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Pentagon Supercomputers Puzzle Out How to Safely Airlift Coronavirus Patients
And that's just one of the various pandemic-related problems that Defense Department supercomputers are chewing on.
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DHS Makes a Master List of Coronavirus Knowns and Unknowns
The list is meant to help government decision-makers make better choices about policies and actions.
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White House Releases National Strategy for 5G Security
The strategy focuses on four lines of effort and will guide how the government approaches 5G for the near future.
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Esper to DOD: Expect to Telework for 'Weeks For Sure, Maybe Months'
At a virtual town hall, the defense secretary asked troops and employees to be extra careful of phishing attempts and to disregard dis- and misinformation about COVID-19.
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White House Launches Supercomputing Consortium to Fight the Coronavirus
Scientists are tapping supercomputers to seek treatments and a vaccine.
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Oak Ridge National Lab Taps Supercomputers to Fight Coronavirus
Researchers received emergency computation time to run through a database of drug compounds to see which combinations might prevent COVID-19.
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Pentagon Taps Leader to Implement New AI Ethics
It's Alka Patel, a lawyer who has been working for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.
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US Army Wants to See Through Walls—and ID People on the Other Side
This sounds like science fiction. But for soldiers, it could soon be a reality.
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US Army Sleuths Seek Social-Media Search Services
The Criminal Investigation Command is looking to tap into social media sites for digital evidence.
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How the Pentagon’s JAIC Picks Its Artificial Intelligence-Driven Projects
The organization is looking for developed technology it can deploy right now.
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Inside America's First All-Biometric Airline Terminal
At Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, facial-recognition cameras and other ID systems plug into a data backbone installed by Customs and Border Patrol.
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DARPA Aims to Develop a ‘Sea Train’ of Unmanned Warships
The Pentagon’s research arm is looking for technologies for a new class of long-distance unmanned surface vessels.
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The US Made Great Strides in Quantum Computing in 2019
Game-changing results may not be so far off.
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NSA, Army Seek Quantum Computers Less Prone to Error
Even ordinary computers flip a bit here and there, but their quantum cousins have a lot more ways to go wrong.
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NIST Creates Biometric Databases to Spur ID Research
The data collections include fingerprints, facial photographs and iris scans — and they're meant to be just the start.
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US Army’s High-Powered Skull Study May Yield Better Helmets
Protecting soldiers' brains is the ultimate aim of a joint effort by the Army Research Laboratory, Argonne National Lab, and Northwestern University.
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DARPA Wants Smart Suits to Protect Against Biological Attacks
A new program seeks gear that can guarantee troops' survival amid multiple chemical and biological agents.
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China Says It’s Developing 6G. What Does That Mean?
Just as the US and the West grapple with China's lead in next-gen 5G networking gear, Beijing announced two working groups focused on advancing 6G.
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USAF Seeks Custom Game Environment to Test New Ideas
So it's inviting game builders to compete in a three-part contest.
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The US Government Will Spend $1B on AI Next Year — Not Counting the Pentagon
That's the latest estimate from the White House. But industry experts say it might not be enough.
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