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  • DARPA Taps Tortuga Logic to Develop Hardware Security Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Tortuga Logic to Develop Hardware Security Tools

    Tortuga Logic has received a contract to develop new hardware security tools for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The effort will make use of Tortuga’s hardware security models which will then be integrated with commercial emulation systems, the company said Wednesday. The project seeks to support hardware designers in identifying security vulnerabilities needed for chip fabrication. Participants of […] More

  • BAE's Software Testing Platform Completes 2 Test Events Under DARPA's Hallmark Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s Software Testing Platform Completes 2 Test Events Under DARPA’s Hallmark Program

    BAE Systems has completed two test events for a testbed it developed under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program to help the U.S. military assess and integrate space command-and-control systems. The company said Wednesday evaluations of its Hallmark software testbed involved full operational space scenarios with the system’s applications. DARPA awarded BAE a $12.8 million contract in […] More

  • DARPA Seeks Participants for Autonomy Tech Development 'Sprint' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Participants for Autonomy Tech Development ‘Sprint’

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has begun to solicit proposals for the second set of technology development activities, called “swarm sprints,” as part of an effort to build platforms for drone swarm operations. DARPA said Friday the second sprint of the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program will focus on the development of autonomy systems. OFFSET seeks to […] More

  • Raytheon BBN to Develop Drone Swarm Controller Under DARPA-Funded Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon BBN to Develop Drone Swarm Controller Under DARPA-Funded Program

    Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary will support the Defense Advanced Research Agency‘s Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program through the development of a system for managing small autonomous air and ground vehicles. The controller technology will feature a visual graphical user designed to produce drone tactics, a game-based tactics simulator and a physical swarm testbed, Raytheon said Monday. Shane […] More

  • Magnolia, DARPA Partner to Develop Portable Solar Power Source - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Magnolia, DARPA Partner to Develop Portable Solar Power Source

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with Magnolia Optical Technologies to develop a photovoltaic system under a Small Business Innovation Research effort. The company said it aims to build power generator for military and commercial applications via the Phase II SBIR Program for Development of High-Performance Thin-Film Solar Cells for Portable Power Applications. A PV device can help power unmanned aircraft, […] More

  • PARC, University of Wisconsin Partner to Develop AI-Based Design Automation Tool for DARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PARC, University of Wisconsin Partner to Develop AI-Based Design Automation Tool for DARPA

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected a team of Xerox‘s PARC subsidiary and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to create artificial intelligence software that would automate design of complex mechanical systems. Xerox said Tuesday PARC and UW-Madison will collaborate to develop the Design by Function-sharing thrOugh Compositional qUalitative Synthesis platform through DARPA’s  Disruptioneering program. D-FOCUS will serve as a mathematical framework […] More

  • DARPA Taps Charles River Analytics to Develop Security Threat Analytical Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps Charles River Analytics to Develop Security Threat Analytical Tool

    Charles River Analytics has received a four-year, $4.4 million Defense Advanced Research Project Agency contract to develop an analytical tool to help study and address security threats occurring within the country and across the globe. The company said Monday it intends to design the Sensitivity Analysis of Uncertainty in Causal Environments technology as a tool to primarily address food insecurity […] More

  • DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on Nonsurgical Human-Machine Comms Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on Nonsurgical Human-Machine Comms Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on April 3 in Arlington, Virginia to discuss a program that seeks to develop human-machine communications technologies that will not require surgery. DARPA said Friday the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology program, or N3, will explore noninvasive ways to connect able-bodied service members’ neurons with devices. Existing brain-machine […] More

  • DARPA Initiates Effort to Scrutinize Gray-zone of Conflict - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Initiates Effort to Scrutinize Gray-zone of Conflict

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Strategic Technology Office has initiated an effort aiming to further understand and address the gray-zone of conflict, an area between peace and warfare wherein hostility is difficult to identify. Under the Collection and Monitoring via Planning for Active Situational Scenarios or COMPASS effort, DARPA seeks to construct software that makes use of stimuli-response […] More

  • SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Sends Communications Satellite, Secret Payload Into Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Sends Communications Satellite, Secret Payload Into Orbit

    A communications satellite with a classified secondary payload took off March 6 aboard a SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, Spaceflight Now reported Monday. The classified secondary satellite, dubbed PODSat, was integrated into Spain’s Hispasat 30W-6 communications satellite through the Payload Orbital Delivery System built by Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary. PODS is […] More

  • DARPA Plans 5-Year Physical Security Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Plans 5-Year Physical Security Support Contract

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has detailed the contractor support services requirement of its security and intelligence directorate through a presolicitation notice posted Wednesday on the FedBizOpps website. DARPA SID needs support to develop, implement, maintain and continuously update programs to help the agency secure its workforce, information and properties, according to the notice. The requirement […] More

  • DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on Biochemical Reaction Control Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on Biochemical Reaction Control Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day through webcast on March 20 to discuss a program that aims to give first responders a longer window of opportunity to treat severely injured service members. DARPA said Thursday the Biostasis program will use molecular biology to slow down biochemical reactions and delay system collapse following a traumatic injury […] More