• The DARPA Microsystems Technology Office awarded Northrop Grumman an $11.9 million contract for phase one of the Arrays on Commercial Timescales (ACT) program. (azosensors.com)
  • When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, DARPA's 10 years of funding research and development on DNA and RNA vaccines, including a $25 million award to Moderna to help establish its messenger RNA platform, proved critical. (nextgov.com)
  • When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, that decade of research and development proved critical. (nextgov.com)
  • DARPA awarded Lockheed Martin a $32 million deal in January 2020 to move into Phase 3 of OpFires, to work on weapon system integration leading into critical design review and then flight testing ( Defense Daily , Jan. 17). (defensedaily.com)
  • For more information about the DARPA Grand Challenge, including details on selected teams, see www.darpa.mil/GrandChallenge. (militaryaerospace.com)
  • Two event websites - www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge and www.grandchallenge.org - will have regularly updated content on the competition and host a webcast of the final event on Saturday, November 3, beginning at 6:30 AM PT. (cybernet.com)
  • On the 4 August 2017 darpa unveiled a new strategy. (springrts.com)
  • The Legged Squad Support System (LS3) was a DARPA project for a legged robot which could function autonomously as a packhorse for a squad of soldiers or marines. (wikipedia.org)
  • The agency is obligating $841,519 at the time of award from its fiscal 2021 and 2022 research, development, test, and engineering funds. (executivebiz.com)
  • NASA and the US military have chosen defense contractor Lockheed Martin to spearhead the development of a nuclear-powered rocket for potential missions to Mars. (zmescience.com)
  • Originally a NASA project, the space agency in 2004 transferred it to the Pentagon's research and development arm, DARPA, and then to the secretive Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. (cbsnews.com)
  • NASA estimates that the cost will only be around $300 million. (lifeboat.com)
  • As it turns out, NASA produced some estimates at a recent meeting, which indicated that SpaceX is spending over $300 million on its proposed Mars mission. (lifeboat.com)
  • The agency's chief figures Darpa is being punished for holding its contractors accountable for their work. (blogspot.com)
  • The CISA funding includes additional money for threat hunting and vulnerability management programs, $38 million in total for the Multi-State Information and Analysis Center, and $357.8 million total for the agency's Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program. (meritalk.com)
  • They will compete head-to-head in the National Qualification Event (NQE) at the California Speedway in Fontana, September 27 to October 5, 2005 where 20 of the 40 teams will be selected to compete for the $2 million prize in the Grand Challenge event, scheduled for October 8, 2005. (militaryaerospace.com)
  • And instead of a gold medal, the winning team will take home a US $2 million cash prize. (ieee.org)
  • The finals and a $2 million prize for DARPA's challenge are schedule for the end of 2014. (singularityhub.com)
  • The U.S. military's hi-tech research wing DARPA is developing humanoid robots which 'look like The Terminator', says the programme's robot expert. (yahoo.com)
  • One major global defense contractor involved in drone-related development for the U.S. is Saab Defense and Security, whose U.S. headquarters is in Syracuse, N.Y. It recently was co-awarded a $9.6 million contract from the U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). (iacenter.org)
  • DARPA Grand Challenge 2005 is a field test of robotic ground vehicles for the purpose of advancing autonomous vehicle technology. (militaryaerospace.com)
  • The 2007 Urban Challenge is the third in a series of competitions DARPA initiated to foster the development of autonomous robotic ground vehicle technology simulated military supply missions in a mock urban area. (cybernet.com)
  • The team whose robot scores the most points wins US $2 million. (ieee.org)
  • Congress just cut $130 million from Darpa's budget for next year, citing 'poor execution' of previous funded projects. (blogspot.com)
  • But in the case of Darpa -- the Defense Department's cutting-edge science and technology division -- Congress proclaimed 'poor execution' a half-dozen times, as it trimmed more than $130 million from Darpa's approximately $3 billion budget. (blogspot.com)
  • We are excited to provide our team's technical expertise in the areas of sensing, signal processing, tracking, and software development to accelerate DARPA's goals for the BLiP program," stated Dr. Kristine Bell , Distinguished Fellow, Metron. (wtnh.com)
  • Metron is proud to be supporting DARPA's efforts to deliver cutting-edge innovations for next-generation radar solutions," stated J. Van Gurley , President and Chief Executive Officer, Metron Inc . "We are pleased to continue our collaboration with DARPA to deliver innovations that enable greater capabilities for the operating forces. (wtnh.com)
  • The January/February issue of the ACerS Bulletin 's cover article features DARPA's Materials Development for Platforms-a new program that aims to speed up new materials development with a fresh, application-driven approach to innovation. (ceramics.org)
  • The DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals, a 3-day affair which just concluded at the Pomona Fairgrounds, is a far bigger event than I imagined. (therobotreport.com)
  • In 2013, DARPA awarded $25 million to Moderna to help establish its messenger RNA platform. (nextgov.com)
