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Although drones certainly can replace crewed aircraft, DARPA’s Gremlins program instead aims to equip military planes with drones that can be deployed and then retrieved for reuse. Now, for the first time ever, one of the drones has been recovered in m… Continue reading Gremlin drone recovered in mid-air for the first time
A few years ago we first heard about DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge, a competition in which teams were using robots to explore underground environments. An international consortium known as Team CEREBUS has recently been awarded the top prize, collecti… Continue reading Team CEREBUS uses copter/quadruped combo to win Subterranean Challenge
A few years ago we first heard about DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge, a competition in which teams were using robots to explore underground environments. An international consortium known as Team CERBERUS has recently been awarded the top prize, collect… Continue reading Team CERBERUS uses copter/quadruped combo to win Subterranean Challenge
Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Northrop Grumman successfully test flew an air-breathing hypersonic missile on September 20, 2021. Part of a program for DARPA and the US Air Force, the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) prototype promises h… Continue reading “History-making” test flight of scramjet-powered hypersonic missile
Intrinsic ID announced a partnership with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to make its digital authentication and security technology accessible to DARPA researchers. The Intrinsic ID QuiddiKey hardware IP and Apollo FPGA IP w… Continue reading Intrinsic ID partners with DARPA to offer digital authentication and security tech to researchers
DARPA has announced the start of the Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics (FENCE) program, which is designed to make computer vision cameras more efficient by mimicking how the human brain processes information. Three teams of scientist… Continue reading DARPA program seeks to develop camera tech that mimics the human brain
DARPA’s Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program has developed a system designed to counter unauthorized drone intrusions over military installations or operations. Because they may need to be used over populated areas, the program sought a non-explosive … Continue reading DARPA shoots streamers to counter drone swarms in urban areas
Engineers have designed a computer processor that thwarts hackers by randomly changing its microarchitecture every few milliseconds. Known as Morpheus, the puzzling processor has now aced its first major tests, repelling hundreds of professional hacker… Continue reading Morphing computer chip repels hundreds of professional DARPA hackers
DARPA has awarded contracts to FLIR Systems, Leidos, and Charles River Analytics to develop new kit to protect soldiers and responders against chemical and biological (CB) threats. The Personalized Protective Biosystem (PPB) program seeks to produce im… Continue reading DARPA seeks lighter, more effective military biochem protection suits
DARPA’s nuclear space rocket project is progressing, with contracts awarded to General Atomics, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin for the first phase of the agency’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. The goal is to plac… Continue reading DARPA awards contracts for orbital nuclear propulsion demonstrator