SRI International has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to lead a new consortium tasked to advance research and development efforts in quantum science. NIST said Friday the Quantum Economic Development Consortium’s responsibilities will include participating in quantum device design and prototyping projects, identifying workforce needs for […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected SRI International to construct an artificial intelligence platform with machine learning features to gradually improve task performance. The company said Wednesday it will perform this work under DARPA’s Lifelong Learning Machines Program. Modern AI systems may be prone to catastrophic forgetting that occurs when new content disrupts previous information, SRI […] More

A research team that includes SRI International has received five-year, $25 million grant from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop analytic tools and services intended to secure cyber-physical systems in the battlefield. SRI said Wednesday the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will lead the Alliance for IoBT Research on Evolving Intelligent Goal-driven Networks. ARL, Carnegie Mellon University, […] More

SRI International has won a $7.2 million  contract from the U.S. Army to support a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency program that aims to develop modeling technology for analysts to examine queries related to national and global security. The company will support DARPA’s World Modelers Program and is scheduled to finish work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by Dec. 9, 2021, the Defense Department […] More

SRI International has secured a four-year, $12.5 million contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to research and develop technology that can help mitigate attempts to deceive biometric systems, known as presentation attacks. The company said Tuesday it will build a prototype Multi-physiological Joint Optimization and Liveness Nuances for Identity Ratification system, or MJOLNIR, in an effort to address known […] More

SRI International‘s education division has secured a five-year contract from the Education Department‘s Institute of Education Sciences to oversee the Regional Educational Laboratory in Appalachia. The company said Friday REL Appalachia will collaborate with school districts, state departments of education and other stakeholders to develop and conduct research on how to boost student academic outcomes across the […] More

SRI International has spun off and unveiled an agriculture firm that aims to automate fruit harvesting operations through robotics. Abundant Robotics will leverage SRI’s agricultural robotics research efforts in order to commercialize systems intended for orchard agriculture automation, SRI International said Wednesday. “The first automated apple harvesting system that doesn’t bruise or damage the produce will […] More

SRI International and a Polish research-and-development agency have formed a partnership with the goal to foster technological innovation and establish a community of scientists and researchers in Poland. The Menlo Park, California-based nonprofit said Wednesday it will collaborate with Poland’s National Centre for Research and Development to design and carry out a series of challenges and an advanced research projects initiative. Leszek Grabarczyk, NCBR deputy director, […] More

The U.S. Air Force has bestowed a $9.5 million cost-plus-fixed-price contract to SRI International to deliver automated media integrity assessment technologies to be integrated into a visual media forensics platform. The Defense Department said Wednesday the software and hardware will work to automatically assess the integrity of both images and videos. The Air Force Research Laboratory has obligated $1 million […] More

SRI International has been awarded a one-year, $7.8 million contract by the U.S. Navy to research methods for the development of surveillance, tracking, security and access control systems. The company aims to help develop a modular and open architecture approach for the military service to build sensors and aviation platform systems, the Defense Department said Monday. SRI will […] More

SRI International has unveiled a new spin-off venture named Superflex that will develop wearable robotics in an effort to help humans apply their musculoskeletal systems for multiple uses. SRI said Thursday the technology was originally created under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded Warrior Web project that aimed to maximize soldier performance, minimize injury risk and help soldiers carry heavier load. Rich Mahoney will oversee Superflex operations as […] More

SRI International has secured an $8.5 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency devise methods for the integration of enterprise data privacy, security and exchange tools. The company said Thursday it will study how privacy protection technology can facilitate use of sensitive data for humanitarian relief operations and other critical missions through DARPA’s Brandeis program. […] More