U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

DARPA introduces XRQ-73 as new hybrid-electric X-plane - News
June 25, 2024ARLINGTON, Virginia. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officially designated the hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) developed under its Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) program as the XRQ-73, the agency announced in a statement.
DARPA officials to present keynote addresses at IMS 2024 - News
May 20, 2024WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 2024 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). Several of the technical sessions at the IMS 2024 conference -- set to be held June 16-21, 2024 -- will feature keynote speakers from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a research and development agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
Will the future of the U.S. military aircraft fleet be uncrewed? - News
May 08, 2024SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. The U.S. military has been increasing efforts to develop trusted autonomy capabilities for its aircraft fleet. The Department of Defense (DoD) and its services and agencies have been working on several programs to enable the operation of their in-service airplanes by using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) software.
UUV prototype completes in-water testing for DARPA - News
May 01, 2024ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) reports that it accomplished full-scale, in-water testing of the Manta Ray prototype uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) -- built by Northrop Grumman -- during February and March 2024.
AI-piloted F-16 'dogfights' human pilot in DARPA test - News
April 18, 2024EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) conducted the first-ever in-air tests of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms piloting an F-16 fighter jet autonomously in direct combat scenarios against a human-piloted counterpart, the agency announced in a statement.
Quantum computing project from DARPA names commercial partners - News
January 02, 2024ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) DARPA named three industry partners for its Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing (US2QC) program, which seeks to determine whether an underexplored approach to quantum computing can achieve utility-scale operation – in other words, that its computational value exceeds its cost – faster than conventional predictions.
High-speed VTOL project for DARPA signs four firms - News
December 28, 2023ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) chose four companies to develop a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) craft that operates at highers speeds than the current V-22 Osprey tiltrotor military aircraft.