This October, DARPA will once again be holding the annual Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) Summit & Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Symposium, the agency said in a statement. The agency is… Continue reading "DARPA Announces Electronics Summit and MINT Program"
On 7 June, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced it has concluded its Mobile Force Protection (MFP) Program with a successful demonstration at Eglin Air Force Base. … Continue reading "DARPA Successfully Demonstrates New Anti-Drone System"
This week at Overt Defense we have looked at everything from the 173rd Airborne accidentally assaulting a factory in Bulgaria, Iran losing its second largest oiler, and a second coup… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (31 May – 5 June)"
As military personnel, and even more broadly people in general, become increasingly dependent on AI systems, there exists a real danger that should AI systems malfunction its users will not… Continue reading "DARPA EDGE Program Seeks to Ensure Human Situational Awareness If AI Malfunctions"
At the end of March 2021, Australian Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) chief, revealed that an Australian military space organization is being planned. The announcement… Continue reading "Australia Reveals Space Division Plans"
The second week of April has seen Russia move to expand its influence in Asia and ramp tensions in Ukraine. South Korea have Unveil its new KF-21 multirole jet and… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (5-10 April)"
Alongside artificial intelligence and robotics, quantum computers arguably rank among the most exciting futuristic technologies. These computers can be built based on a number of models but the most widely… Continue reading "DARPA Hopes to Quantify Impact of Quantum Computers"
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has released information pertaining to two projects aimed at developing technology deemed crucial for improving American communications and microelectronic systems. The Wireband… Continue reading "DARPA Releases Information on WARP and GRYPHON Projects"
Following in the footsteps of growing concern over US supply chain security and President Biden’s Executive Order to review critical US supply chains, DARPA has just announced its SAHARA program.… Continue reading "DARPA Announces New Domestic Microchip Production Program"
DARPA is moving to integrate new and upcoming virtual systems and technologies into the toolbelt of the modern warfighter as soon as possible. Among these is a sort of assistant… Continue reading "DARPA Planning to Develop Virtual Assistants"