The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has received a $515 million contract modification to continue providing the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency with research, development and engineering services. The award brings the total cumulative value of the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to $740 million and incl...
Artificial intelligence has seen a meteoric rise across the public and private sectors alike as new advancements, policies and opportunities fuel continued growth and interest for the promising technology. However, AI is not without risk, and government leaders are weighing risk against potential benefits as they seek to adopt it. Dr. Kathleen Fishe...
“Our goal at DARPA is to explore how we can reliably build AI systems we can trust and not be foolish to do so," according to DARPA's Dr. Kathleen Fisher, who runs the agency’s Information Innovation Office.Dr. Fisher will go in-depth on the multi-layered use cases for AI at the 5th Annual AI Summit on March 21st. Register now, so y...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking industry comments on a draft program announcement for the first and second phases of a program to establish a U.S.-based center for research, development and manufacturing of 3D heterogeneously integrated microsystems. A notice posted Monday on SAM.gov states that the Next-Generation Microelec...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded six companies spots on a potential five-year, $1.25 billion contract for technical, advisory and analytical support services. DARPA received 12 offers for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which will provide services for all of the agency’s technical and ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) has secured a potential $70.5 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform work under the second phase of the Glide Breaker program. DARPA launched a competitive acquisition for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract in accordance with the original broad agency announcement and is obligating $8.2 million...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected a team led by Intel‘s (Nasdaq: INTC) research arm to develop a tactical-grade clock with microsecond precision for positioning, navigation and timing. Intel Labs will work with the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University and IS4S to create a size, weight and power-optimi...
An RTX (NYSE: RTX) division will help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop foundations to enable artificial intelligence-driven decision-making in uncontrolled environments such as mass casualty triage and disaster relief. Under the In The Moment program of DARPA, a Raytheon BBN-led team will train algorithms using scenario-based ex...
Gary Sauer, a former program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has been named vice president of business development for advanced research and development at Eqlipse Technologies. He will lead the expansion and transition of Eqlipse’s R&D capabilities to operational programs that support defense and intelligence com...
Aurora Flight Sciences and General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business will continue working on a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at developing a lifter seaplane demonstrator. The Department of Defense said Thursday Aurora received a $19.5 million contract modification while General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. ...
