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The U.S. military not only wants more robots - it wants more 'autonomous' robots, robots free to make their own decisions on the battlefield.
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The United States joining the Law of the Sea Treaty would help strengthen the U.S. Defense Department’s position in the Pacific, at a time when the Pentagon places more emphasis on that region, top DoD officials said.
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Flinging pebbles at an asteroid sounds like a fruitless task, but a new calculation shows that this could deflect an Earthbound rock.
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Planetary Resources made a media splash recently by announcing a plan to mine asteroids for metals and water. But those same materials are available on the moon, too, and other would-be extraterrestrial prospectors are eyeing lunar missions. So which target is more promising?
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In a development harkening back to the earliest days of desktop computing, highly skilled stargazers are hacking together optics, electronics and software to create sophisticated satellite observatories of their own, posing complications for governments trying to keep their spy satellite assets hidden.
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A privately funded search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has pulled in its antenna horns a tad to help the U.S. Air Force gauge human-made space junk circling Earth.
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Security engineers at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma have proposed using the concept of "bullet time" as a cyber-defense strategy by slowing down internet traffic, including malicious data, to give networks time to deal with attacks. To do this, when a cyber attack has been sensed, an algorithm sends hyper-speed signals accelerating ahead of the malicious data packets to mobilise defences.
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U.S. space entrepreneurs' announced venture to launch robotic prospectors into space in hopes of extracting water and precious metals from asteroids generated its share of excitement this week -- but it comes amid a vague legal landscape that could complicate their plans, an international space law expert said.
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A secure communications channel between the U.S. and Russia set up to prevent misunderstandings that might lead to nuclear war is likely to expand to handling new kinds of conflict — in cyberspace.
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More than a billion people worldwide could starve if India and Pakistan unleash nuclear weapons because even a 'limited' nuclear war would cause major climate disruptions, a study warned.
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