Jean-Charles Lede

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  • Jean-Charles Lede Assumes Post as RapidFlight CTO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jean-Charles Lede Assumes Post as RapidFlight CTO

    Jean-Charles Lede, former autonomy technical adviser at the Air Force Research Laboratory, was appointed as chief technology officer at unmanned aircraft manufacturer RapidFlight. In his new role, Lede will head RapidFlight’s research and development activities, including engineering, prototype manufacturing, flight operations, project management and intellectual property development, the Manassas, Virginia-headquartered company said Monday.  Prior to […] More

  • DARPA Taps Raytheon to Produce Software Under Collaborative UAS Autonomy Program's 3rd Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Raytheon to Produce Software Under Collaborative UAS Autonomy Program’s 3rd Phase

    Raytheon has been selected to develop software under the third phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to expand the capacities of current U.S. military unmanned aircraft systems. DARPA said Tuesday the Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment program aims to increase the effectiveness, flexibility and survivability of current air platforms when the […] More

  • DARPA Picks 3 Industry Teams to Develop Counter-Small UAS Approaches - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Picks 3 Industry Teams to Develop Counter-Small UAS Approaches

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded contracts to three industry teams to develop methods to counter small unmanned aircraft systems. DARPA said Thursday teams led by Dynetics, Saab‘s defense and security business unit and SRC will develop counter-sUAS approaches under the first phase of the Mobile Force Protection program. The contracts were awarded one year […] More

  • Aurora Flight Sciences, Sikorsky Develop Robotic Copilot Systems Under DARPA Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aurora Flight Sciences, Sikorsky Develop Robotic Copilot Systems Under DARPA Program

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary and Aurora Flight Sciences have developed robotic systems that are designed to operate aircraft autonomously as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System initiative, Defense News reported Wednesday. Valerie Insinna writes Jean Charles-Lede, program manager at DARPA’s tactical technology program office, said the ALIAS program seeks a platform that can eliminate the […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Tech Ideas to Protect US Forces Against Small Airborne Threats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Tech Ideas to Protect US Forces Against Small Airborne Threats

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to suggest ideas on how to protect U.S. warfighters from airborne threats with technology. DARPA said Thursday it published a request for information on deployable systems that can help fixed and mobile ground and naval forces to identify, track and neutralize small unmanned air systems. Jean-Charles Lede, DARPA program manager, said the agency seeks “novel, flexible […] More