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Lockheed Martin wins $5.8 million Office of Naval Research 3-D printing research contract

Lockheed Martin and the Office of Naval Research are exploring how to apply artificial intelligence to train robots to independently oversee—and optimize—3-D printing of complex parts.

Cornell University establishes $11.3M AI research center with Naval grant

Cornell University is launching the Scientific Artificial Intelligence Center (SciAI Center), a new initiative backed by an $11.3 million grant from the Office of Naval Research.

Foxhole Technology wins $5B contract for engineering, program management support services

Foxhole Technology was awarded a $5 billion U.S. Navy SeaPort-NxG indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and program management support services.

Georgia Tech: Slow robots called Slothbots can linger in the environment for long times

Robotics engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a slow-moving and energy-efficient robot, called (what else?) the Slothbot. 

U.S. Navy opens Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Virginia

The U.S. Navy celebrated the formal opening of its Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) within the State of Virginia’s Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) on the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) campus in Danville, Virginia, recently. 

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