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IARPA Targets Carbon Security Risk
April 30, 2018
MeriTalk - Users have the reputation of being the weakest link in cybersecurity, because of their potential to undo the most fortified cyber setup with an exposed password or absen...
Tech that Identifies Hazardous Chemicals from a Safe Distance is Coming
April 26, 2018
Disruptor Daily A series of recent attacks in the recent news cycle has served as high-profile reminders of the danger that weaponized chemicals pose to their intended targets.......
U.S. Spy Agencies Seek Tech to Identify Deadly Chemicals From 30 Meters Away
April 25, 2018
IEEE Spectrum - Sergei Skripal...and his daughter, Yulia, weren’t the only people affected by a nerve-agent attack in Salisbury, England, in March....A swarm of hazmat-suited chemi...
One Space Imaging System to View Them All
April 01, 2018
Signal - Researchers working on behalf of the U.S. intelligence community are kicking off a program designed to develop a revolutionary capability for monitoring objects in geostat...
Government Seeks Biometric Tech That Doesn’t Need People To Scan Fingerprints
March 27, 2018
Nextgov - In the future, human cops will still be the ones arresting you, searching you and booking you, but machines might be taking your fingerprints. The Intelligence Community’...
IARPA Announces the Winners of the Nail to Nail Fingerprint Challenge
March 26, 2018
WASHINGTON – The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, announces the winners of the Nail to Nail Fingerprint...
IARPA Launches “VirtUE” Program to Improve Workstation and Virtual Desktop Security
March 20, 2018
Press Release - WASHINGTON – The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, announced today the launch of the Vir...
IARPA Announces the UG2 Prize Challenge to Improve UAV Captured Imagery
March 19, 2018
WASHINGTON – The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, announces today the UG2 Prize Challenge for unmanned...
IARPA Announces the Winners of the Functional Map of the World Challenge
March 16, 2018
Press Release - WASHINGTON – The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, announced the winners of the function...
IARPA Reaching Out to Nontraditional Industry
March 14, 2018
National DEFENSE - The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is reaching out to nontraditional companies to help the U.S. intelligence community maintain its technologic...