U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
DARPA's X-76 demonstrator enters build phase for runway-independent flight program - News
March 10, 2026ARLINGTON, Virginia. DARPA’s X-76 experimental aircraft entered the build phase under Bell Textron as part of the SPeed and Runway INdependent Technologies program, the agency announced in a statement.
AI assurance the aim of new DARPA program - News
February 11, 2026ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched what it calls the Compositional Learning-And-Reasoning for AI Complex Systems Engineering (CLARA) program, inviting proposals for high-assurance artificial intelligence (AI) research.
Autonomous "Grand Challenge" program from DARPA reaching endpoint - News
January 19, 2026ARLINGTON, Va. Following 20 years of high-level innovation and testing with U.S. Army and Marine Corps partners, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge -- a first-of-its-kind race to foster the development of self-driving ground vehicles -- is nearing its conclusion as the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program gets ready to wrap up.
Quantum precision for tactical programs the aim of DARPA effort - News
September 15, 2025ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) embarked on the initial phase of its Robust Quantum Sensors (RoQS) program, the agency's effort to make quantum sensing viable beyond the lab and find uses on the ground, at sea, in the air, and even in space.
Electronic-warfare emulator the largest virtual RF test range ever, says DARPA - News
August 12, 2025ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Digital RF Battlespace Emulator (DRBE) program announced that it built the world’s largest high-fidelity, real-time virtual radio-frequency (RF) test range, saying that it enables previously unachievable scale and realism in the emulation of EW scenarios.
Autonomous surface vessel Defiant christened under DARPA NOMARS program - News
August 12, 2025EVERETT, Washington. DARPA held a christening ceremony for the USX-1 Defiant, an autonomous unmanned surface vessel (USV) built under the No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program, the agency announced in a statement.
Autonomous DARPA ship shows off in-water testing - News
July 21, 2025ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) autonomous long-duration prototype ship is seen underway on the water in the first video of it operating at sea.





