The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced the potential locations for a competition that seeks to launch small payloads on short notice.
Read More »Fred Kennedy: Reorganization Efforts, New Tech Procurements Can Advance Space Missions
Fred Kennedy, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Tactical Technology Office, has said efforts to reorganize the space architecture and procure new technologies align with plans to modernize the military space business, Space News reported Monday.
Read More »DARPA Begins Development of Optical Signaling Tech for Parallel Computing Systems
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new program that aims to streamline data movement in parallel computing systems using high-bandwidth optical signaling technologies.
Suzette Kent: Data Management Efforts, Investments in AI Must be Synchronized
Federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent has said there is a need for agencies to understand and organize their data before investing in artificial intelligence systems, NextGov reported Wednesday.
Read More »DARPA Unveils Program to Speed Up Discovery of Molecules for Defense Applications
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new program that seeks to develop artificial intelligence-based processes designed to accelerate the discovery of molecules for military applications. The Accelerated Molecular Discovery program aims to “speed the time to design, validate, and optimize new molecules with defined properties from several years to a few months, or even several weeks,” Anne Fischer, program manager at DARPA’s defense sciences office, said in a statement published Thursday.
Read More »Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves Talks MDA’s Space-Based Sensor Layer Concept for Missile Defense at Symposium
Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, director of the Missile Defense Agency, has described MDA’s concept of a possible space-based sensor layer intended for missile defense efforts at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium, Defense News reported Wednesday. Greaves said MDA looks to use the U.S. Air Force’s Overhead Persistent Infrared OPIR Global Scanning …
Read More »Small Rockets, New Launch Companies to Help Preserve US Space Resiliency
A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency official recently said that small launch vehicles like Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus or Rocket Lab’s Electron could contribute to the survivability of U.S. military assets in space, Space News reported Tuesday. Todd Master, a program adviser at the Tactical Technology Office within DARPA, said during …
Read More »FY 2019 Defense Budget Compromise Calls for MDA to Pursue Space-Based Missile Defense Capabilities
Congress has called on the Missile Defense Agency to advance the development of a space-based sensor system and intercept layer designed to build up the country’s ballistic missile defense capability through the fiscal year 2019 defense budget compromise, Defense News reported Sunday. The conference report on the fiscal 2019 National Defense …
Read More »DARPA Launches Program to Expedite Exploratory Research Work on ‘3rd Wave’ AI Concepts
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has introduced a new program that aims to speed up research and development work on artificial intelligence platforms in an effort to help the U.S. maintain its technological edge in the field of AI. The AI Exploration program will focus on the development of “third …
Read More »DARPA Demos Quadropter Software in Phase II Flight Tests
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has tested the teaming ability of small air and ground systems when performing different tasks in simulated urban areas without human intervention. DARPA said Wednesday industry and university researchers updated software and commercial sensors in small quadcopters that were demonstrated through phase 2 of flight tests …
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