Military AI
 
 
DECEMBER 2018

Military AI brought to you by the editors of Mil-Embedded.com focuses on artificial intelligence technology in the defense and aerospace domain, bringing readers coverage on machine learning, neural networks, and deep learning techniques leveraged in military and aerospace applications.
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
The top artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning stories of 2018 covered AI and military RF systems, autonomous radar platforms, mobile computing and AI, spectrum sharing, and more.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Officials at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) selected Lockheed Martin to enhance the ONYX exoskeleton for future soldier demonstrations under a new contract valued at $6.9 million.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Defense Agency Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials are expanding their efforts in the artificial intelligence (AI) field by hosting an Artificial Intelligence Colloquium (AIC) from March 6-7, 2019 in Alexandria, Virginia.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected BAE Systems for a contract valued at $9.2 million to develop new, data-driving machine learning algorithms for its Radio Frequency Machine Learning System (RFMLS) program.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
In a recent test series at Yuma Proving Ground, the in Arizona, the Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA’) demonstrated the ability of CODE-equipped unmanned aerial systems...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
 
Boeing and SparkCognition have announced that they will launch SkyGrid, a new company that aims to develop a software platform to ensure the safe, secure integration of autonomous cargo and passenger air vehicles in the global airspace.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are launching a new program called Photonics in the Package for Extreme Scalability (PIPES), which aims to enable future system scalability by developing high-bandwidth optical signaling technologies for digital microelectronics.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MARIANA IRIARTE, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR
 
At this years' Time Machine 2018 (TM18) conference, SparkCognition officials released a new book titled: “Hyperwar: Conflict and Competition in the AI Century,” a collection of essays by defense and emerging tech leaders that addresses the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in warfare today and in the future.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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PARABRICKS & SKYSCALE
 
Modern genomics is characterized by rapid production of vast amounts of raw sequencing data (sequencing reads) using next-generation sequencing (NGS) and the equally massive computing requirements for conversion of that data into useful results.
 
 
 
 
 
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