  • DARPA continued to support the program and carried out the first outdoor exercise on the latest variation of the LS3 in February 2012, with it successfully demonstrating its full capabilities during a planned hike encompassing tough terrain. (wikipedia.org)
  • Many other individuals and organizations contributed to this success: former DARPA program managers Dan Wattendorf and Matt Hepburn, along with Geoff Ling, the Biological Technologies Office director at that time, and former DARPA Directors Regina Dugan and Arati Prabhakar. (nextgov.com)
  • In addition, a large interagency group that included officials from the Department of Health and Human Services and its Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, the National Institutes of Health, and DOD's Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense, played an essential role. (nextgov.com)
  • The $500 million program, known as the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO), is slated to take flight as early as 2027. (zmescience.com)
  • After the successful completion of Phase 1 of the next-generation electronics program, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has provided BAE Systems' FAST Labs research and development organization a $5 million contract for Phase 2 of the Technologies for Mixed-mode Ultra Scaled Integrated Circuits (T-MUSIC) program. (baesystems.com)
  • DARPA said Wednesday it has successfully conducted the first flight test of its Operational Fires (OpFires) program to develop a ground-launched hypersonic missile capability. (defensedaily.com)
  • We are excited to bring our innovative techniques to this DARPA program to enable next generation AI engines for Department of Defense (DoD) use at the tactical edge. (washingtonexec.com)
  • With the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet, the X-37B OTV program brings a singular capability to space technology development," said Lt. Col. Tom McIntyre, the X-37B's program manager. (cbsnews.com)
  • Fukushima was a wake-up call for the robotics community around the world, and DARPA responded by launching its biggest and most ambitious robot R&D program yet. (ieee.org)
  • The Research, Development, and Acquisition (RDA) is the core research program of the Department of Defense that was established in 2014 to enhance the related medical research and development programs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). (health.mil)
  • Thirty-seven projects totaling $151 Million were funded from a group of about 300 proposals solicited in this new DARPA-inspired program. (vincentcaprio.org)
  • Director Anderman performed as the Lead Curriculum Developer for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Social Interaction Modules (SSIM) program designed to teach warfighters how to gain the trust and respect of the Communities in which they served. (spokanecounty.org)
  • Last week, a new Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP) program funded by the National Science Foundation made its first awards to Penn State University and Cornell University, with the aim to "significantly accelerate materials research and development," according to a recent NSF news release . (ceramics.org)
  • Without question, one of the most exciting aspects to these awards will be to see just how quickly these platforms can accelerate the pace of materials development," Sean L. Jones, NSF materials research program director, says in the release. (ceramics.org)
  • Perspecta Labs will draw on its rich portfolio of research and development in AI, photonics, radio frequency (RF) analytics, and systems engineering to deliver this work," said Petros Mouchtaris, president of Perspecta Labs. (washingtonexec.com)
  • The Navy has awarded Adventium Labs a contract worth up to $1 million to develop the State Linked Interface Compliance Engine for Data (SLICED). (galois.com)
  • During the site visits, DARPA thoroughly evaluated the capability of each team's vehicle to autonomously navigate a narrow 200-meter course that contained turns and randomly placed obstacles. (militaryaerospace.com)
  • The agency manages research and development projects for the DoD, and pursues research in technology areas where the risk can be very high but success provides dramatic capability advances for Department of Defense missions. (militaryaerospace.com)
  • In just 29 months, the DARPA-Lockheed Martin team has established controlled flight and demonstrated 70 percent of system capability. (defensedaily.com)
  • The U.S. Navy deployed the first En-Route Care System medical expeditionary capability aboard the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group during a regularly scheduled deployment, Oct. 14. (health.mil)
  • Called the DARPA Robotics Challenge, or DRC , it aims to accelerate the development of robots that can help humans, not only with nuclear emergencies but also with fires, floods, earthquakes, chemical spills, and other kinds of natural and man-made disasters. (ieee.org)
  • DARPA (some call it the mad science division of the Pentagon) organized the DRC as a kind of Olympic decathlon for robots , open to teams from anywhere on the globe. (ieee.org)
  • The robots competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge face eight complex tasks based on a disaster-response scenario. (ieee.org)
  • The overall objective was to stimulate awareness and interest in the development and use of robots to help with disaster relief. (therobotreport.com)
  • DARPA is the central research and development organization for the U.S. Department of Defense. (militaryaerospace.com)
  • In addition to additional funding for cybersecurity measures, the bill includes funding boosts to various research and development outputs, including $3.87 billion to fund the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). (meritalk.com)
