Boeing (NYSE: BA) has notified the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of its intent to end its work on a DARPA program to develop an unmanned reusable launch vehicle that can be used to send small satellites into low-Earth orbit, Spaceflight Now reported Wednesday.
Read More »DARPA Taps Northrop, Raytheon, Collins Aerospace to Develop Counter-A2/AD Platforms
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Collins Aerospace has landed contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop technology platforms for countering anti-access/area denial threats. DARPA selected the three companies to participate in the first and second phases of the System-of -Systems Enhanced Small Unit program, according to a notice posted Tuesday on the beta SAM website.
Read More »Former DARPA Head Steven Walker to Join Lockheed as VP, CTO
Steven Walker, former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and a 2019 Wash100 awardee, will officially join Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) on Monday as vice president and chief technology officer.
Read More »BAE Selected to Develop Cybersecurity Tools for DARPA’s SafeDocs Initiative
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a contract to develop two cybersecurity tools designed to protect electronic files as part of DARPA's Safe Documents program.
Read More »DARPA Selects BAE to Develop Semi-Autonomous Mission Planner; Chris Eisenbies Quoted
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen BAE Systems to create a semi-autonomous technology that would help military personnel to plan missions. BAE will develop the Multi-domain Adaptive Request Service software to facilitate automatic battlespace data collection across air, sea, land and space domains, the company said Tuesday.
Read More »EM’s Weekly Roundup: POC Hosts Unmanned Systems in the Future Fight Forum, Baird’s 2019 Government & Defense Conference, $152M Contract for Booz Allen, Executive Moves for GDIT, Leidos & Weekly Top 10 Stories
On Tuesday, Potomac Officers Club (POC) hosted its Unmanned Systems in the Future Fight Forum featuring Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, special assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs (AF/A5/8) for the U.S. Air Force, as the keynote speaker. In addition, an expert panel featuring Jim Thomson …
Read More »DARPA Picks Three Industry Teams to Work on Space-Based Data Processing Tech ‘Pit Boss’
Three industry teams led by prime contractors BAE Systems, Scientific Systems and SEAKR Engineering have been selected to design an autonomous mission management platform for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Project Blackjack, C4ISRNET reported Thursday.
Read More »Six Firms Receive Contracts Under DARPA’s Autonomous Underwater Tech Program
Six companies have received separate contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop autonomous underwater robots for deep-sea exploration. L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), SoarTech, EdgeTech and Kitware will build the systems as part of DARPA's Angler program.
Read More »Rod Phillips Promoted to By Light Chief Learning Officer
Rod Phillips, formerly vice president of operations at McLean, Va.-based By Light Professional IT Services, has been promoted to chief learning officer.
Read More »Northrop Demos Unmanned Vehicle Swarm Systems in DARPA’s Human-Machine Teaming Experiment
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has utilized multiple heterogeneous unmanned vehicles to demonstrate a swarming approach during a field experiment with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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