From the article: Imagine unmanned systems — drones, essentially — lying dormant on the ocean floor for years at a time, housing sensors or non-lethal weapons, which rise to the surface when triggered by the Navy. That’s one program underway by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which was detailed in a report Thursday. And by underway, it’s in Phase 2 — with […]

From the article: The Pentagon agency that brought you the Internet, GPS and drones is setting its sights on an array of highly complex weapons ranging from satellites to undersea platforms in hopes of overwhelming America’s potential adversaries. After nearly four decades of unchallenged supremacy in offensive military capabilities, the U.S. now faces competitors such as China […]

From the article: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is testing a drone that can hibernate on the ocean floor for years at a time before being launched to the surface and into the air at the push of a button. Dubbed Upward Falling Payloads (UFP) program, the project was detailed in a biennial report released last […]