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DARPA Designing Digital Imaging Contact Lenses
Published on 1 Feb, 2012 at 13:13 in C4ISR | Viewed 23 times | No Comments
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency researchers are working on contact lenses that allow the wearer to view digital images in the lens, the agency said Tuesday.
DARPA said the contacts would project images onto full-color displays near the eye and enable the wearer to focus simultaneously on objects at either short or long distances….
DARPA Picks Rockwell Collins for Digital Radio Research
Published on 31 Jan, 2012 at 13:17 in C4ISR | Viewed 21 times | No Comments
Rockwell Collins has started a new phase of research into analog-to-digital converters for radios under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract.
In a post on FedBizOpps, DARPA said its RADER program is intended to develop power-efficient and high-speed photonic analog-to-digital-converters that can be operated remotely.
DARPA Looking to Tap Dormant Satellites for Communications System
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to utilize dormant satellites floating in a geostationary orbit around Earth, the agency said in a recent notice.
Through DARPA’s Phoenix Program, the agency said it wants contractors to develop a robotic system to “cooperatively harvest and re-use valuable components from” more than 1,300 retired, non-operating satellites.
DARPA estimates there is…
Into the Next Frontier: Drones to be Smaller, Better, Closer to Home
Published on 30 Dec, 2011 at 14:37 in C4ISR | Viewed 26 times | No Comments
Drones have widely been used overseas in war and surveillance efforts, but now they could make an appearance closer to one’s house.
Alastair Leithead of BBC, reported that while the U.S. has thousands of drones in use and spends billions in their development, it is still looking at ways to advance the drone race.
The “drone…
New Boeing-Built Army Drone Features 1.8 Gigapixel Camera
The U.S. Army recently announced it is preparing to deploy three Boeing-built A 160 Hummingbird drones in mid 2012.
According to the announcement, the Hummingbird significantly differs from its predecessors, as it is designed much like a helicopter and can perform vertical takeoffs/landings, and possesses hovering capabilities.
The drones will also be equipped with the
NASA Gives Astronauts Remote-Controlled Assistants
Published on 28 Dec, 2011 at 12:35 in C4ISR | Viewed 8 times | No Comments
A volleyball-sized, free-flying robot on the International Space Station helped astronauts complete tasks with a smartphone controller, according to a recent report by NASA. The first successful flight took place last month.
As part of NASA’s Technology Demonstration Missions,…
Pentagon to Develop Computer System to Prevent Another Wikileaks
Published on 19 Dec, 2011 at 16:46 in Industry News | Viewed 25 times | No Comments
The Pentagon is currently working to prevent another WikiLeaks situation within the department. Wired.com recently reported a group of military funded scientists are developing a sophisticated computer system that can scan and interpret every key stroke, log-in and uploaded files over the Pentagon’s networks.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded about $9 million…
Symantec Mugshot: Who is the Insider Threat?
Just the other day, Symantec filled us in on who was most attacked and the most frequent form of cyber attacks. Now they are profiling who some of those attacks are coming from: insiders.
In “Behavioral Risk Indicators of Malicious Insider Theft of Intellectual Property: Misreading the Writing on the Wall” authors Dr. Eric Shaw…
Raytheon Tapped for DARPA Program for Mobile Thermal Imaging
Published on 9 Dec, 2011 at 11:40 in Mobility | Viewed 32 times | No Comments
Raytheon‘s vision systems business unit is working to expand the accessibility of thermal imaging cameras by making them available via multiple mobile devices.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency created the low-cost thermal imaging manufacturing program to develop a “wafer scale” manufacturing process and make thermal image devices more affordable and accessible to warfighters.
Raytheon said in a release it…
DARPA-SAIC Program Aims to Combat Insiders by Tracking Online Activity
Published on 17 Nov, 2011 at 15:08 in Cyber | Viewed 31 times | No Comments
A research project led by SAIC Inc. is working on a program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that can detect suspicious online behavior before an insider creates chaos, according to a report from Defense Systems.
The Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales program seeks to create, adapt and apply…
