Digital Government
What Obama’s Air Force Budget Request Says About the Future of Warfare
The Defense Department budget request is full of high tech-items aimed at countering the capabilities of technologically advanced adversaries.
Artificial Intelligence
The Army Has Made a Robot Cockroach
Biologically inspired robot bugs could be the next big thing in intelligence collection.
Digital Government
Twitter Steps Up Efforts To Combat ISIS
The social media giant says it is increasing efforts to combat extremism on the site.
Digital Government
New Microchip Could Increase Military Intelligence Powers
A military-funded breakthrough in microchips opens the door to portable deep learning.
Digital Government
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Is Still Riddled with Bugs
The Pentagon’s top testing official has weighed and measured the F-35 and found it wanting.
Digital Government
Smart Bombs, Swarmbots and Miniature Railguns: The New Weapons the Pentagon Says It Needs
Defense secretary lays out his vision for the next decade’s killer capabilities in 2017 budget preview.
Digital Government
USAF Stands Up Space Mission Force to Counter Russia, China
The service is reorganizing for battle in space, but threats may be progressing faster than fixes.
Modernization
ISIS' ‘Secure Messaging App’ Doesn’t Actually Work
Ghost Security Group backtracks on previous claim.
Digital Government
Refugee or Terrorist? IBM Thinks Its Software Has the Answer
A new tool to turn unstructured data into actionable intelligence could change the way law enforcement fights terrorism, and challenge the data-collection debate.
Digital Government
The Electronic Warfare Tech That’s Key to the Future of the F-35
Cognitive EW, today in its infancy, may one day justify the Joint Strike Fighter’s enormous cost.
Digital Government
Army Testing Robo-Parachutes That Don't Need GPS
The military needs what goes up to come down without the global positioning system.
Digital Government
Here’s How Federal Agencies Plan to Fight ISIS Online
Some agencies are reaching out to Silicon Valley.
Digital Government
Military Wants X-Ray Vision and Tunnel Robots To Fight Terrorists
The Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office has released its wish list for 2016 and beyond.
Digital Government
DHS: Drug Traffickers Are Spoofing Border Drones
The homeland security agency, and local law enforcement as well, are looking to harden its drones against attack, but that comes at a price.
Artificial Intelligence
Robots are Key to Pentagon’s Defensive Cyber Operations Strategy
To gain an edge on the battlefield, artificial intelligence is increasingly necessary.
Artificial Intelligence
Meet the Military-Funded AI that Learns as Fast as a Human
Today, it recognizes handwriting; tomorrow, it may vastly improve the military’s surveillance and targeting efforts.
Digital Government
Why Electromagnetic Spectrum Weapons Are the Future of Warfare
Here’s a brief glimpse of what those battles will look like.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Program Beats Humans On College Acceptance Test
Japanese researchers have created a computer program capable of limited humanistic understanding.
Digital Government
This Tool Could Sniff Out a Paris Bomb More Than a Football Field Away
The US military is working to refine and improve a multi-sensor device that could one day deploy to detect suicide vests.
Digital Government
Meet the New Head of the Pentagon’s Digital Service Team
Tech entrepreneur Christopher Lynch will come over from the White House’s own U.S. Digital Service.
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