Technologies being explored include “lunar power; mining and commercial in-situ resource utilization; communications, navigation, and timing; transit, mobility, and logistics; and construction and robotics,” according to DARPA.
By Theresa HitchensHow automation and artificial intelligence can help warfighters in high-stress situations
Many operations are experiencing some degree of data automation or AI enablement, and the usability of that data is key to decision making.
The Biden administration also unveiled a new executive order targeting US investment in Chinese AI, quantum and microelectronic tech.
By Jaspreet Gill
The Liberty Lifter program aims to change how the Pentagon tackles air and sealift through a well-known, but difficult-to-use physics trick.
By Justin Katz
The Pentagon’s blue-sky R&D agency chose 10 partners to help make goggles easier on soldiers’ necks and expand vision in the dark.
By Andrew Eversden
The Manta Ray is one of several unmanned vehicles moving through the military’s research and development enterprises.
By Justin Katz
During tests last month, one Gremlins drone was destroyed after a power system failure forced the team to terminate flight, said Tim Keeter, Dynetics’ program manager.
By Valerie Insinna
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BAE Systems’ role in DARPA’s CRANE program builds upon its demonstrator aircraft that was the first in aviation history to maneuver in flight using only active flow control technologies.
By Barry Rosenberg
Crew safety for units under armor: Accurate sensors are the key
Ground platform situational awareness is critical as vehicle crew survivability depends upon it.
Training AI systems “is still a bit of a black art,” says DARPA Acting Director Peter Highnam.
By Theresa Hitchens
“We expect to report results in August, at the latest,” DARPA spokesperson Jared Adams told Breaking D.
By Theresa Hitchens
Risk reduction missions this year “are separate flights to prove technologies” and not part of the planned 20-satellite Blackjack constellation, explains program manager Rusty Thomas.
By Theresa Hitchens
“At this point we don’t want to see an either/or — we actually want to see both technologies pursued,” Lewis said of DoD’s pursuit of hypersonic boost-glide and cruise missile efforts.
By Theresa Hitchens
Lockheed Martin is designing what it calls a new Hypersonic Strike Weapon-Air Breathing (which goes by the awful acronym HSW-ab) for DARPA. John Varley, Lockheed’s VP for hypersonic weapons, wouldn’t provide details due to the program’s high level of classification.
By Theresa Hitchens
DARPA’s budget documents say cislunar orbit is the “new high ground” at risk of being taken over by US adversaries.
By Theresa Hitchens
SDA says it’s still a transition partner for Blackjack, despite no specific funding line in its 2021 budget.
By Theresa Hitchens
