AI Behind Deepfakes May Power Materials Design Innovations, Scientists Say
According to this article, University of Pennsylvania scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create fake images of human…
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DARPA, NGA Transition Novel Optics Technology to Fieldable Prototypes
Materials with novel optical properties developed under DARPA’s Extreme Optics and Imaging (EXTREME) program are providing new capabilities for government…
AFRL Partners With UNM for New Directed Energy Center
KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL’s) Directed Energy Directorate is partnering with The University of New Mexico (UNM)…
DoD Focused on Readiness Instead of Intent Behind Chinese Military Exercises
Media reports have called attention to mock-ups of U.S. aircraft carriers the Chinese have built in the desert, presumably to…
AI and Autonomy in Russia, Issue 23, October 8, 2021
This report, the 23rd in a series of biweekly updates, is part of an effort by CNA to provide timely,…
New Annual Rifle Qual: A Shooter’s Perspective
OKINAWA, Japan — U.S. Marines across Okinawa participated in the new Annual Rifle Qualification from October 4 to 8. This…
U.S. Military’s “Active Denial System” Is a 95-GHz Heat Ray
According to this article, the Active Denial System (ADS) is a non-lethal directed-energy weapon capable of shooting man-sized beam millimeter…
Army Delivers First Hypersonics Ground Equipment
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Today the U.S. Army equipped the I Corps’ 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th…
One Scientist’s Trash Is Another’s Treasure: A Laboratory’s “Irritating” Byproduct Now Supplies 2-D Materials Research
While making materials samples to pursue their own research goals, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory discovered…
Secretary of the Air Force Calls for “Technically and Operationally Innovative Approaches” to Meet Logistics Challenges
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) —Offering equal doses of praise and objective – but disquieting – reality, Secretary of the Air…
Rapid Pulse Laser Weapons Could Be the Pentagon’s Future Edge
According to this article, the Pentagon’s current research in directed energy weapons concerns continuous-wave lasers, which use a relatively low-power,…
General Says Artificial Intelligence (AI) Will Play Important Role in Network Defense
Attacks by hostile governments and criminal networks on civilian and Defense Department cyberspace assets are constant threats. As artificial intelligence…