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    Raytheon to Help DARPA Develop Phased Array Tech for $5M; Paul Ferraro Comments

    Raytheon will support technology development for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Arrays at Commercial Timescales program under two contract modifications worth a total of $5 million. The company said Tuesday it will contribute its Rapid Array Performance Improvement and Deployment technology concepts to the program. RAPID works to address cost and time concerns with performance upgrades and phased […] More

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    DARPA Seeks Vendors to Develop Military Wireless Data Link

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for companies to develop a military wireless data link under a $27 million project, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes the agency issued a solicitation for the second and third phases of the 100-gigabit-per-second RF backbone project intended to transmit data within a single RF and microwave […] More

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    DARPA Eyes Novel Arctic Sensors Development

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking proposals for the development of new  sensor systems that can identify and track air, surface and subsurface targets. DARPA released a presolicitation Tuesday for the unmanned sensor systems for Arctic operations such as delivery and data exfiltration. The agency wants platforms that it can deploy above the Arctic […] More

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    Exelis to Help DARPA Build Airborne Communications Chip; Mark Adams Comments

    Exelis has won a $10.7 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop a radio chip technology that would secure airborne communications against electronic threats. The company aims to build a microarchitecture for engineers to reconfigure military radio subsystems for multiple functions without redesigning an entire system through the agency’s Communications in […] More

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    Boeing Moves Forward With Phase 2 of DARPA Small Satellite Space Launch Program

    Boeing has begun work on phase 2 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Airborne Launch Assist Space Access program that seeks to develop technology that will expedite the launch of small satellites to space. DARPA said Feb. 5 that phase 2 includes more than 10 orbital test launches for the prototype system developed during phase […] More

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    Leidos Tests Autonomous Tech for DARPA’s Anti-Sub Warfare Program

    A maritime autonomy system that Leidos developed with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has taken its maiden self-guided voyage. Leidos installed and tested its autonomous technology on a surrogate boat as part of DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel development program, the company said Monday. DARPA aims to build a maritime vehicle that […] More

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    Lockheed Picks Marotta’s Power Converters for DoD Anti-Ship Missile System

    Lockheed Martin has subcontracted Marotta Controls to build power conversion units for an air-launched missile technology intended to help U.S. military users locate and defeat enemy vessels. Marotta said Friday it will produce multiple power converters for integration into the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile‘s avionics system. LRASM is a collaborative project of the Defense Advanced Research […] More

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    Chris Finan: Malware Against Mobile Payment to ‘Become More Prevalent’ in 2015

    Chris Finan, head of Manifold Security, believes malware that targets mobile payment credentials “will become more prevalent” in 2015, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Cyber experts forecast that hackers will resort to new methods for cyber attacks against government agencies and commercial entities, Aliya Sternstein reports. Finan, a former White House cyber adviser and cyberwarfare planner for the Defense […] More

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    BAE Awarded DARPA Framework Contract on Adaptable Military Comms

    BAE Systems will develop a blueprint for a future-proof networked communications system under a $3.2 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Work on the open system architecture is part of the agency’s Communications in Contested Environments initiative, which seeks to come up with flexible, rapidly deployable equipment that can adapt to changing […] More

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    Leidos Completes Maritime Autonomy System Tests on DARPA Unmanned Vessel

    Leidos has concluded a 42-day test of its maritime autonomy system under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Tuesday it equipped a surrogate vessel with the autonomy software and associated sensors to perform maneuvers and ACTUV mission functions to evaluate its compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s collision regulations. Leidos conducted […] More

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    Northrop Builds 1-Terahertz Circuit Amplifier for DARPA; William Deal Comments

    Northrop Grumman has created an integrated circuit amplifier that works operate at one terahertz as part of a three-phase contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for transistor-based electronics. The company said Tuesday its terahertz monolithic integrated circuit is built with an indium phosphide high electron mobility transistor at 25-nanometer gatelength that works to help signals reach the high-frequency terahertz band. […] More

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    Northrop Enters Next Phase in Maritime Unmanned Systems Design; Chris Hernandez Comments

    Northrop Grumman is currently working on a number of unmanned systems and its Tactical Exploited Reconnaissance Node has just entered the second phase of development, Northrop said Monday. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research are leading the Tern program, which is meant to improve aviation capabilities from smaller ships. “Being competitively […] More