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DARPA Chief Outlines Array of Future Projects

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hope-they-start-printing-money-now dept.

coondoggie writes to tell us that DARPA announced a wide array of new projects in a report to the House Armed Services Committee that they will be funding in the near future. "everything from advanced network and communications implementations to powerful laser and unmanned aircraft development as well as developing techniques to help military personnel survive myriad dangerous situations"

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  1. One of eight by Raindance · · Score: 5, Informative
    The linked article just discusses the 'networking' subset of the report. The full original outlines eight primary research areas:

    Deny hiding in any environment and cultural background;
      Provide persistent situational awareness and rapid strike;
      Beat the OODA (observe-orient-decide-act) loop of modern adversaries;
      Provide cyber operations dominance;
      Remove the value of using biological weapons;
      Increase survival from life-threatening wounds;
      Restore injured warfighters to the way they were; and
      Develop core technologies that maintain U.S. military superiority.
    ... and has specific examples of programs within each area. Worth a look-see, particularly since DARPA's one of the few government initiatives that generally gets results.