#Darpa

ASTRA is a robotic builder that has spent the last six months in space, working to construct the reflector antenna from composite fibre tubes, aluminium joints, and a Kapton reflective surface.

"This work could be useful not only for astronomy and astrophysics, but also for communications and other areas."

DARPA is studying how the rules governing online markets could be manipulated to cause disruption, rather than just how their systems could be hacked.

Historic VENOM milestone demonstrates scalable AI development capabilities for the operational fleet.

How do you maintain spacecraft 22,000 miles away? DARPA wants to find out with the first launch of the dexterous, deep-space robot program as soon as this summer.

The XRQ-73, a 1,250-pound drone, uses a mix of electric and jet-fuel propulsion, which is supposed to make it much quieter and fly more efficiently.

A hobbyist who blogs as Chip Overclock wasn't satisfied with his GPS-disciplined desk clock. The Raspberry Pi inside it kept time within microseconds of UTC, but only when GPS satellites…

From The Register: Pentagon wants to water down drone program with autonomous subs