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DARPA program seeks ways to measure effective team performance
The 2.5-year program will start by evaluating Marine Fire Support Team training.
By Todd South
DARPA wants AI to make soldiers fitter, happier, more productive
Will AI and individual data be enough to tailor individual recommendations and to improve performance?
By Kelsey D. Atherton
The Army and Marine Corps are looking at what troops will need to fight in megacities, underground
The group will seek out technology and gear to give troops advantages in urban areas.
By Todd South
DARPA program blending robots in the squad to find and destroy threats
Marines and soldiers will get to test run new ways to use robots to achieve squad-level missions.
By Todd South
US military wants to use genetically engineered life forms to track enemy subs
Researchers are looking at military uses for genetically modified sea creatures.
By Ryan Pickrell, Business Insider
The next war might include mind-controlled drones
DARPA has overseen trials using computer simulations for use by the military.
By Neil Fotre
DoD researchers literally reinvented the wheel with shape-shifting tracks
Wheels are faster on hard surfaces, while a tracked design performs better on softer ground. Rather than pushing a vehicle through terrain it doesn’t perform its upmost in, why not just slap on some shape-shifting wheels?
By Kyle Rempfer
Quieter military drones that fly farther? The Pentagon thinks this engine could be the answer
Most people haven’t heard of the engine created by Felix Wankel in 1960, but its derivatives may end up powering the military’s future unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs.
By Kyle Rempfer
New Pentagon research chief is working on lasers, AI, hypersonic munitions and more
He's pushing for weapons systems that troops could soon see in combat.
By Todd South
DARPA to use artificial intelligence to help commanders in ‘gray zone’ conflicts
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new program aimed at gauging what the adversary is up to during 'gray-zone' conflicts.
By Todd South
DARPA wants to ‘slow life to save life’ with program that extends the ‘golden hour’
Researchers have launched a five-year project dubbed “Biostasis,” a program to work on slowing down biological processes after a serious injury and give troops a better chance to survive.
By Todd South