Science & Tech
US Army Boosts Spending on Genetically Engineered Spider Silk for Body Armor, Underwear
What’s almost as tough as Kevlar, as flexible as silk, has the DNA of a spider but comes from a worm? Something the Army is looking to buy for as much as $1 million.
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The US Military Has a New Technology to Finally Solve the Concussion Crisis
The Army is testing sensors that can detect the impact of explosions on the brain.
Science & Tech
Why Fake News Spreads: A Neurological Explanation
The logical part of your brain really, really likes listening to the social part, which just wants to fit in.
Science & Tech
US Army to Test Powerful New Truck-Mounted Laser ‘Within Months’
New solid-state lasers plus ever-more-powerful mobile generators brings directed energy weapons a big step closer to reality.
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US Air Force to Send F-35 to Fight ISIS … In a Few Years
The plane’s rotation schedule has the JSF making deployments to Europe and the Pacific before heading to the Middle East, a top Air Force general says.
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How the Navy’s Warship Shop Uses Data to Do More with Less
A Navy program office turned to an analytics and visualization tool to help optimize complex tasks.
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Nanotech Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Night Vision
Researchers build “teeny, tiny structures” that can change infrared to visible light.
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A Glimpse At How the F-35 Will Help the Marines Storm the Beach
In a California demonstration, the short-takeoff fighters escorted troop-carrying V-22s into simulated hostile territory.
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The F-35B Just Got A Lot Deadlier
In a proof-of-concept experiment, data passed instantly from a Marine Corps fighter allowed a shipboard Aegis system to shoot down a drone.
Business
Pentagon Urged to Better Integrate Intel Needs in Weapons Acquisition
GAO says training and tighter certification would improve communication.
Science & Tech
Here’s How the Pentagon Wants to Use Social Media On the Battlefield
Artificial intelligence will weave open-source and satellite data into useful intelligence in real time, the Pentagon’s No. 2 says.
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Got Something to Sell to the Pentagon? It's About to Get Easier
A new office just opened to help the Defense Department's high-tech agency buy more easily from first-time sellers.
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Bitcoin-Style Security May Soon Guard US Nukes and Satellites
‘Blockchains' could offer crucial intelligence on whether a hacker has modified a database, or whether they’re surveilling a particular military system.
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One of America's Spy Agencies Will Test Sentiment Analysis to Help Sniff Out Insider Threats
If the one-year pilot program is successful, a ‘full and open competition’ could follow to broaden the software’s use inside the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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If There’s Malware In Your Toaster, the US Military Wants to Find It
The idea is to protect household appliances connected to the internet by remotely monitoring subtle changes in thermal signals transmitted under normal conditions.
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Like Battlebots, Except These Robots Automatically Patch CyberSecurity Holes
Hacking teams and their algorithms will square off in a Las Vegas arena, in a contest sponsored by DARPA.
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US Spies Are Building Software to Spot Your Suspicious Behavior In Live Video
The program is called Deep Intermodal Video Analytics—or DIVA—and it seeks to locate shooters and terrorists before they strike.
Science & Tech
NATO and the Pentagon Want to Get Their Hands on the Technology Behind Bitcoin
Blockchain technology promises secure, tamper-proof, and even faster communications and data transfer.
Ideas
Keep It Secret: Congress Should Back Off the B-21 Program
Lawmakers' calls for more transparency and fixed-price contracts will only hurt an Air Force acquisition effort that is doing well so far.
Ideas