DARPA
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Missile DefenseBoeing Wins Phase 2 Of DARPA Hypersonic Defense Interceptor
Boeing [BA] won a $70.5 million contract to develop and test technologies for the second phase of the Defense Advanced Research projects Agency’s (DARPA) counter-hypersonic missile interceptor program, Glide Breaker. […]
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Navy/USMCDARPA Chooses GA And Aurora Flight Sciences To Design Liberty Lifter Seaplane
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected teams led by General Atomics and Boeing’s [BA] Aurora Flight Sciences to develop designs for the Liberty Lifter Seaplane full-scale demonstrator, the […]
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Navy/USMCDARPA Chooses Northrop Grumman and Martin Defense Group For Manta Ray UUV Phase 2
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded contracts to Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Martin Defense Group to move to Phase 2 of the Manta Ray unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) […]
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Unmanned SystemsDARPA Demos Autonomous C-UAS System to Target Multiple Drones
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on June 7 that its Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program recently demonstrated a counter unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) solution at Eglin Air […]
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Navy/USMCDARPA Selects L3Harris To Design NOMARS Concept
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected L3Harris Technologies [LHX] for Phase 1 of the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program to design an unmanned ship concept, the company […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAurora Flight Sciences Awarded by DARPA to Design X-Plane Without Moving Control Surfaces
Boeing [BA] subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences was selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as the first awardee in a potential X-plane project designed to explore the use […]
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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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