The Pentagon's Strategic Capabilities Office is gathering new ideas for potential funding in the areas of autonomous systems, deep learning, cyber, cross-domain kill chains and non-traditional defense technologies. The SCO is seeking white papers and proposals for "innovative uses of novel concepts that could be rapidly fielded and provide cost-effective, strategic alternatives for shaping and countering emerging near-peer threats," according to an Aug. 9 broad agency announcement posted by Army Contracting Command on behalf of the office. The SCO is...