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Unmanned
BAE Systems to develop tech that enables multi-mission UAS with single, multifunction payloads - News
June 05, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Under two contracts with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), BAE Systems engineers will develop technology that enables compact unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to conduct multiple mission tasks with single, multifunction payloads that can adapt to changing battlefield situations and mission needs in real-time. The contracts have a combined worth of $5.4 million.
Radar/EW
DARPA, SIA initiative aims to advance transformative semiconductor technologies - News
June 02, 2017
WASHINGTON. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) are teaming to work on a $75 million project -- contained in the Department of Defense (DoD) proposed FY 2018 budget -- in support of a new public/private ?electronics resurgence? initiative.
Unmanned
DARPA chooses Boeing to collaborate on next-generation spaceplane - News
May 24, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has chosen Boeing to collaborate on designing, building, and testing a technology demonstration vehicle for the Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program.
Comms
DARPA research furthers study into decision-making - News
May 22, 2017
PALO ALTO, Calif. Stanford University researchers funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Neuro Function, Activity, Structure, and Technology (Neuro-FAST) program have developed new optical imaging and analysis techniques that have provided insight into how the mammalian brain coordinates neural activity to complete voluntary behaviors.
Cyber
DARPA teams make advances in the field of uncertainty quantification - News
May 18, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)?s Enabling Quantification of Uncertainty in Physical Systems (EQUiPS) program has made advances in the field of uncertainty quantification ((UQ), which focuses on methods to estimate how accurate a prediction may be. The program aims to harnesses advanced math to quantify uncertainties in complex systems to be able to better design yet-to-be-built military systems.
Unmanned
Service-academy challenge pushes DARPA to test groups of unmanned vehicles - News
May 12, 2017
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CAMP ROBERTS, Calif. More than 40 cadets and midshipmen from the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy recently participated in the "Service Academies Swarm Challenge," in which teams formed and tested the capabilities of swarms of highly autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) invited the young officers-in-training to develop and flight test novel ideas for how best to use UAV swarms in future wars.The three-day experiment concluded with an aerial battle in which the Naval Academy took home the win, a trophy, and bragging rights over its rival academies.
Comms
DARPA invites potential proposals for future programs - News
May 01, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) -- an office that identifies and pursues high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines -- has announced that it will host Discover DSO Day (D3) on June 15 with the aim of sharing research concepts and engaging with potential proposers to gain new insights for possible future programs.