  • DARPA isn't the only research and development outfit receiving significant funding. (meritalk.com)
  • The American Competitiveness Initiative commits $5.9 billion in FY 2007 to increase investments in research and development, strengthen education, and encourage entrepreneurship. (archives.gov)
  • Over 10 years, the Initiative commits $50 billion to increase funding for research and $86 billion for research and development tax incentives. (archives.gov)
  • Federal investment in research and development has proved critical to keeping America s economy strong by generating knowledge and tools upon which new technologies are developed. (archives.gov)
  • My 2007 Budget requests $137 billion for Federal research and development, an increase of more than 50 percent over 2001 levels. (archives.gov)
  • As we increase investments in research and development, strengthen education, and provide more flexible training for workers, we continue to keep taxes low, avoid unnecessary and burdensome regulations, promote free and fair trade, maintain the integrity of our markets, and foster entrepreneurship. (archives.gov)
  • Comprised almost entirely of professionals from Cybernet Systems Corporation, a woman-owned American research and development company, the self-funded Team Cybernet provides life-saving technology that can remove service men and women from increasingly dangerous situations in urban battlefields. (cybernet.com)
  • Advance collaborative, innovative medical research and development to improve military community health and save lives on and off the battlefield. (health.mil)
  • The White House is launching a "Big Data is Big Deal" (more formally, "Big Data Research and Development Initiative"), for a total of $200M. (inria.fr)
  • HONOLULU, Hawaii - Japan's Ministry of Defense will be nearly doubling its research and development expenditures starting the next fiscal year and investing in a number of cutting edge technologies as neighbors North Korea and China become more aggressive, a senior official said March 6. (nationaldefensemagazine.org)
  • Over the next five years, Japan will boost military research and development funding by four-and-a-half times current levels, which would total $26 billion, he said. (nationaldefensemagazine.org)
  • Mishima said his agency intends to speed up acquisition by deploying prototypes into operations and mass-producing technologies in parallel to research and development after properly assessing risks. (nationaldefensemagazine.org)
  • It wants to "drastically reduce research and development timelines," he said. (nationaldefensemagazine.org)
  • They have been awarded $5.2 million as part of a federal contract with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the research and development arm of the Department of Defense. (thedailycougar.com)
  • RESTON, Va. , Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Metron, Inc., a trusted provider of advanced research, scientific, and software solutions for government and commercial markets, announced today that the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), Strategic Technology Office (STO) awarded a $2.134 million Beyond Linear Processing (BLiP) contract to the Company. (wtnh.com)
  • Team members with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity completed a field operational assessment on Nov. 5, 2023, at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, testing the field-worthiness of the Prolonged Care Augmentation Detachment medical equipment set. (health.mil)
  • KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Medical researchers from the Naval Medical Research & Development (NMR&D) enterprise specializing in undersea health met for a panel during the 2023 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHRSR) on Aug.15. (health.mil)
  • The Japanese Ministry of Defense will boost the "bridge" money it spends from $6.6 million this year to $137 million in 2023, he said. (nationaldefensemagazine.org)
  • The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today announced the 40 teams selected to advance to the semifinals of the DARPA Grand Challenge 2005 autonomous ground vehicle competition. (militaryaerospace.com)
  • DARPA will award $2 million to the team whose autonomous vehicle successfully completes the 2005 route the fastest within a 10-hour time period. (militaryaerospace.com)
  • Peraton 's applied research unit has secured a $19.3 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop software to support autonomous military network configuration. (executivebiz.com)
  • This does not make sense, why don't we find other ways to spend the funds, like perhaps some additional limbs for soldiers that come home from war, bionic arms and hands which DARPA has funded and helped create? (blogspot.com)
  • So why are we cutting DARPA Funds? (blogspot.com)
  • Building on our successes, the American Competitiveness Initiative funds increased professional development for teachers, attracts new teachers to the classroom, develops research-based curricula, and provides access to flexible resources for worker training. (archives.gov)
  • The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) initiated development of the exoskeletons in 2001 under the Exoskeletons for Human Performance Augmentation programme. (investmentwatchblog.com)
  • Now only a few short months later, the latest design from Boston Dynamics dubbed the ATLAS robot has been unveiled as part of the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials , which is the next stage in a grand challenge sequence. (singularityhub.com)
