The Intelligence Advanced Research Project Activity plans to host an event to inform industry about a new program that seeks energy-efficient computer systems for large-scale data analytics. IARPA said it wants to provide interested parties with details about the Advanced Graphic Intelligence Logical Computing Environment or AGILE program through a virtual proposer's event on Dec. 22.
Read More »Draper to Mature DNA-Based Biothreat Detection Tech for ODNI
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has received a follow-on contract to continue developing a biothreat detection tool for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, National Defense Magazine reported Monday.
Read More »Petros Mouchtaris: Perspecta Labs to Support IARPA in AI Security Research Project
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has selected Perspecta's research arm to develop a multiphase mechanism for detecting Trojan virus that is designed to infiltrate artificial intelligence-based systems
Read More »Cybereason Managing Director Andrew Borene Joins NDIA Special Ops Exec Board
Andrew Borene, managing director for the U.S. public sector at endpoint security company Cybereason, has been named to the executive board of the National Defense Industrial Association’s special operations and low-intensity conflict division. He will also chair NDIA’s industry outreach committee.
Read More »Johns Hopkins APL, IARPA Explore Trojan Defense Methods for AI Training Process
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to identify new approaches to defend the artificial intelligence training pipeline against malware.
Read More »IARPA to Host Virtual Proposers’ Day for RF Anomaly Detection Program
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will formally introduce a program at an upcoming virtual meeting that seeks to explore methods to automate the detection and characterization of radio frequency anomalies. IARPA is scheduled to host the Proposers' Day for its Securing Compartmented Information with Smart Radio Systems initiative on Thursday, according to an Aug. 5 presolicitation notice.
Read More »Brad Tousley: Raytheon to Adapt Cybersecurity Tool for COVID-19 Testing
A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary is developing a novel coronavirus detection kit through the use of a tool originally designed to detect malicious threats in network traffic.
Read More »IARPA Solicits Technical Approaches to Pandemic Response
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has asked industry to provide seedling concepts across five technology areas to aid in the fight against COVID-19.
Read More »Signature Science, IARPA to Enter Final Bioinformatics Project Phase
A Signature Science-led team will help the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity further develop software for screening short DNA sequence patterns during the third phase of IARPA's Functional Genomic and Computational Assessment of Threats program.
Read More »Roger Krone: Leidos Pairing Dynetics With Innovation Center
Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said the company is combining Dynetics with its Leidos Innovation Center and has not lost any of the top 50 Dynetics employees since the Reston, Va.-based technology services contractor closed the acquisition in late January, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.
Read More »Block Enters Next Phase of IARPA’s Standoff Chemical Detection Tech Project
Block MEMS has secured a $5.5M contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to continue working on a technology designed to detect chemical warfare agents, illegal drugs and explosives.
Read More »Galois to Develop Secure Computing Tech Under IARPA Program
Galois has received a five-year, $15.2M contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to develop a software development platform to facilitate secure computation by public and private sector programmers who are not particularly skilled in cryptography.
Read More »IARPA Introduces Research Program For Encrypted Data Processing
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled a research initiative that aims to build programming languages and tools that will enable processing of encrypted data.
Read More »IARPA Funds Charles River Analytics to Support Multi-Path Reasoning Program
Charles River Analytics has received funds in the amount of $4.5M to support a reasoning testing project in support of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity.
Read More »IARPA Issues Draft BAA for Space-Based Automated Image Analysis
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is calling on industry to provide feedback on the agency’s Space-based Machine Automated Recognition Technique program.
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