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US Agency Plans for Sub-Hunting 'Ghost Ship'

(March 2) -- During the Cold War, U.S. and Soviet submarines engaged in a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek, tracking each other's movements for days and weeks at a time, deep underwater. Now, a Pentagon agency responsible for futuristic research is looking at designing an unmanned ship that could steadily track subs over...

Pentagon Dreams of Flying Car

(Dec. 24) – The dream of building a flying car has fascinated many a garage tinkerer, and now it's also set to become a real military program. A Pentagon research agency announced Thursday that it will host a meeting in mid-January for companies interested in building a real-life flying car as part of a new military...

The Pentagon Launches Plan to Master Lightning

(Dec. 17) -- In Greek mythology, it was a weapon of war. Now the U.S. military is looking to tame lightning, which remains one of nature's most confounding -- and feared -- phenomena. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the R&D arm of the Pentagon, has embarked on a project called NIMBUS, which seeks to...

Next Step for U.S. Military Drones: Lasers?

Northrop Grumman One of Northrop Grunman's unmanned aerial vehicles, the RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk. Unmanned aerial vehicles have been used to spy on terrorists, track insurgents, and even to hunt down and kill al-Qaida leaders hiding in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Now, a Pentagon research and development arm is looking...