Modernization

DARPA seeks to deepen human connections with machines

The Communicating with Computers program isn't necessarily looking to develop artificial intelligence, but DARPA is not exactly ruling it out either.

Digital Government

Faster data, better law enforcement

DOJ’s R&D arm is funding software development that makes it easier to store and transfer data for criminal investigations.

Cybersecurity

President's spending plan shines spotlight on digital services

Overall IT spending is tabbed at $86.4 billion, with much of the increase driven by a hike in cybersecurity funding.

Digital Government

Sandia looks to open-source robot tech

The national lab is developing more energy-efficient motors to improve the endurance of legged robots used in disaster response.

Digital Government

Making a 22,000-mile service call

DARPA is seeking robots that can do repair work on satellites in high orbits.

Cybersecurity

DARPA wants smarter ways to measure brain activity

Agency hopes to detect activity in a single neuron, from a distance -- no surgery or tissue-singeing allowed.

Acquisition

Government contests come of age

Steve Kelman looks at the amazing growth of agency "challenges" over the past decade, and the valuable lessons gleaned in a recent study.

People

How agencies can accelerate innovation

GSA's 18F and similar programs promise to jump-start innovation efforts at agencies, and here are five ways to ensure their success.

Modernization

DARPA explores drone-powered Wi-Fi

Research agency's program would put hotspots in the air to bring broadband to troops in the field -- much as Google is looking to do for consumers with its Titan Aerospace acquisition.

Digital Government

DARPA does biotech

The mission of the new Biological Technologies Office is to explore the intersection of technology and the physical sciences.

Digital Government

DARPA seeks innovative ways to make sense of data

If big data represents the search for a needle in a haystack, DARPA aims to develop technology that explains why the needle is in the stack in the first place.

Digital Government

Raytheon latest to claim DARPA strategic tech funding

The newest award suggests the Pentagon and intelligence community want to improve the collection of geospatial data.

People

DARPA in 2014: Director Arati Prabhakar looks ahead

The specific technologies change, but the research agency's director asserts that the "mission has been unchanged in 55 years."

Digital Government

DARPA's map apps transforming battlefield operations

A Defense research agency program provides digital imagery to troops on the ground and aims to build a library of apps that are simple to access and use.

Cybersecurity

6 sci-fi DARPA projects

FCW focuses on the business of federal technology, but really — who doesn't like lasers and robots?