The research agreement will accelerate Northrop Grumman’s ability to sponsor research projects with CMU. Five of those projects are aligned to CMU’s support of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center’s National Mission Initiative priority areas with an initial focus on humanitarian aid and disaster relief. Keep Reading
London start-up, Zamna, which uses blockchain to automate airport security checks, has raised $5 million in seed funding in a round led by VC firms LocalGlobe and Oxford Capital, alongside Seedcamp, the London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF), Telefonica and a number of angel investors. Keep Reading
The United States and the Republic of Korea have entered into a bilateral partnership for deeper cooperation on science and technology research and development of solutions to disasters such as fire, storm, flood and earthquake and issues closely related to public safety such as security and infectious disease. Keep Reading
Researchers working on the project will create images based on changes in the X-ray phase, similar to the process of creating holograms with visible light, which will reveal details that were previously considered impossible to detect through X-rays. Keep Reading
Russian industry players are keen to capitalize on the lucrative anti-drone market, and two new counter drone systems have recently been developed by Rostec and Kaspersky. Keep Reading
DHS has strengthened its policies, guidance, and training to encourage testing and evaluation earlier in the acquisition process. But there are questions over whether DHS has enough workers with the right skills to adequately oversee these test and evaluation activities. Keep Reading
The DHS S&T’s Next Generation First Responder Program recently partnered with public safety agencies from the City of Birmingham and Jefferson County, Alabama. Keep Reading
The goal of the partnership is to promote substantial cooperation in the future through working-level collaboration in the form of joint research. Keep Reading
Leidos has announced the addition of Automation Anywhere and Tanium into the Emerging Technology category of the Leidos Alliance Partner Network. This category includes start-ups or companies that have a capability that either improves upon an existing technology or is entirely new. Keep Reading
There are practical frameworks for switching to new forecasting methods by direct measurements of the intensity of a variety of real physical fields. Keep Reading
