Advanced / Transformational Technology

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to develop inexpensive medium-altitude, long-endurance drones that can easily be integrated onto small ships, but as it embarks on the next stage […]

Under a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), commercial satellite provider Space Systems/Loral will study how to robotically assemble geostationary communications satellite already in orbit, the company […]

Sikorsky has been awarded a $10 million contract for phase 2 of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) effort to automate existing military aircraft cockpits. The aircrew labor in-cockpit […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Innovation Office (I2O) is soliciting research proposals related to information technology (IT) and cyber capabilities, the office said in a broad agency […]

Vencore, Inc. was awarded an $11.8 million contract by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research projects Agency (DARPA) through its applied research organization, Vencore Labs, to bolster the resiliency and reliability […]

The Pentagon’s central courtyard was transformed May 14 into a technology bazaar with the goal of bringing acquisition officials in Washington together with the work of thousands of scientists at […]

DARPA awarded GrammaTech, Inc. a contract to develop technology to detect Denial-of-Service (DoS) and other cyber security vulnerabilities, the company said on Thursday. The technology, which detects vulnerabilities based on […]

The Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES), an unmanned, vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) prototype touted for its compact design and interchangeable payload, is on track to begin flight testing in the fourth quarter […]

The Air Force and the Defense Department have taken preliminary steps toward developing a sixth generation fighter aircraft concept with a study and investments detailed in President Barack Obama’s fiscal […]

Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall announced the creation of the Aerospace Innovation Initiative in the fiscal year 2016 budget request, which would fund technology development and competitive prototyping of sixth-generation […]