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Comms
DARPA initiates consortium for on-orbit servicing of satellites - News
October 05, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials initiated the first phase of the Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) program. Advanced Technology International (ATI), based in Summerville, South Carolina, is leading the first phase of the contract to dive into the "rules of the road" concept widely accepted in the way people and vehicles travel.
Comms
University, Army researchers: We've generated the fastest-ever light pulse - News
October 05, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have generated what is being deemed the fastest light pulse ever developed.The 53-attosecond pulse, produced by professor Zenhgu Chang -- UCF trustee chair and professor in the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers, College of Optics and Photonics, and Department of Physics together with his engineering group at the university, beats the team's record of a 67-attosecond extreme ultraviolet light pulse set in 2012. (One attosecond is one-quintillionth of a second.)
Radar/EW
DARPA reports its new radar sensor captures real-time video in any weather - News
October 03, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Officials from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) report that the agency's Video Synthetic Aperture Radar (ViSAR) program recently completed flight tests, successfully demonstrating a new sensor that can capture real-time video through clouds.
Comms
Rockwell Collins demos compact directional comms link - News
September 15, 2017
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins recently demonstrated a new, compact directional communication link for an audience of prime U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contractors and government research laboratories.
Unmanned
Teams selected for Phase 1 of DARPA's mobile force protection program - News
August 22, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected three companies for Phase 1 of the Agency's Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program, which aims to expedite the development of counter small, unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) capabilities and their near term introduction to the field.
Radar/EW
DARPA conducts initial test for elevated sensor mast on commissioned Navy vessel - News
August 18, 2017
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Florida. The Defense Advance Research Projects Agency's (DARPA?s) Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems (TALONS) research program recently demonstrated its prototype of a low-cost, elevated sensor mast aboard a commissioned U.S. Navy vessel for the first time, as the crew of USS Zephyr, a 174-foot Cyclone-class patrol coastal ship, evaluated the technology demonstration system over three days near Naval Station Mayport, Florida.
A.I.
DARPA launches Radio Frequency Machine Learning Systems program - News
August 15, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials announced the new Radio Frequency Machine Learning Systems (RFMLS) program, which aims to further the cause of applying machine learning techniques to the realm of radio frequency (RF) signals.
