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Lift Challenge (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | tags: darpa, lift challenge, unmanned aircraft systems

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DARPA Heavy Life Challenge (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-19 | get DARPA Robotics Kit → | tags: darpa, lift challenge, unmanned aircraft systems

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Autonomous vehicles were supposed to cut traffic—what if they don't? (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-03 | get Autonomous Vehicle Dash Cam → | tags: waymo, robotaxis, darpa

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Non-determinism is an issue with patching CVEs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-08 | by Flox Team | get Cybersecurity Patch Management Kit → | tags: cve, sqlite, microsoft copilot

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Pentagon Think Tank Tests Ingenious Plan to Protect Coasts From Hurricanes—and It’s Working (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-08 | get Hurricane Barrier System → | tags: pentagon, darpa, tyndall air force base

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How Europe is building its own DARPA to counter the drone threat (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-04 | get European Drone Defense Kit → | tags: darpa, sprind, vinnova

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Colby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100M to train its models for war: We visited its bootcamp (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-29 | by Tim Fernholz | get AI Training Bootcamp Kit → | tags: scout ai, fury, all-terrain vehicles

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Colby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100M to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-29 | by Tim Fernholz | get AI Training Simulator Kit → | tags: scout ai, fury, all-terrain vehicles

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Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-29 | by Tim Fernholz | get AI Training Simulator Kit → | tags: scout ai, fury, all-terrain vehicles

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Translation-dependent degradation of <i>cas12</i> mRNA triggered by an anti-CRISPR (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-29 | by Marino | get Cas12 Anti-CRISPR Kit → | tags: cas12, anti-crispr, nucleic acid

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The UK’s Answer to Darpa Wants to Rewire the Human Brain (wired.com)

2026-04-28 | by David Cox | get Neuralink Brain-Computer Interface → | tags: darpa, aria, neurotechnology

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Attack of the killer script kiddies (theverge.com)

2026-04-28 | by Yael Grauer | get Cybersecurity for Beginners Book → | tags: ai bug-finding, darpa, anthropic

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DARPA calls for proposals for autonomous underwater drones — gov't looking for a small, cheap autonomous sub that can be developed and built quickly (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-26 | by Jowi Morales | get Underwater Drone Kit → | tags: darpa, autonomous underwater drones, auvs

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5 AI Models Tried to Scam Me. Some of Them Were Scary Good (wired.com)

2026-04-22 | by Will Knight | get AI Model Simulation Kit → | tags: openclaw, federated learning, darpa

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How nuclear batteries could speed the race to fusion power (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-08 | by Tim De Chant | get Fusion Power Starter Kit → | tags: fusion power, avalanche energy, radiovoltaics

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More self-reflection in research can lead to better science (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-01 | get Reflective Scientific Journal → | tags: nature, reproducibility, social sciences

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DARPA’s new X-76 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | get X-plane → | tags: bell textron, darpa sprint, x-76

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DARPA's new X-76 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | get X-51 → | tags: bell textron, darpa sprint, x-76

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DARPA's new X-76 Experimental Plane (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | get Experimental Plane → | tags: bell textron, darpa, sprint

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The Pentagon Wants X-Ray Vision to Spot Hidden Threats From Over Half a Mile Away (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-27 | get X-Ray Vision → | tags: x-ray vision, darpa, pentagon

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The Pentagon Wants X-Ray Vision to Spot Hidden Threats From 3,280 Feet (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-27 | get X-ray vision → | tags: darpa, x-ray vision, pentagon

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Video Friday: Disney’s Robotic Olaf Makes His Debut (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-11-29 | by Evan Ackerman | get Robot → | tags: darpa, robot, robotics

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DARPA invests $1.4 billion to build experimental Texas foundry for next-generation 3D chips — Austin plant to buck standard fab models to focus on high-mix, low-volume production (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-13 | by Luke James | get Foundry → | tags: austin, darpa, intel

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DARPA Going Hard on Insect-Sized Spy Robots (futurism.com)

2025-10-31 | by Joe Wilkins | get Microsoft Surface Pro → | tags: autonomous, darpa, dash

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DARPA Is Taking Its AI Fighter Jet Program to the Next Level (gizmodo.com)

2025-10-31 | by Aj Dellinger | get Emotional Intelligence book → | tags: air, combat, darpa