Education
Boosting student loan debt forgiveness could pay off for cyber recruiting
Almost all Defense Department personnel who have sought student loan debt forgiveness have been denied -- a trend that, if unchanged, could make it even harder to recruit and retain tech talent.
Pentagon moves to revamp online education systems
As the pandemic increases the need for online learning, the Defense Department's chief management officer pushes change.
Coronavirus constraints pose CMMC rule change delays
Social distancing requirements have delayed the public hearing needed for a rule change to enforce new cybersecurity standards for contractors.
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.
Sub-T challenge draws underground drone explorers
Drones of every stripe crawled and flew through mine shafts in DARPA’s latest subterranean technology competition.
House defense bill targets cyber education, accountability
House defense panels think DOD's cyber recruiting efforts -- and cyber tools -- are too spread out to be effective.
The National Guard's cyber escape room
The Massachusetts Army National Guard is building a cyber and network security themed escape room it can take to schools to get students interested in cybersecurity.
Air Force teams with MIT to launch AI accelerator
The joint artificial intelligence accelerator program will focus on fast-tracking AI technologies through fundamental research in computational intelligence, reasoning, decision-making and autonomy.
AI-enabled drones expand search and rescue options
Researchers at Virginia Tech are working to inject machine learning into search and rescue protocols and optimize autonomous, multi-drone teams to make searches more effective.
Filling the federal cyber talent pipeline
The Cybersecurity Talent Initiative aims to jumpstart cyber careers by placing university graduates in federal agencies.
ARL taps universities for battlefield AI research
Carnegie Mellon University will lead a consortium of universities developing solutions to support autonomous processing and highly effective human-machine teams.
High-tech polymer could better protect against chemical weapons
To help alert troops to chemical attacks, researchers are working to incorporate sensors into clothing that can detect chemical agents in the air.
A high-tech solution for spotting IEDs
Researchers are building an augmented reality system that combines traditional cameras, thermal infrared sensing and ground penetrating radar to find improvised explosive devices from up to 30 meters away.
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