  • John Kitching, a key researcher at NIST involved in this development, rightly suggests that given that the market for chip-scale atomic clocks is worth around $200 million per annum, it's difficult for industry to invest the amount needed for fundamental R&D in this area. (compoundsemiconductor.net)
  • Ann Arbor, Michigan - Team Cybernet, a semifinalist in the 2007 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge, arrived in Victorville, California, today to compete in the final stages of the competition. (cybernet.com)
  • Thirty-five entries have been selected by DARPA to compete in the race for $3.5 million in prizes, beginning October 26. (cybernet.com)
  • We're honored to have been chosen by DARPA to compete and can't wait to get out on the course and show what the Cybervan can do. (cybernet.com)
  • The overall experience made me appreciate the DARPA challenge and the money invested to get the ball rolling in this important area of disaster relief. (therobotreport.com)
  • He also included rapid vaccine development, from a concept developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to develop defenses against novel biological warfare agents. (health.mil)
  • Open source cryptographic workbench aims to enable cryptographers to more easily meet evolving security needs PORTLAND, Ore., Jan 17, 2018 - Galois today announced that it has been awarded a $2 million contract by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to build a workbench that aims to ease the design process for cryptographic algorithms. (galois.com)
  • The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $12.3 million contract for the first phase of the. (defbrief.com)
  • The multi-million-dollar contract will leverage Metron's tracking and signal processing expertise to develop, test, and deploy innovations to increase radar system performance for small-scale sea, air, and ground platforms. (wtnh.com)
  • The multi-million-dollar contract will leverage Metron's tracking and signal processing expertise. (wtnh.com)
  • Though concerns of privacy and security abound, the motive behind these development in robotics is to keep people from physical harm, regardless of the situation. (singularityhub.com)
  • DARPA Robotics Challenge official Brad Tousley said, "There is a long way to go. (therobotreport.com)
  • The unique benefits of the iBioPharma plant-based technologies have attracted competitive funding from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense. (blogspot.com)
  • Although DARPA may or may not use these sites as additional distribution channels for Department of Defense information, it does not exercise editorial control over all of the information that you may find at these locations. (darpa.mil)
  • DARPA, ARPA) An agency of the US Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. (foldoc.org)
  • At the end of February, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a $40 million effort to improve materials for clean energy solutions. (ceramics.org)
  • ACT aims to greatly reduce the development and manufacturing cost of future digital arrays through common module reuse, high levels of integration and the application of high-volume commercial Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuit technology. (azosensors.com)
  • "The WPI research is an outgrowth of a two-year project funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the first phase of a major effort aimed at finding ways to enable mammals-including humans-to regenerate tissue in digits and limbs lost to traumatic injury. (blogspot.com)
  • According to the National Institute of Standards (NIST), this triumph is the culmination of more than 10 years of extensive R&D, costing several tens of millions of dollars, with support from both the Defence Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) and NIST. (compoundsemiconductor.net)
  • DARPA built four identical testing sites at the fairgrounds to the one shown here so that each robot team could be tested in semi-real situations to perform thos tasks. (therobotreport.com)
  • Metron, in collaboration with Duke University and Azure Summit Technology (AST), will provide DARPA with algorithms, theoretical analysis, and a software testbed to optimize and evaluate end-to-end system performance in the first phase. (wtnh.com)
  • Dr. Launchbury was formerly the Director of the Information Innovation Office (I2O) at DARPA, where he led nation-scale investments in the future of cyber-security and artificial intelligence. (galois.com)
  • Since 2005, 15 NIST tests have been adopted as standards by ASTM International and about 60 more are under various stages of development or review. (nist.gov)
  • Although the putty is in the early stages of development, those involved seem optimistic about the possibilities involved. (thedailycougar.com)
  • After five years of development, the system had reached a level of maturity for it to operate with Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment in a realistic combat exercise. (wikipedia.org)
  • But DARPA has been leading the effort for more than 10 years and its funding of potential vaccines and antibody treatments created the framework for the deployment of new vaccines in record time. (nextgov.com)
  • Here's a link to a search of all the DARPA projects related to healthcare and a bit about the Urban Challenge, cars that drive themselves, anticipated in 5 years or so. (blogspot.com)
  • And for the past two years, a great deal of this attention has been focused specifically on the development of the Falcon Heavy rocket and the Dragon 2 capsule - the components with which Musk hopes to mount a lander mission to Mars in 2018. (lifeboat.com)
  • The upcoming launch is a demonstration flight paid for by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which also paid for the Falcon 1's unsuccessful debut last March. (spacenews.com)
