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The American AI Initiative

President Trump has launched the American AI Initiative directing U.S. Government agencies to make investments in artificial intelligence (AI) research and development (R&D) a priority to ensure America maintains a leadership role in the development of AI and supporting technologies. The initiative contains 10 sections covering: Policy and Principles Objectives Roles and Responsibilities Federal Investment

After Laser Attacks, Pentagon Spending $200M to Protect Pilots

The contracts came just months after the U.S. accused China of trying to blind military pilots in Africa and the Pacific. The U.S. Air Force is planning to spend nearly $200 million on special glasses and visors to protect pilots’ eyes from dangerous lasers like the ones the Pentagon accuses China of firing into the

DARPA Starts Work On “Glide Breaker” Hypersonic Weapons Defense Project

As the threat of hypersonic weapons continues to grow, one of the Pentagon’s top research and development arms is moving ahead with a new project to explore ways to guard against them. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Glide Breaker project will look into various “component technologies” needed for one or more defense systems,