DARPA is kicking off a new research program aiming to explore how molecular biology could be used to slow the speed of living systems, thereby extending the window for treatment after a traumatic injury and increasing the wounded's chances of survival.
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Following a series of successful sea trials, DARPA has handed its experimental autonomous warship over to the US Navy. The ACTUV "Sea Hunter" was formally transferred to the Office of Naval Research for further development of what could be the first of a new class of unmanned ocean-going ships.
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Cyberwarfare is a growing problem, with 2017 seeing some of the most devious attacks ever. As part of a US$50-million DARPA program to improve cybersecurity, computer scientists at the University of Michigan are developing a security system baked into the hardware that's said to be “unhackable.”
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Plants aren't likely to be eavesdropping on our conversations anytime soon, but they could be gathering different types of intelligence if a new DARPA program bears fruit. The agency is pursuing research into genetically modifying plants to turn them into self-sustaining surveillance sensors.
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The ability to fly at speeds greater than five times the speed of sound holds the promise of reaching to the antipodes in hours, it also makes possible deadly weapons that can penetrate any defenses now available. So what is hypersonic flight and does it pose a promise or a threat?
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DARPA has just announced the Safe Genes program, a project that is set to invest US$65 million over four years in seven teams that will investigate ways to make gene editing technologies safer, more targeted and potentially even reversible.
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No longer a fringe sci-fi concept, we’re seeing big money being committed to the development of brain-computer interfaces. DARPA has now announced an investment of up to US$65 million across six projects as part of its new Neural Engineering System Design (NESD) program.
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DARPA’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS) can be fitted for a wide range of missions, but compact UAS can usually only carry one such instrument at a time, and need to land fr a swap over. Now, DARPA and BAE Systems are collaborating on a program to enable smaller UAS to multitask.
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DARPA's ambitious launch-a-day spaceplane is a step closer to lift off after Boeing announced that it's been assigned the contract to work with the agency to design, build and test a technology demonstration vehicle for the Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program.
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A robot has successfully landed a Boeing 737 simulator ... and it did it one handed. Part of DARPA's ALIAS program, the robot's touchdown was carried out by the system as part of the development of an automated co-pilot that can be quickly and cheaply installed in existing aircraft.
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