  • DOE would also receive $450 million for its Advanced Research Projects Agency. (meritalk.com)
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and demonstrate advanced wideband digital antenna technology for next generation radio frequency (RF) sensors using active electronically scanned arrays (AESAs). (azosensors.com)
  • The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to change that. (ieee.org)
  • Our successful agile hardware development approach prioritizes full-scale flight testing that will inform further design maturation this year. (defensedaily.com)
  • DARPA was established in 1958 in response to the Soviet launching of Sputnik, with the mission of keeping the US's military technology ahead of its enemies. (foldoc.org)
  • DARPA is independent from other more conventional military R&D and reports directly to senior DoD management. (foldoc.org)
  • Krishnamoorti said DARPA will, first and foremost, use it for the military. (thedailycougar.com)
  • After spending some $500 million over a 15-year period, the Navy abandoned railgun technology in 2021, announcing that it would concentrate its efforts on hypersonic technology instead. (nationaldefensemagazine.org)
  • DOE will receive $185.8 million for Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response purposes, which is an increase of $29.8 million. (meritalk.com)
  • The omnibus spending bill for the remainder of FY2022 includes $2.6 billion to fund CISA for the year, which amounts to a $568.7 million increase over FY2021 levels, and $460 million more than included in President Biden's FY2022 budget request. (meritalk.com)
  • The latter is a $62 million year-over-year increase "to address the impacts of the SolarWinds attack and minimize the impact of future attacks," appropriators said. (meritalk.com)
  • These figures are "on average" since DARPA focusses on short (two to four-year) projects run by small, purpose-built teams. (foldoc.org)
  • DARPA is looking for ideas on how to enable unmanned surface vessels to carry out long-distance missions. (defbrief.com)
  • Following its initial success, an 18-month plan was unveiled, which saw DARPA complete the overall development of the system and refine its key capabilities, due to start in summer 2012. (wikipedia.org)
  • Rich, the CEO of Shadow Robot, which helped build the $1m bionic man featured in the programme's title, agreed - although he admitted work done by the American defence body DARPA had spooked him. (yahoo.com)
  • You are now leaving the website that is under the control and management of DARPA. (darpa.mil)
  • Snecma Chief Executive Jean-Paul Bechat urged European governments Jan. 16 to renew their backing for development of a restartable upper-stage motor for Europe's heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket. (spacenews.com)
  • Bechat said that in addition to providing a restartable engine for Ariane 5, Vinci might be adapted as the second stage of the Italian-led Vega rocket, now in development and scheduled for a first launch in 2008. (spacenews.com)
  • DARPA said the test, conducted at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, demonstrated technology maturation of OpFires key components, including the first stage rocket motor, missile canister and missile round pallet (MRP). (defensedaily.com)
  • The lesson for other challenges, from cybersecurity to climate change, is obvious: Governments can and should take steps to speed up the development of innovative solutions for the benefit of society-focussing on reducing friction by strengthening innovation ecosystems and providing funding, coordination and strategy for critical issues. (deloitte.com)
  • This assymetry of effort led to a shift in strategic technology development, away from single monolithic technologies, towards a more connected, dynamic approach to once more gain the upper hand in conflict. (springrts.com)
  • Equally, I am heartened at the same time that DARPA has put a couple of hundred million dollars into the development of newer and better prosthetics. (yahoo.com)
  • Implement best practices to responsibly design, prioritize and integrate medical research, development and acquisition programs across the continuum of care. (health.mil)
  • DARPA selected the semifinalists from a field of 118 entrants, using results from on-site visits conducted by DARPA technical staff last month. (militaryaerospace.com)
  • The deal is valued at $1 million and will be completed over 18 months. (washingtonexec.com)
  • In 2010, an identical unmanned spacecraft returned to Earth after seven months and 91 million miles in orbit. (cbsnews.com)
  • Third world country where suddenly able to gun down stealth jets who costed millions of dollars. (springrts.com)
  • Hundreds of millions of dollars have been poured into development, but the current total spent remains a secret. (cbsnews.com)
  • Why aren't we seeing widespread deployment of this technology, on the back of investment totalling hundreds of millions of dollars? (compoundsemiconductor.net)
  • Hawk noted that this resulted in the development of improved hemorrhage control techniques and even early versions of telemedicine, allowing for medical consultations by physicians far from the point of care. (health.mil)
  • The former is a $34 million boost over FY2021 levels as the unit goes harder after crimes involving cryptocurrency. (meritalk.com)
  • DARPA has around 240 personnel (about 140 technical) directly managing a $2 billion budget. (foldoc.org)
  • Researchers throughout the U.S. who also engage in these area of research will have access to the resources, too, to help get their own work on the fast track to development. (ceramics.org)