FBI uses cybersecurity heavyweights to tackle fuzzing attacks
Using a DARPA grant and its own money, the FBI has enlisted researchers at George Mason University to try out so-called fuzzing attacks.
View ArticleDARPA floats crowdsourcing to develop amphibious vehicle
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking into whether open collaboration can produce a design for a Marine Corps amphibious vehicle.
View ArticleNIST wants software to help spot smartphone security holes
The military, working through DARPA, is trying to develop its own marketplace of apps for helping troops in the field.
View ArticleDARPA asks tech companies for cyber war ideas
The research agency DARPA is hosting a daylong event Sept. 27 on its upcoming "Plan X" that focuses on building solid attack strategies and tools.
View ArticleDARPA awards cybersecurity contract to Rockwell
The contract is part of DARPA's High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems.
View ArticleScientists making fishy robots for naval research
An eel undulating through coastal waters, powered by batteries and checking for mines. A jellyfish is actually a surveillance robot, powered by the atoms around it. Fins pick up intelligence while...
View ArticlePentagon researches new life for dead satellites
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is spending $180 million to test technologies that could scavenge defunct communication satellites for their valuable parts and recycling them to build...
View ArticleSequestration already taking toll on DoD's research and development
Defense agencies and services are pulling back hundreds of millions of dollars worth of grants and contracts. Impending furloughs will further impair DoD's ability to get money out the door.
View ArticleTightening budgets force DARPA to alter course for R&D
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been at the forefront of some of the most innovative technologies ever created including the Internet. But as budgets tighten, the agency's director...
View ArticleDoD tasks innovation experts with stretching out technology dollars
Under sequestration, technology research has suffered disproportionately in the Defense Department. Leaders say those limited dollars need to be focused on making systems more affordable and taking...
View ArticleOn DoD: DARPA, DISA and ONR discuss the latest on mobile technology and security
Director of the Defense Research Projects Agency Director Arati Prabhakar says DARPA's budget wasn't decimated by sequestration, but it is being slowly eroded. The Office of Naval Research and the...
View ArticleDARPA launches challenge to help create hacker-proof software
The Cyber Grand Challenge, set to launch for the first time two weeks from now, aims to encourage the development of computing systems that can seek out cybersecurity weaknesses better than humans can.
View ArticleInside the DoD Reporter's Notebook: Director of Naval Intelligence can't...
In this week's edition of Inside the DoD Reporter's Notebook, Jared Serbu examines news and buzz in the Defense community that you might have missed including: Pending the outcome of a Justice...
View ArticleRogers develops Blast Gauge to assess impact of IED blasts on soldiers
Former DARPA program manager Jeffrey Rogers developed a device that measures the effects of bomb blasts on injured soldiers, speeding the medical assessment and treatment.
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