DARPA

DARPA orders spaceplane capable of 10 launches in 10 days

Boeing to build 'Phantom Express' on heir to Space Shuttle's main engine

Science25 May 2017 | 42

Robot lands a 737 by hand, on a dare from DARPA

Building a bot for the co-pilot's seat may be cheaper than adding automation software

AI + ML17 May 2017 | 106

Shock horror: US military sticks jump leads on human brains to teach them a lesson

DARPA's current thinking for potential future bright sparks

Science28 Apr 2017 | 25

DARPA seeks SSITH lords to keep hardware from the Dark Side

'Make chips secure', because nobody's thought of that before

Security12 Apr 2017 | 5

AI vuln-hunter bots have seen things you people wouldn't believe

Usenix Enigma 2017 New classes of bugs found by machine-learning-powered tools

AI + ML03 Feb 2017 | 17

Smart bombs, smart bullets – now guided smart artillery shells, thanks to DARPA dosh

US Navy ordnance contract goes Raytheon

Science18 Jan 2017 | 55

If you have a problem, if no one else can help – and if you can find them – maybe you can hire DARPA's A-Teams

AI pity the fool

AI + ML29 Nov 2016 | 5

Hypersonic cruise missile scores US$175m DARPA cash

Raytheon gets the job of delivering death from above at Mach 5

Legal01 Nov 2016 | 28

DARPA hands space junk spotting scope to US Air Force

Space Surveillance Telescope can spot specks of shiny 36,000km away

Science23 Oct 2016 | 15

DARPA unveils robot co-pilot

Your inflatable buddy in the cockpit

AI + ML19 Oct 2016 | 11

Mechanical Phish auto-exploit auto-patch kit lands on GitHub

Vuln-hunting robot ready to roam the world

Security22 Aug 2016 | 1

Game over, security researchers – DARPA’s AI bug hunters are coming for your jobs

DEF CON First 'Cyber Grand Challenge' shows software can eat itself

Security05 Aug 2016 | 8

Mad-tech labcoat-sporters DARPA pit infosec AI against itself

It's the Cyber Grand Challenge

AI + ML04 Aug 2016 | 18

White hat hacker AI bots prepare for DARPA's DEF CON cyber brawl

Software must automatically find bugs in rival code. Are you not entertained?

Security13 Jul 2016 | 8

DARPA's 'flying wing' drone inches closer to lift-off

Your TERN, Northrop Grumman

Science27 Jun 2016 | 28

DARPA demands brand-new command … IN SPAAACE!

What will the space 'flight deck' of the future look like?

Legal21 Jun 2016 | 22

DARPA wants god-mode attribution platform to pin and predict crime

'Enhanced Attribution' will anonymise threat data, reveal past and future crimes

Security09 May 2016 | 23

Facebook slurps up ex DARPA techie for its F8 skunkworks

Free content ad network plans to copy Google's success too

On-Prem14 Apr 2016 | 4

DARPA issues collaborative spectrum sharing challenge

Hoarding spectrum isn't cool or practical, but if wireless operators everyone wins

Networks30 Mar 2016 | 2

Hackers turn to angr for automated exploit discovery and patching

Nullcon Fuzzing and Driller all killer, no filler

Security13 Mar 2016 | 7

DARPA to geeks: Weaponize your toasters … for America!

Project Improv makes hacking IoT gear a patriotic duty

Security12 Mar 2016 | 60

Spaniards trouser DARPA robotics cash

Erle Robotics to develop 'Hardware Robot Operating System'

Science25 Jan 2016 | 3

DARPA commits to brain-computer interface development project

Hang on, didn’t Firefox have this feature years ago?

Science20 Jan 2016 | 28

Tor Project: Anonymity ain't free, folks. Pony up

Privacy network passes around the hat

Security25 Nov 2015 | 19

US military readies drone submarine hunter

Video Warship is unmanned and – currently – unarmed

Personal Tech12 Nov 2015 | 86

This new new chip will self-destruct in less than 10 seconds

DARPA-funded Gorilla Glass thingy will go pop rather than answer unwanted questions

