DARPA

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

Look Ma, No Hands!

They say it can be easily fitted into existing aircraft.

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

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.

Yik Yak

This "mechanical yak" is an absolute beast.

China Builds Giant Walking Military Robot

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

Don't Blink

The military sees hypersonic weapons as a major weapon of the future.

DARPA Successfully Launched an "Air-Breathing" Hypersonic Missile

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.

Up and Atom!

A nuclear rocket could take flight by as soon as 2025.

DARPA Is Planning to Launch a Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft

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

Stark Industries

The military might have watched too many Marvel movies.

DARPA Is Working on a Gigantic, Flying Aircraft Carrier

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

The Jet Set

"Systems may be air deployed to allow for infiltration to hostile territory."

DARPA Is Officially Studying Combat Jetpacks for the Military

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

Virtual Light

Can you see me now?

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

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

Nuclear Option

Space travel could go nuclear.

DARPA Is Considering a Nuclear Rocket for Moon Missions

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.

Pew Pew

This could be a turning point in AI warfare.

AI Fighter Jet Obliterates Human Air Force Pilot in Simulated Dogfight

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

How It Starts

"A lot of them killed themselves on accident."

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

DARPA recently deployed a tiny camera satellite that the agency hopes can take sharp images of exoplanets that are usually washed out of pictures.

Pocket Cam

What if the Hubble Space Telescope was the size of a toaster?

DARPA Deploys Tiny Satellite That Could Take Best Pictures of Space Ever

DARPA is preparing to launch the first experimental satellite of its Blackjack network, which would function like a military version of SpaceX's Starlink.