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DARPA Picks 2 Firms, 2 Universities to Develop Pandemic Response Tools
TheÂ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded contracts to two companies and two universities to develop tools that can help stop the spread ofÂ infectious diseases within 60 days. MedImmune, Abcellera Biologics, Duke University and Vanderbilt University will create technologies for theÂ Pandemic Prevention PlatformÂ designed toÂ analyze viruses for antibody discovery and assess candidate therapeutic products,Â DARPA said Thursday. […] More
by Ramona Adams February 23, 2018, 7:44 am
in Healthcare IT, News
DARPA Taps General Atomics to Build Portable Diagnostic Platform With Sensor
A General Atomics business unit has received a contract from theÂ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to buildÂ a portable medical device for military personnel to detectÂ if they have come into contact with an infectious disease. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will equipe the Portable Diagnostic Platform with sensor technology and disposable cartridges designed to perform laboratory-quality molecular […] More
by Ramona Adams February 15, 2018, 7:03 am
in Industry News, News
DARPA, Air Force Conduct Flight Test of BAE-Built Battle Mgmt Software
TheÂ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and theÂ U.S. Air Force have tested a BAE Systems-made on-board software that works to deliver informationÂ to operators and pilots in environments where communications can be disrupted. BAE said Tuesday DARPA and the Air ForceÂ Research Laboratory conductedÂ an 11-day flight test of the semi-autonomous Distributed Battle Management software. DBM is designed to […] More
by Ramona Adams February 14, 2018, 9:23 am
in Industry News, News
Northrop Seeks Participants to Build & Test Drone Swarm Tactics Under DARPA Program
Northrop Grumman has kicked off a search for participants that can create and test their swarm tactics for unmanned systems on Northrop’s open architecture test bed. The company said Tuesday it is developing a test bedÂ for swarm technologies as part of theÂ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘sÂ OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program. In December 2017, DARPA awarded contracts […] More
by Ramona Adams February 14, 2018, 8:58 am
in Industry News, News
DARPA Partners With 2 Firms for Sonar Tech Devt Project
TheÂ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered withÂ Systems and Technology Research andÂ Applied Physical Sciences to build aÂ phased-array sonar technology compatible with unmanned naval vessels, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. Sonars to result from the project are expected to be installed on small underwater and surface vessels, as well as on surveillance systems deployed on […] More
by Nichols Martin February 13, 2018, 7:25 am
in Mobility, News
Vencore to Develop Mobile Information Exchange Security Tech Under DARPA Program
Vencore‘s research arm has received a $4.1 million prime contract from the DefenseÂ Advanced Research Projects AgencyÂ to develop tools for military personnel to secure information they share throughÂ smartphones. The company said MondayÂ thatÂ Vencore Labs will provide technologies for new security models under the first phase of DARPA’s three-yearÂ Secure Handhelds on Assured Resilient networks at the tactical Edge […] More
by Joanna Crews February 6, 2018, 4:38 am
in Industry News, News
DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on WMD Exposure Detection Tech Devt Program
TheÂ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host aÂ Proposers Day on Feb. 23 in Arlington, Virginia to discuss a program that aims to develop technology that can detect whether an individual has been exposed to materials associated with weapons of mass destruction. DARPA said Friday theÂ Epigenetic Characterization and ObservationÂ (ECHO) program would create a portable platform designed […] More
by Ramona Adams February 5, 2018, 7:27 am
in Industry News, News
BAE Unit to Demo Munition Seeker Tech Via DARPA SECTR Program’s 2nd Phase
BAE Systems has won aÂ $13.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to demonstrate a seeker technology for potential use in precision guided munitions as part of aÂ Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyÂ program. TheÂ Defense Department said Wednesday that BAE’s information and electronic systems integration unit will perform work under the second phase of DARPA’s Seeker Cost […] More
by Nichols Martin February 1, 2018, 4:15 am
in Industry News, News
DARPA Transfers Unmanned Anti-Submarine Vessel Prototype to Navy
TheÂ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has transitioned a prototype of an unmannedÂ anti-submarine warfareÂ vessel to theÂ Office of Naval Research for further development. DARPA said Tuesday the Sea Hunter vessel was developed under theÂ Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program to serve as the first unit of a potential new class of unmanned maritime vessels. ACTUV will […] More
by Ramona Adams January 31, 2018, 10:25 am
in Industry News, News
IvySys to Help DARPA Model Adversarial Activity
IvySys Technologies has received a potential $4.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help create mathematical and computational strategies that can model adversarial activity. The DARPAÂ Information Innovation Office’s four-year MAA program will use the new approaches in a push to acquire, deploy, […] More
by Scott Nicholas January 31, 2018, 10:21 am
in News
DARPA to Host Live Event for Spectrum Collaboration Challenge Finale in 2019
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a live event next year for the finale of a three-year collaborative machine intelligence competition designed to mitigate challenges related to spectrum scarcity. DARPA said Tuesday it will host the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge finale event simultaneously with the 2019 Mobile World Congress Americas annual conference in partnership […] More
by Elizabeth de la Cruz January 31, 2018, 12:00 am
in Industry News, News
IBM to Deliver Neuromorphic Supercomputer to Air Force Research Lab
TheÂ U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory expects to receiveÂ a neuromorphic supercomputer system from IBM in the summer to support the lab’s deep neural-network learning and information discovery tasks, Signal MagazineÂ reported Monday. The machine will feature IBM’sÂ TrueNorth Neurosynaptic System along with an end-to-end software ecosystem, pattern recognition and sensory processing tools. AFRL and IBM formed a partnershipÂ in […] More
by Scott Nicholas January 30, 2018, 6:00 am

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