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  • Report: DARPA Plans ViaSat Radio Purchase for Tactical Undersea Network Architectures Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: DARPA Plans ViaSat Radio Purchase for Tactical Undersea Network Architectures Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced Wednesday plans for a sole-source purchase of a handheld Link 16 radio terminal from ViaSat in support of the agency’s Tactical Undersea Network Architectures program, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. ViaSat’s Battlefield Awareness & Targeting System-Dismounted AN/PRC-161 will be part of the second phase of DARPA’s TUNA program […] More

  • 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

  • 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 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 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

  • Steven Walker: DARPA to Leverage Funding Boost to Back Hypersonic Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steven Walker: DARPA to Leverage Funding Boost to Back Hypersonic Tech Development

    Steven Walker, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has said the budget increase would help DARPA advance the development of new technology platforms designed to build up deterrence and homeland defense capabilities amid competition with countries such as Russia and China, DoD News reported Thursday. Walker, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said DARPA has […] More

  • Navy Plans New USV Design Initiative for Fiscal 2019 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Plans New USV Design Initiative for Fiscal 2019

    The U.S. Navy plans to design a new unmanned surface vehicle that will build on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program, Inside Defense reported Monday. The service branch has requested $2.8 million to produce a medium displacement USV concept beginning in fiscal 2019’s first quarter and conduct an analysis of alternatives starting in […] More

  • Navy Taps Cubic, Lockheed to Develop Combined Arms Evaluation Methods - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Cubic, Lockheed to Develop Combined Arms Evaluation Methods

    The U.S. Navy has awarded potential three-year contracts to business units of Cubic and Lockheed Martin to develop quantitative methods to assess and explore combined arms concepts for urban military operations. Cubic’s defense applications business and Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit are two of the five selected contractors for a project that will revolve around human capacities, systems, plans, software […] More