Companies

11 companies move to second stage of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative

The selected companies will undergo evaluation to determine if their concepts for a viable quantum computer can be constructed and work as intended.

  • By Alexandra Kelley
Companies

DARPA begins scaling a quantum computer with 15 companies

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected the inaugural cohort for its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative as federal researchers work to identify the best path for quantum computing.

  • By Alexandra Kelley
Contracts

DARPA launches competition for $700M 'episodic mission IT' vehicle

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has no cap in the number of awards for this contract that covers application analysis and cybersecurity work, among other areas.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Contracts

DARPA taps OTAs to accelerate the making of a useful quantum supercomputer

An ultramodern system might not be so far off.

  • By Brandi Vincent

ManTech reportedly sued by small biz over contract breach

System High Corp. claims the large contractor unfairly terminated subcontracts as retaliation.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Raytheon to design comm-jamming technology for DARPA

The system would allow soldiers and others to conduct battlefield-jamming operations with minimal frequency interference with friendly forces.

  • By David Hubler

Northrop researches more efficient radio frequency technology for DARPA

Under a DARPA program, Northrop Grumman will conduct research to develop innovative RF power amplifier designs.

  • By David Hubler

IG targets DARPA's director over favoritism allegation

DARPA may have a conflict of interest with a defense contractor closely tied to its director. The IG is launching a series of audits to find out.

  • By Matthew Weigelt

Raytheon unit moves to Phase 2 of DARPA net upgrades

Raytheon BBN Technologies will create architectures, protocols and network devices that will improve network capabilities and integrity for tactical military units.

  • By David Hubler

Raytheon to design information architecture for small satellites

Raytheon subsidiary BBN Technologies will design and integrate an information architecture for wireless small module satellites for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

  • By David Hubler

SRI, DARPA partner on visual system for unmanned surveillance

With funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, SRI International Inc. is leading a team to design a visual intelligence system that will usher in a new era in unmanned robotic surveillance.

  • By David Hubler

A truly galactic opportunity

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a request for information for a "100-Year Starship Study" to push the idea of interstellar space travel.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Raytheon tasked with systems integration for DARPA project

Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $7 million contract from the Defense Department to provide systems integration services for DARPA.

  • By David Hubler

DARPA director's ties to company questioned

Regina Dugan, director of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, founded one of the 14 companies awarded a $400,000 agency contract.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Alion puts Guard Dog through its paces for DARPA

Alion Science and Technology Corp. will conduct performance evaluations on the Graph Understanding and Analysis for Rapid Detection – Deployed On the Ground (Guard Dog) program, under a three-year, $4.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

  • By David Hubler

DARPA plans tools to lighten load of battlefield data

DARPA's Insight program will develop automated tools to help human analysts sift and identify valuable battlefied data from a variety of information sources and platforms.

  • By Henry Kenyon

DARPA aims for fiber-optic link between warfighters' minds, bodies

An award to Southern Methodist University will fund development of two-way, fiber-optic communication between prosthetic limbs and the wearer’s peripheral nerves, reports blogger Brian Robinson.

  • By Brian Robinson

Can technology erode a mountain of classified documents?

DARPA solicits bids for new technologies to help declassify the mountains of U.S. government classified data.

  • By Henry Kenyon

DARPA lays out bedrock R&D privacy principles

Some folks at DARPA have come up with a set of privacy principles that offer some hope that privacy could become a part of fundamental technology R&D, writes blogger Brian Robinson.

DARPA crowdsourcing chief joins Microsoft

Peter Lee, head of DARPA's Transformational Convergence Technology Office, is stepping down to join Microsoft.

  • By Henry Kenyon
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