Security15 Sep 2015 | 25

DARPA adds 'sense of touch' to robot hand

Neural interface close to the Holy Grail of prosthetics

Science14 Sep 2015 | 13

ROBOTS in sinister public-relations push ahead of coming WAR ON HUMANS

Humanitarian work, ability to generate empathy: Scary

Science08 Jun 2015 | 19

DARPA unTerminators gather for Robotics Challenge finals in Hell*

* Aka Los Angeles

Science04 Jun 2015 | 14

MIT's robo-cheetah leaps walls in a cyborg hunt for Sarah Connor

Vid Someone's been watching way too much Terminator

Science29 May 2015 | 41

JPL joins DARPA's Memex project

Better search and indexing for space stuff

Storage27 May 2015 |

DARPA's made a SELF-STEERING 50-cal bullet – with video proof

Vid Spray and pray: Magic round turns unskilled bods into precision marksmen

Science29 Apr 2015 | 47

Oh, hi there, SKYNET: US military wants self-enhancing software that will outlive its creators

DARPA's Hundred Years' War on bugs, upgrades and rewrites

Applications09 Apr 2015 | 40

DARPA-funded team says it can SMELL Android malware

There once was a racehorse called 'Hoof-Hearted'

Security09 Apr 2015 | 3

DARPA's 'Cortical Modem' will plug straight into your brain

Who needs tech specs when you could have a $10 HUD on your visual cortex?

Science17 Feb 2015 | 41

DARPA: We KNOW WHO YOU ARE... by the WAY you MOVE your MOUSE

US crazytech unit backs behaviour biometrics study

Security03 Feb 2015 | 32

Atlas unplugged! DARPA's unTerminator robot cuts the power cable

Google's new humanoid machine also comes with a kill-switch

Personal Tech23 Jan 2015 | 13

Hey, it's ... Gecko man, Gecko man, does almost whatever a GECKO can

Vid Stanford student climbs sheet of glass with lizard-tech gloves – Special Forces next?

Science21 Nov 2014 | 24

DARPA joins math-secured microkernel race

Embedded systems need better security

Software02 Oct 2014 | 15

MIT boffins cry havoc and let slip the ROBOT CHEETAHS of Whoa

Vid Metal BigMog is quiet(ish) and deadly

Science15 Sep 2014 | 26

DARPA-backed jetpack prototype built to make soldiers run faster

Vid 4 Minute Mile project hatched to speed up tired troops

Personal Tech13 Sep 2014 | 41

DARPA collab launches fast cloud-to-cloud provisioning

Yet another elastic cloud

SaaS30 Jul 2014 | 3

Watch: DARPA shows off first successful test of STEERABLE bullet

Video EXACTO hits the spot

Science11 Jul 2014 | 83

Cranial RAM cram plan aims to restore memory

DARPA wants to help those with brain disease or injury

Science10 Jul 2014 | 18

SPIDER-TROOP, Spider-troop, does whatever a spider troop can

Man uses sucker paddles to scale a 25-foot sheer glass wall

Science11 Jun 2014 | 40

DARPA gamifies open-source software testing

But can you use it to test game software? Eh?

Software09 Jun 2014 | 10

DARPA crazytech crew want to create HUMAN-FREE cyber defence systems

No need to call an infosec specialist - the machines will sort it all out

Security03 Jun 2014 | 22

DARPA wants help to counter counterfeits

DIE, FAKE CHIP!

Personal Tech25 Feb 2014 | 22

DARPA wants to out-Google-Google

A boutique chocolate factor to counter slavery

Software11 Feb 2014 | 8

Q: What's government-owned, designed to kill, and now more transparent? A: DARPA!

Skunkworks research lab launches 'Open Catalog' to share research information

Software05 Feb 2014 | 9

DARPA hands IBM £3.4m to develop SELF DESTRUCTING CHIPS

Left an embarrassing USB key behind? No problem - it'll blow itself into dust

Virtualization05 Feb 2014 | 22

Who's the best-built bot that makes the US military hot? SCHAFT!

Video Can you dig it? Google-backed boffins bag DARPA robot contest prize

Science23 Dec 2013 | 22

Meet NASA's Valkyrie: A silky busty robo superhero that'll save your life

Video Space agency thinks with its Johnson, builds Iron (wo)Man for Mars colony

Science11 Dec 2013 | 40

DARPA seeks game players to join bug-hunt

No prize, but you get to play for free

Software09 Dec 2013 | 10

DARPA enlists hacker talent for $2m security bug-swatting challenge

Big money prizes for Capture the Flag code competition

Security06 Dec 2013 | 12

Hot digital dog: A man’s best friend is still his... K-9

Doctor Who @ 50 Robots are evolving, but can they yet match the Doctor’s mechanical mutt?

Science20 Nov 2013 | 42