DARPA’s newly-announced Quantum-Inspired Classical Computing (QuICC) program will attempt to tackle a number of optimization problems the US Department of Defense (DoD) is facing by applying lessons from quantum computer… Continue reading "DARPA Hoping to Apply Quantum Computing Lessons to Optimization"
On 27 September, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that US citizen Virgil Griffith “pled guilty to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic… Continue reading "American Virgil Griffith Helped North Korea Use Cryptocurrency to Evade Sanctions"
In a ceremony on 16 September, in Wiesbaden, Germany, the US Army activated its second Multi-Domain Task Force (MDTF). According to the commander of the brigade-sized unit, Colonel Jonathan Byrom:… Continue reading "US Activates New Multi-Domain Task Force in Germany"
The United States Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is resuming procurement efforts for its defensive hypersonic Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program after a long pause that followed its… Continue reading "U.S. Missile Defense Agency Resumes Hypersonic Missile Defenses Effort"
The United States Navy is reinforcing its 7th fleet, stationed in Japan, with two Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. The USS Higgins (DDG 76) and USS Howard (DDG 83) arrived at… Continue reading "US Navy Reinforces Indo-Pacific Fleet With Two New Destroyers"
The United States Army is procuring new next-generation cryptographic key load devices as part of an effort to combat rising cyber-attacks. The Next Generation Load Device-Medium (NGLD-M) is a proposed… Continue reading "United States Army Picks SNC And General Dynamics for Next-Gen Crypto Key Loader Contracts"
On 4 August, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected research teams for its Quantum Apertures (QA) program. Leaders for the teams were identified as: ColdQuanta, Honeywell, Northrop… Continue reading "DARPA Aims to Use Quantum Techniques for Radio Frequency Sensing"
Last week, the US Defense Advanced Project Research Agency (DARPA) revealed additional information about a host of its programs. From research on autonomous vehicle navigation in the dark to rare… Continue reading "DARPA: Autonomous Vehicles and Rare Earth Minerals"
The United States Air Force (USAF) signed a contract with US-based satellite communications company Kymeta for the supply of advanced connectivity capabilities as part of the service’s Advanced Battle Management… Continue reading "US Air Force Awards Kymeta $950 Million ABMS Contract"
The United States Air Force’s 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron signed its first technology licensing agreement, selling rights to use their in-house malware and software vulnerability detection code to entities in… Continue reading "Whiddler: Air Force Licenses its Anti-Malware Software to the Private Sector"