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Space Force Component Strengthens U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

The service adds Guardians and capabilities to provide space-related effects to the region’s commander.

Space Force

Indo-Pacific

Technology’s Good and Evil: Fueling and Fighting Human Trafficking

Technology evolves and NGOs step in to plug wide gaps in the law.

The Cyber Edge

Cyber

Homeland

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner David Aguilar speaks at the press conference for the CBP Human Trafficking campaign launch in 2011. Credit: Paul Caffrey, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

IARPA Searches for Space Junk’s Trashed Signals

Novel signal detection methods may revolutionize space debris tracking.

Technology

Space

DARPA Envisions Commercial Uses for Autonomous Off-Road Vehicles

AI-driven vehicles designed to navigate tough terrain may handle nonmilitary missions.

Technology

A RACER robotic vehicle achieves a checkpoint and orients itself to the next objective. The second and final phase will include tracked vehicles weighing approximately 9 tons, maps and global planning and tactics capabilities. Credit: DARPA image

The ‘Valley of Death’ or the ‘Yellow Brick Road’?

It’s the same trail.

The Cyber Edge

Cyber

After Y2K, the federal government was actually the “Yellow Brick Road,” not the Valley of Death for startups. Credit: Uladzik Kryhin/Shutterstock

The Army Defines 'Radios-as-a-Service' Pilot

Guiding a new market, the U.S. Army is looking for radio service solutions to support Indo-Pacific and global operations.

Defense Operations

Military

A soldier from U.S. Army Pacific performs a 5-kilometer run during Jungle School at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on October 17, 2023. Soldiers are conducting jungle mobility training, waterborne operations, combat tracking, jungle tactics, survival training and situational awareness exercises to become familiar with operations in the jungle or other difficult, contested environments. Soldiers will need reliable radio communications. Credit: U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mariah Aguilar

On Point: Q&A With Stuart Young

Stuart Young, who manages the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program, joined DARPA in January 2020 as a program manager in the Tactical Technology Office. His expertise includes autonomous/unmanned ground and air vehicles, intelligent behaviors for unmanned systems, multi-agent teaming, applied artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and field robotics technologies.

Technology

Thought Leadership