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PentagonOfficial: Policy Reform Needed To Spur Development Of Pentagon’s Next ‘Industrial Revolution’ Capabilities
The Pentagon’s top industrial policy official on Monday said new incentives are needed to ensure the largest defense contractors continue developing future technologies in the U.S. rather than abroad as […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Launch Challenge Program Nears Releasing RFI For Potential Payloads
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) will soon issue a request for information on commercial and government payloads it could use in an upcoming launch competition, an agency official […]
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CongressDoD Nominee: U.S. Talent Not Focused On Future Weapons
China has shot ahead of the United States in developing futuristic military technologies like hypersonics and artificial intelligence because the Pentagon’s risk-averse culture repels the innovative talent needed to tackle […]
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DARPA Sees Strong Interest In Competition To Spur Rapid Space Launches
More than 20 teams have indicated they might participate in the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA’s) Launch Challenge, a competition designed to promote rapid access to space for the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Picks Dynetics To Launch, Recover UAVs From Manned Plane
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has tapped Dynetics Inc. to conduct a demonstration in which a manned C-130 transport plane will launch and recover small unmanned aerial vehicles in mid-air. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyTo Attract Innovation, DoD Spy Lab Lets Researchers Keep Intellectual Property
When it poses a scientific problem to the world, the Pentagon’s research laboratory for spies never asks respondents to surrender their intellectual property because doing so scares off innovative startup […]
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InternationalDARPA Pushing Hypersonic Missile Development To Meet Russia, China Capabilities
The head of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) is looking to speed up the development of hypersonic missile capabilities to meet those of Russia and China, including seeking […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFormer Chief Weapon Buyer: Open Systems Requirements Need Better Enforcement
Requiring that new weapons have some degree of openness to upgrades has been a Pentagon policy for decades, but the Defense Department needs to better enforce that expectation so emerging […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Launches Development Of Plug-And-Play Counter-Drone System
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has hired three firms to find ways of defeating the small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) that have become one of the most pervasive […]
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Business/FinancialManTech To Support DARPA’s Military Technology Office
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected ManTech International Corp. [MANT] as the main support firm for its Strategic Technologies Office (STO) with a potentially $200 million multi-year contract […]
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