Southwest Research Institute has secured three contracts from the General Services Administration to deliver technical support for a contract vehicle intended to fund programs for robotics and unmanned systems. SwRI said Wednesday it will provide services under ASTRO, an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract vehicle that backs technical and engineering works for manned, unmanned and optionally manned platforms. […] More

Northrop Grumman’s Space Logistics subsidiary plans to launch a robotic satellite servicing vehicle in 2024, SpaceNews reported Thursday. The Mission Robotic Vehicle is equipped with a robotic arm developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and is designed to install small propulsion equipment to extend the lives of satellites in the geostationary orbit by […] More

The U.S. Army has tapped krtkl to build a sensor fusion platform for enabling robotic combat vehicle’s monitoring and communication operations. krtkl will collaborate with VISIMO and Textron Systems to help the Army integrate RCVs into its tactical operating environments and maintenance infrastructure, the artificial intelligence-focused partner said Wednesday. As part of Army’s Phase 1 […] More

The National Science Foundation has partnered with two federal departments and four technology companies for a potential $220 million investment effort to create an additional 11 National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes. The institutes will focus on exploring AI technology platforms various use cases such as elderly care, plug-and-play applications, agriculture and supply chain and adult […] More

The public policy think tank Center for Security and Emerging Technology has found some differences and overlaps in the research agenda at six U.S. technology companies that pursue artificial intelligence and machine learning programs. CSET's "Mapping Research Agendas in U.S. Corporate AI Laboratories" report offers a look at AI/ML research topic areas prioritized by IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook.

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The U.S. Army and South Korea-based defense company Hanwha have agreed to partner to research and build defense platforms, Defense News reported Wednesday. Hanwha and the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center will exchange technical knowledge, intellectual property and resources under the cooperative research and development agreement.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency aims to complete a payload technology for its Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program this year in collaboration with Northrop Grumman's SpaceLogistics subsidiary and the Naval Research Laboratory.

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Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with Purdue University to help drive joint research and development efforts on hypersonics technology.

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The U.S. Army plans to award this month a contract to develop a ground-based small multipurpose equipment transport robotic vehicle, the Military website reported Wednesday.

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BAE Systems has received a $3.5M subcontract from Lockheed Martin to develop autonomous and artificial intelligence platforms as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at increasing the performance of robotic military ground and air vehicles.

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Maxar Technologies has received a $5M contract from NASA to build and deliver a robotic arm that will work to gather sample materials from the Moon’s surface as part of the agency’s Artemis mission.

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Northrop Grumman has partnered with Carnegie Mellon University to conduct research into artificial intelligence for use in emergency operations and disaster response.

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