The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has begun to seek proposals for platforms designed to enhance image processing methods that are used with aerial synthetic aperture radar. NGA said Wednesday the solicitation falls under the fifth topic of a three-year broad agency announcement for the agency’s Boosting Innovative GEOINT program. The agency aims to build …
Read More »DARPA Calls for New Military Tech Concepts
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a virtual Proposers Day on May 3-4 to discuss an upcoming broad agency announcement that will seek proposals for “innovative” military technologies. DARPA said Tuesday its Tactical Technology Office regularly holds Proposers Days to outline technologies that the office is most interested in and to …
Read More »DARPA to Host Proposers Day on Molecular Informatics Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day via webcast on April 7 to discuss a program that seeks to use molecules to store and process information. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday stated that DARPA looks to introduce the Molecular Informatics program to the research community as well as facilitate …
Read More »SOCOM Lists Technology Areas of Interest in Updated BAA
The U.S. Special Operations Command has updated a broad agency announcement seeking to add new capacities to the Special Operations Forces’ warfighters in eight specific technology areas, Shephard Media reported Friday. Scott Gourley writes the G-2 appendix added to the “Advancement of Technologies for Use by Special Operations Forces” BAA identifies specific areas …
Read More »DARPA Seeks Research Proposals for Online Social Behavior Simulation
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun to solicit industry proposals to research and develop technologies that will work to simulate the spread of information across online platforms. DARPA said in a broad agency announcement posted Monday on FedBizOpps that proposals for the Computational Simulation of Online Social Behavior program should include approaches to foster scientific advances. The …
Read More »DARPA Seeks Proposals for Radio Transmitter Devt Program; Troy Olsson Comments
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit research proposals for a $23 million program that seeks to develop low-size, weight, and power transmitters that will work to facilitate underground and underwater radio communications. DARPA posted on FedBizOpps the broad agency announcement for the A Mechanically Based Antenna program that seeks to …
Read More »Army Seeks Concept Papers for $148M Long-Range Missile System Devt Program
The U.S. Army has asked industry to submit concept papers for a potential four-year, $148 million program that aims to identify, develop and demonstrate long-range missile systems. A broad agency announcement posted Monday on FedBizOpps says the Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center seeks new system- and …
Read More »Charles Bolden: NASA Lays Groundwork for ‘Journey to Mars’ Through NextSTEP, ISS Docking Port Programs
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has discussed two initiatives the space agency has launched in an effort to establish the foundation for NASA’s Journey to Mars project and other deep space missions. Bolden wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that NASA established partnerships with private companies to advance research projects …
Read More »DARPA Seeks Research Proposals for Small UAS Urban Surveillance Program; Jeff Krolik Comments
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit research proposals for a program that aims to develop a network of airborne sensors that will work to perform wide-area surveillance of small unmanned aircraft systems in urban areas. DARPA posted on FedBizOpps the broad agency announcement for the Aerial Dragnet program that seeks …
Read More »Vencore Labs Secures 2 Contracts Under DARPA Power Grid Cyber Detection Program
A Vencore subsidiary has received two contracts worth approximately $17 million combined to perform work on two technical areas under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems program. DARPA’s RADICS initiative seeks to build systems designed to restore power within one week after a cyber attack …
Read More »Air Force Seeks White Papers for Nuclear C3 Tech Devt Program
The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit white papers for a potential four-year, $8.06 million program that seeks to develop, integrate and evaluate platforms and methods designed to update the service branch’s nuclear command, control and communication systems. The service branch said in a broad agency announcement posted Thursday …
Read More »DARPA Seeks Proposals for Biological Building Materials Development Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit proposals for a program that aims to create new materials that exhibit the characteristics of living systems as well as the structural attributes of building materials. DARPA said in a broad agency announcement published Friday on FedBizOpps the Engineered …
Read More »DARPA Seeks Input on Architectural Strategy for Chiplet-Based Microsystems Devt; Daniel Green Comments
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to provide information on an architectural framework designed to facilitate the design and development of microsystems through the use of miniaturized chips or “chiplets.” The Common Heterogeneous Integration and Intellectual Property Reuse Strategies program “is all about devising a physical library …
Read More »CCRi to Develop Analytics-Based GEOINT Data Evaluation Tool Under NGA Contract
Commonwealth Computer Research Inc. has received a $499,767 contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to develop a data analytics-based platform designed to evaluate and identify GEOINT data that has potential value to users. NGA awarded the contract under the first topic of a broad agency announcement for the agency’s Boosting Innovative GEOINT program, …
Read More »DARPA Solicits Research Proposals for Space Command & Control Software Testbed Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to submit research proposals for the Software Testbed part of the Hallmark program that seeks to develop new technology platforms for U.S. space command and control. DARPA said in a broad agency announcement published Friday on FedBizOpps the Hallmark-ST effort aims to design, build …
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