DARPA Seeks to Build Cloud-Based Satellite Data Repository for DoD Analysts
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has introduced a program that seeks to develop a cloud-based repository for Defense Department geospatial analysts to access commercial satellite imagery....
View ArticleNASA Teams With Other Agencies to Develop In-Space Assembly Tech
NASA is working with other government agencies on the development of technologies that can help build and inspect large structures in space. The space agency said Thursday it has participated in a...
View ArticleDARPA’s XS-1 Spaceplane Program Aims to Help Address National Security Risk
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s move to launch the XS-1 spaceplane program stemmed from the need to address a national security risk posed by long lead times on space launches and...
View ArticleArmy Activates ‘Kestrel Eye’ Imagery Satellite
The U.S. Army ‘s Space and Missile Defense Command has activated a satellite built to collect and transmit imagery in real time to tactical-level soldiers on ground. Kestrel Eye served as a payload...
View ArticleDARPA Seeks to Establish Standards for In-Orbit Robotic Satellite Servicing
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has established an industry consortium that will develop rules for the robotic servicing of satellites in space, Space News reported Tuesday. Todd Master,...
View ArticleDARPA Appoints Steven Walker Full-Time Director
Steven Walker, formerly deputy director and acting director at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has been appointed to lead DARPA on a full-time basis. He succeeds Arati Prabhakar, who...
View ArticleTrump to Nominate Michael Griffin as DoD Research & Engineering Head
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Michael Griffin, former NASA administrator, as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, Defense Systems reported Monday. The Defense Department...
View ArticleDARPA-Hosted ‘Hackfest’ Explores Software-Based Radio Applications
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency hosted a week-long event at the NASA Ames Conference Center in California to explore how software-defined radio technology can help address communications...
View ArticleDARPA Unveils Challenge to Identify Underground Environment Mapping,...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has introduced a new project called the Subterranean Challenge which aims to discover new strategies on how to map, navigate and scour through underground...
View Article#6 – President Trump to Nominate ViraCyte’s Brett Giroir as HHS Assistant...
President Donald Trump plans to nominate Brett Giroir, president and CEO of biopharmaceutical company ViraCyte, as assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services. The...
View ArticlePeter Highnam Named DARPA Deputy Director
Peter Highnam, former research director at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has been named deputy director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. DARPA said Monday Highnam will...
View ArticleDARPA Program Aims to Secure COTS Components for Military Platforms
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has introduced a program that seeks to address security risks from commodity off-the-shelf devices and increase the security of network-connected systems....
View ArticleDoD Splits Acquisition, Tech & Logistics Office Into 2 Orgs
The Defense Department on Thursday officially split the acquisition, technology and logistics office into two new units – defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment and undersecretary for...
View ArticleDARPA Study Aims to Detect Enemy Activity in Strategic Waters
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new program that aims to study and identify marine organisms that could help sensor systems detect and track the activities of manned...
View ArticleDARPA Program Aims to Develop Biosurveillance Tech for Screening ‘Unfamiliar’...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled a new program that aims to develop technology that would determine if unfamiliar bacteria contain harmful traits. DARPA said Wednesday it...
View ArticleDARPA Launches CBRNE Threat Detection Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has kicked off a program to develop networks of sensors that can detect chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives threats. SIGMA+ is an...
View ArticleSteven Walker: DARPA Invests in ‘Second Wave’ AI, Sets Sights on Space Programs
Steven Walker, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has said DARPA has begun to invest in the development of the “second wave” of artificial intelligence platforms, Federal News...
View ArticleIn-Q-Tel’s Lisa Porter Nominated as DoD Deputy Undersecretary for Research,...
President Donald Trump has nominated Lisa Porter, an executive vice president at In-Q-Tel and director of IQT Labs, to be deputy undersecretary for research and engineering at the Defense Department,...
View ArticleDARPA Seeks $255M in FY 2019 Space Program Funds
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s fiscal year 2019 budget request includes $254.7 million to fund various space programs such as an experimental space plane, a launch competition and an...
View ArticleResearchers Demo Short-Term Memory Restoration Tech Under DARPA Program
Researchers at the University of Southern California and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have demonstrated a proof-of-concept system designed to restore and improve memory function in humans as part...
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