Tom's Hardware on MSN

DARPA plans 30-year endurance nuclear waste batteries to power next-gen drones, says report

‘Rads to Watts’ program aims to precipitate first step-change prototypes by 2027.
Interesting Engineering on MSN

DARPA’s X-plane designed to maneuver with bursts of air gets new wings attached

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has begun installing the wings on the X-65, an ...

DARPA X-Plane Designed To Maneuver With Just Bursts Of Air Finally Gets Its Wings

Aurora Flight Sciences and DARPA hope to see the X-65 drone fly next year after suffering delays and cost growth.
Defense One

These light-weight power cells run on nuclear waste and could power next-gen drones

And what if that battery could be fueled by nuclear waste? That’s the future scientists are working toward in DARPA’s “Rads to Watts” program, which aims to create lightweight batteries with a high ...
New Atlas

Radical aircraft that could make flaps obsolete is almost ready to fly

Aurora Flight Sciences just announced that the triangular wings of the X-65 have arrived at its Virginia assembly facility, ...

DARPA is asking the industry for a plan to replace a satellite constellation destroyed in a matter of hours, revealing that the Pentagon already assumes a first Chinese att…

The Pentagon’s research arm is asking industry a blunt question with enormous consequences for the next major war. If U.S.
TechSpot

DARPA's Manta Ray drone for underwater military operations aces initial tests

In a nutshell: DARPA's Manta Ray program is designed to develop a new generation of autonomous drones capable of operating underwater. The drone has finally been built after roughly four years, and ...
Gizmodo

Everything DARPA’s Been Doing for the Last 20 Years

Digging into DARPA's history to suss out the agency's most significant, sometimes scary research from the last two decades. Reading time 11 minutes Gizmodo is 20 years old! To celebrate the ...