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Unmanned
DARPA's cross-program testing demonstrates sensor payload - News
October 24, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency?s (DARPA) engineers completed cross-program testing under the agency?s Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) and the Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems (TALONS) programs. Engineers demonstrated a prototype of an elevated sensor mast developed through the TALONS research effort onboard the ACTUV vessel.
Unmanned
Aurora demos automated flight capabilities for DARPA's ALIAS program - News
October 19, 2016
MANASSAS, Va. Engineers at Aurora Flight Sciences demonstrated automated flight capabilities under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency?s (DARPA) Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program. During the demonstration, engineers flew a Cessna Caravan through basic maneuvers under the supervision of a pilot.
Cyber
DARPA selects Raytheon to provide crew-augmented technology for GXV-T program - News
October 12, 2016
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials tasked Raytheon BBN Technologies ? a subsidiary of Raytheon Co. ? to develop crew-augmenting technology that will provide situational awareness to troops inside windowless armored vehicles, as part of the agency?s Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T) program.
Unmanned
DARPA's Aerial Dragnet program aims to track small UAS in urban setting - News
September 15, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials announced it's Aerial Dragnet program, which aims to seek innovative technologies to provide persistent, wide-area surveillance of all unmanned aerial systems (UAS) - including small UAS - operating below 1,000 feet in a large city. The focus on the program is to protect military troops operating in an urban setting, the program has the potential to find civilian application to help protect U.S. metropolitan areas from UAS-enabled terrorist threats.
Radar/EW
Smartphone-sized nuclear-radiation detectors developed by DARPA - News
August 26, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) researchers developed and demonstrated a network of smartphone-sized mobile devices that can detect radioactive materials.
Comms
ARPA, DARPA, and Jason - Blog
August 24, 2016
WARFARE EVOLUTION BLOG: After the success of the Manhattan Project, that ended World War II in the Pacific, the Pentagon significantly reduced expenditures on research and development of weapons as the world enjoyed peace. That was a mistake considering the actions taken by the Russians in the following decade.
Unmanned
DARPA issues RFI for protection against small unmanned air systems - News
August 17, 2016
ARLINGTON, VA. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking ideas and approaches to improve protection of fixed and mobile ground and naval forces against a variety of small unmanned air systems (sUAS) threats and tactics.
