DARPA
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
To 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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International
DARPA 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 Technology
Former 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 Technology
DARPA 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/Financial
ManTech 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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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Orbital ATK Loses Bid To Block DARPA Satellite Servicing Program
A federal judge has told the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that it can proceed with developing a satellite-servicing spacecraft, rebuffing Orbital ATK [OA], which charged that the government program […]
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Space
DARPA Taps Boeing To Build Experimental Spaceplane
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has picked Boeing [BA] over two other companies to design, build and test an unmanned, reusable spaceplane that could deploy small satellites, […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
DARPA’s RSGS Progresses Despite Lawsuit, Justice Department Moves To Dismiss
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is moving forward with its geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite servicing program despite a lawsuit that the Justice Department on Tuesday moved to […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
DARPA, Aurora Finish Flight Tests Of Subscale VTOL X-Plane
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Aurora Flight Sciences, which are developing an unmanned, tilt-wing, vertical-takeoff-and-landing experimental airplane (VTOL X-Plane) called LightningStrike, have a achieved a significant milestone by […]
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