{"id":4173,"date":"2026-02-09T19:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aamnation.com\/?p=4173"},"modified":"2026-02-09T19:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:19:37","slug":"%e6%96%b0%e3%81%97%e3%81%84darpa%e3%81%ae250%e4%b8%87%e3%83%89%e3%83%ab%e3%81%ae%e3%83%81%e3%83%a3%e3%83%ac%e3%83%b3%e3%82%b8%e3%81%af%e3%80%81%e3%83%89%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%83%b3%e3%81%ae%e3%83%9a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aamnation.com\/ja\/2026\/02\/09\/new-darpa-2-5-million-challenge-zeroes-in-on-drone-payloads-to-the-first-place-finishers\/","title":{"rendered":"DARPA $250\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\u306e\u65b0\u305f\u306a\u30c1\u30e3\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8\u30011\u4f4d\u5165\u8cde\u8005\u306b\u30c9\u30ed\u30fc\u30f3\u306e\u30da\u30a4\u30ed\u30fc\u30c9\u306b\u7167\u6e96\u3092\u5408\u308f\u305b\u308b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u30a2\u30b9\u30da\u30f3\u30fb\u30d7\u30eb\u30fc\u30d5\u30db\u30d5\u30c8\u306b\u3088\u308b\u30b9\u30c8\u30fc\u30ea\u30fc<br 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