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A new study from McKinsey Global Institute estimates nearly half of activities employees carry out in the world’s workforce at approximately $16 trillion in wages could be automated with the use of currently demonstrated technologies. McKinsey Global Institute said Thursday the report on “A future that works: Automation, employment, and productivity” has estimated automation to raise productivity growth by 1.4 […] More

BAE Systems has secured a contract from Lockheed Martin to replace the head-up displays of the U.S. Air Force‘s F-22 Raptor aircraft with a digital version. BAE said Monday it will use its Digital Light Engine technology to install a form, fit and function HUD platform into the F-22 fleet’s HUD space. The company also expects to receive a follow-on production […] More

A new Deloitte study has found that Manufacturing USA’s network of institutes works to facilitate manufacturing innovation through research and development and helps mitigate the shortage of skilled manufacturing workers. The study also showed that the first eight manufacturing institutes formed by the departments of Defense and Energy from 2012 through 2016 have helped establish […] More

Canada-based D-Wave Systems has released an open-source software tool designed to help developers program quantum computers, Wired reported Wednesday. Klint Finley writes users can modify and share the Qbsolv open-source software for free as well as create applications for D-Wave’s hardware. Scott Pakin of Los Alamos National Laboratory also unveiled in 2016 Qmasm, a software […] More

NASA has pushed back a contract award and other grants for the Asteroid Redirect Mission due to budget uncertainty, Space News reported Thursday. Jeff Foust writes ARM Program Director Michele Gates told a NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group meeting the agency will award a contract for the spacecraft bus of ARM’s robotic segment in May instead of […] More