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DARPA’s First FANG Challenge Under Way

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

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With a $1 million prize in the offing, more than 700 participants flexed their fingers yesterday and began collaborating in more than 150 teams to design the mobility and drive train systems of a next-generation, amphibious infantry fighting vehicle under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency FANG Challenge I. “(Yesterday’s) launch marks a significant milestone in exploring a radically novel collaborative approach to the military vehicle design-to-production process,” said Army Lt. Col. Nathan Wiedenman, program manager in DARPA’s Tactical Technology…

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Congress

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Army

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Congress

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