LGS Joins DARPA ISR Laser Tech Program
LGS Innovations has won a $4.1 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop laser technology intended to measure distance from a target by illuminating the target and analyzing backscattered light, Military & Aerospace Electronics reports. John Keller writes DARPA wants the Laser Radar Technology program to develop light detection and ranging technology [...]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded two contracts worth $706,136 combined to Northeastern University to develop technology intended to find improvised explosive devices in dead animals, meat and mud. Agency scientists want Methods for Explosive Detection at Standoff program participants to figure out how to find hidden explosives by using the same methods doctors use [...]
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BAE Systems, Quasar Federal Systems and the University of Arizona have won contracts from the the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop methods of finding improvised explosive devices hidden in dead animals. DARPA’s Methods for Explosive Detection and Standoff program aims to develop technology that finds the IEDs in the animals, meat or mud [...]
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking technology capable of protecting against radiation from nuclear or atomic attacks, GovExec reports. Diane Barnes writes that the agency wants the technology to help counter the short-term effects of radiation during both pre and post-exposure phases. DARPA also wants to apply the technology against long-term effects of [...]
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SAIC Chooses Raytheon Sonar For Undersea Drone Prototype; Joe Biondi Comments
March 13, 2013 1 Comment
Raytheon has won a subcontract from Science Applications International Corp. to supply a sonar system for a prototype undersea drone SAIC is developing for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The Modular Scalable Sonar System is a medium-frequency hull-mounted system designed to search, detect, localize and track threats autonomously, Raytheon said Tuesday. SAIC is developing the [...]
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DARPA Aiming For Mobile Device ‘Behavior’ Biometric Protection; Richard Guidorizzi Comments
February 14, 2013 No Comment
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking to develop ways to use behavioral biometrics in adding additional layers of protection onto mobile devices. DARPA met with industry representatives Friday to discuss the program’s goals and has released a solicitation for the Active Authentication Program, the agency said Tuesday. Markers such as usage patterns or [...]
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SAIC Inc. has won a $2.9 million contract to develop a prototype sensor-fusion system for land, sea and airborne applications to enable low cost navigation for military users on any platform and in any environment, according to a Military & Aerospace Electronics article. The first-phase of the all source positioning and navigation program focused on developing navigation algorithms and a [...]
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DARPA Simulates Robotic Arm for Reusing Dead Satellites; Dave Barnhart Comments
January 23, 2013 No Comment
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has demonstrated prototype technologies for a program intended to reuse dead satellites in orbit. In a video released by the agency Tuesday, the agency displayed a scenario designed to show how to apply technology for the Phoenix program. According to the Pentagon’s research arm, potential technologies include a robotic [...]
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The Defense Adavanced Research Project Agency recently demonstrated depth perception capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using a vision-driven robotic-arm payload emplacement, according to a DARPA report. The research team designed and developed a vision system to estimate the target’s position relative to the vehicle which enables the UAV to search and find the target for [...]
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Raytheon’s Secure Satellite Comm Link Production Reviewed by Navy; Scott Whatmough Comments
December 19, 2012 No Comment
Raytheon Company‘s Navy multiband terminal which provides secure communication links to satellites, has finished full rate production review by the Navy. According to a Raytheon statement, the company has already delivered 75 of the 350 terminals to be installed on Navy ships, subs and shore stations over the life of the 15-year program. “Our Navy terminals can withstand the harshest of [...]
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