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While trying to determine if it could use the entire Earth's atmosphere as a massive sensor, DARPA made a highly unusual detection.

DARPA Tried Using the Earth’s Atmosphere as a Giant Sensor and Detected Something Interesting

By Victor Tangermann

(DARPA is now seeking public input on its plans for massive "bio-mechanical space structures" that can be grown in orbit.

DARPA Requests Plans for “Large Bio-Mechanical Space Structures”

By Victor Tangermann

Space tech company Honeybee Robotics has come up with a concept for a 330-foot pole that could act like a streetlight for a Moon base.

DARPA Funding Plan to Build Huge Streetlight on the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Northrop Grumman has released a photo of a sleek underground drone called Manta Ray that closely resembles its oceanic namesake.

Northrop Grumman Shows Off Terrifying Military Drone Submarine

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have not only built an AI child, but now, are training AI systems using headcam footage from a human baby, too.

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Scientists Train AI Using Headcam Footage From Human Toddler

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to a former analyst, the Pentagon's robots, trained to identity human targets, were easily fooled by soldiers hiding in cardboard boxes.

Marines Evaded a Military Robot by Hiding Inside a Cardboard Box “Like Bugs Bunny in a Looney Tunes Cartoon”

By Victor Tangermann

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently developed and tested a new Black Hawk helicopter that can fly with no one inside it.

Welp, DARPA Just Flew a Black Hawk Helicopter with No Pilot

By Tony Ho Tran

China claims to have built the "world's largest quadruped bionic robot," a gigantic "mechanical yak" that can carry over 350 pounds at a shambling 6.2 mph.

China Builds Giant Walking Military Robot

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA and the Air Force successfully flight tested a hypersonic missile that "breathes" the air around it to propel itself faster.

DARPA Successfully Launched an “Air-Breathing” Hypersonic Missile

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA plans to send a nuclear-powered rocket into orbit by 2025. It can't get there on its own, but once it's in space it could make Mars trips much faster.

DARPA Is Planning to Launch a Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft

By Dan Robitzski

The US military is developing an aircraft carrier loaded up with semi-autonomous drones that flies in the air instead of floating on water.

DARPA Is Working on a Gigantic, Flying Aircraft Carrier

By Dan Robitzski

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency put out a call for military jetpack, wingsuits, parafoils, and glider designs. for use in combat.

DARPA Is Officially Studying Combat Jetpacks for the Military

By Tony Ho Tran

DARPA is developing night-vision goggles that look just like glasses instead of the bulky, binocular-like tech that currently exists.

DARPA Working on Night-Vision Goggles the Size of Normal Glasses

By Dan Robitzski

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency just handed out a $14 million dollar contract to develop a nuclear thermal propulsion system in space.

DARPA Is Considering a Nuclear Rocket for Moon Missions

By Victor Tangermann

An AI-controlled virtual fighter jet just beat a human pilot in a dogfight, winning five rounds to zero as part of a DARPA contest.

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AI Fighter Jet Obliterates Human Air Force Pilot in Simulated Dogfight

By Victor Tangermann

DARPA is training artificial intelligence algorithms to fly fighter planes then pitting them against each other in virutal combat.

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DARPA Is Testing F-16s Flown by AI in Virtual Combat

By Dan Robitzski