, F-35

By Dan Robitzski

The Navy will outfit a destroyer with the HELIOS laser weapon system for the first time in 2021, and hopes to upgrade the technology from there.

The US Military Is Officially Rolling out Its HELIOS Laser Weapon

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA has officially funded a program to come up with a brain-machine interface headset that could allow soldiers to control drones with their minds.

DARPA Wants Soldiers to Control Drones With Their Thoughts

By Victor Tangermann

Putin: Russian Military Has “Science Fiction” Laser Weapons

Putin: Russian Military Has “Science Fiction” Laser Weapons

By Jon Christian

The U.S. Military Is Buying a $130 Million Laser Weapon

The U.S. Military Is Buying a $130 Million Laser Weapon

By Victor Tangermann

A new truck built for the Chinese military is capable of launching up to 12 drones, sort of like a smart, precision artillery strike.

Chinese Military Truck Launches Killer Drones Like Artillery

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA: This Smart Contact Lens Could Give Soldiers Superpowers

DARPA: This Smart Contact Lens Could Give Soldiers Superpowers

By Victor Tangermann

China has announced what local media is calling the "world's first armed amphibious drone boat."

China’s Military Built an Autonomous Amphibious Landing Vehicle

By Victor Tangermann

The U.S. military recently invited some members of the press to test a prototype of IVAS, its advanced night-vision goggles with augmented reality features.

The Military is Developing Augmented Reality Night Vision Goggles

By Dan Robitzski

At a test flight for UK startup Gravity's "jet suit," UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson enthused about using similar suits for combat missions.

UK Military Could Deploy Iron Man-Style Jet Suit in Combat

By Jon Christian

The U.S. Military Is Hiring Hackers to Kill Small Drones

The U.S. Military Is Hiring Hackers to Kill Small Drones

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Army is currently upgrading its Stryker tanks with laser weaponry that it says could disable drones and incoming RPGs.

The Military Is Mounting Laser Weapons on Tanks

By Dan Robitzski

In a missile defense test, the U.S. military launched and successfully intercepted an ICBM with ground-based, defensive missiles.

The US Military Just Blew Up an ICBM With Another Missile

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Army just went with Palantir over Raytheon after a year-long contest to determine which would design new battlefield AI.

The U.S. Military Is Hiring Palantir to Build Battlefield AI

By Dan Robitzski

The Department of Defense has deemed that all 5,000 pages of documents on Google's work to build AI for military drones is too sensitive to release.

The Pentagon is Hiding Info About Google’s Work on Military Drones

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA funded a research project that wants to use the noise given off by snapping shrimp and other sea life as ubiquitous sonar.

DARPA Wants to Use Noisy Shrimp to Detect Enemy Subs

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Navy says that it's going to outfit a destroyer with a laser system made by military contractor Lockheed Martin.

The U.S. Military is Mounting a Giant Laser Cannon on a Destroyer

By Jon Christian

Russia is working to develop a ground force of killer robots. For now, the tank-like bots need help from humans, but that may change as AI improves.

Russia Is Planning A “Ground Force” of Armed Military Robots

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Military is Buying a Brutal-Looking Powered Exoskeleton

The U.S. Military is Buying a Brutal-Looking Powered Exoskeleton

By Victor Tangermann

Russian media confirmed yesterday that the Russian Navy is developing a "new non-lethal light-based optical interference system" that could blind enemies.

Russian Military Confirms New Weapon Causes “Hallucinatory Symptoms”

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA is developing technology that could finally lead to secure voting machines. It plans to have experts from professors to hackers kick the tires.

DARPA Is Building an Open Source Voting Machine

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. defense contractor Raytheon just signed a $63.3 million contract with DARPA to develop a "tactical boost glide" (TBG) hypersonic weapons program.

US Military to Develop Hypersonic “Tactical Boost Glide” Weapon

By Victor Tangermann

Amid a wave of controversy, the Army is now attempting to convince the public that its ATLAS program won't lead to the creation of autonomous killer robots.

US Military: Our “Lethality Automated System” Definitely Isn’t a Killer Robot

By Kristin Houser

Weapons makers ranging from Boeing to Lockheed Martin are working on new anti-drone technologies — everything from laser cannons to heat-seeking missiles.

Military Contractors Are Churning out New Anti-Drone Weapons

By Jon Christian

European military tech contractor Rheinmetall Defense successfully tested a laser turret capable of taking down drones and mortar fire late last year.

European Military Contractor Tests New Laser Weapon

By Dan Robitzski

The Army proposed shipping small nuclear reactors around the world to power military outposts. Experts suggest that may not be the wisest strategy.

Experts Are Horrified by the Military’s Portable Nuclear Reactor

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Army just put out a call for experts to help it develop autonomous targeting systems for ground combat vehicles like tanks.

The Military Wants to Build Deadly AI-Controlled Tanks

By Dan Robitzski