Uncrewed Vehicles

Raytheon outlines approach to DARPA project

19th August 2011

An ongoing series of Raytheon Company trade studies for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program revealed there is broad, …

Uncrewed Vehicles

Lockheed Martin introduces ruggedized UAS

17th August 2011

Lockheed Martin has developed a ruggedized version of its Stalker Unmanned Air System (UAS), called the Stalker eXtreme Endurance (XE) UAS. The Stalker XE system …

Uncrewed Vehicles

AUVSI: PCAS reaches first design review

15th August 2011

DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) programme has completed its first Conceptual Design Review with mission systems integrator Raytheon describing aspirations for a ‘cross-service’ capability …

Digital Battlespace

Raytheon chosen by DARPA for cybersecurity programme

8th August 2011

Raytheon Company has been selected to support an insider threat research programme led by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The goal of the …

Digital Battlespace

DARPA awards Raytheon BBN Technologies additional funding for MNP programme

13th July 2011

Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $16 million in additional funding by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under phase two of the Military …

Digital Battlespace

DARPA selects SRI to develop VIGIL for Mind's Eye

22nd June 2011

SRI International is leading a team to design a visual intelligence system, known as VIGIL (Visual Intelligence Grounded in Learning), to enable a new era …

Uncrewed Vehicles

Hydroid passes CDR for littoral battlespace AUVs

27th May 2011

Hydroid Inc. announces that it has passed Critical Design Review (CDR) to provide Littoral Battlespace Sensing (LBS) Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (AUVs) and associated technologies to …

Digital Battlespace

Northrop Grumman HART system nears deployment

20th May 2011

Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully demonstrated that its Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team (HART) system increases warfighter situational awareness during a recent Spiral 7 DARPA field exercise …

Digital Battlespace

Northrop Grumman to develop micro gyro technology

18th May 2011

Northrop Grumman Corporation, in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been selected to develop a new type of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) gyroscope technology …

Digital Battlespace

Kratos awarded $8.9m DARPA contract

6th May 2011

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Defense Engineering Solutions (DES) Division has been awarded a …

Uncrewed Vehicles

Hydroid delivers two REMUS 100 AUVs to Norway

2nd May 2011

Hydroid, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), announced today that it has delivered two REMUS 100 AUVs to …

Digital Battlespace

TiaLinx announces launch of the Viper60-A

21st April 2011

TiaLinx, a developer of remotely controlled miniaturized object detection radars, today announced the launch of the Viper60-A. The ultra fine radio frequency beam is capable …

Uncrewed Vehicles

Honeywell T-Hawk aids Fukushima Daiichi disaster recovery

20th April 2011

Honeywell's T-Hawk Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) is helping emergency workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility get up-close video and photos inside the plant as …

Digital Battlespace

DARPA chooses Raytheon as mission systems integrator

20th April 2011

Raytheon Company was awarded a $7 million contract to serve as a Mission Systems Integrator for Phase I of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency …

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

LongShot [USA]

Programme Background Requirement According to DARPA, the objective of the LongShot programme is "to disrupt the paradigm of air combat operations by demonstrating an unmanned ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) [US]

Programme Background Aims & Timeline As stated by DARPA, the ANCILLARY programme aims to develop and fly an X-plane that will provide a "leap-ahead" in long-endurance, ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

LongShot

The LongShot is a developmental air-launched platform intended to increase the survivability of friendly crewed aircraft. In February 2021, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ...

Sea: procedural training

2 Sigma Digital Tutor

A Digital Tutor that is designed to outperform schoolhouse instructors, bringing CTC training to a broad spectrum of sailors. Specifications include improving student outcomes for ...

Major networking projects

CHAIN

The Compartmented High Assurance Information Network (CHAIN) is described as a robust architecture that improves interoperability of IT systems among the military services and security ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

XV-24A LightningStrike

The XV-24A LightningStrike, developed by Aurora Flight Sciences and its partners Rolls-Royce and Honeywell, was a project for a tilt-wing UAV powered by an electric-distributed ...

Data links

QNT

The QUINT Networking Technology (QNT) programme is intended to develop robust, affordable, miniature networked data link technologies suitable for use on weapons and by tactical ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

X-61A Gremlin

Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, is developing the X-61A Gremlin. This low-cost swarming drone can be outfitted with different payloads, launched by a mothership, recovered ...

Military UAS - micro, Military UAS - rotary-wing

Shrike

The Shrike was a micro, portable, rugged VTOL-capable UAV designed for frontline day/night ISR.  Development of the Shrike began in 2008 under a $4.6-million contract from ...

Data links

TTNT

The Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) programme is intended to develop, evaluate and demonstrate reconfigurable, affordable, robust, interoperable and evolvable communications technologies to support emerging ...

Military UGVs

Crusher

The Crusher vehicle was designed by DARPA and the National Robotics Engineering Center to evaluate technologies, such as mobility and autonomy systems, applicable to the UGVs ...

Air: UAS radar

EchoFlight Airborne Radar

The Echoflight is a small electronically-scanned UAS radar.  It provides long-range all-weather detection and tracking to allow users to conduct beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) ...

Air: helicopter radar, Air: surveillance radar

FORESTER

The Foliage Penetration (FOPEN) Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Tracking and Engagement Radar (FORESTER) is an airborne radar system that provides stand-off, persistent, wide-area surveillance for situational awareness ...

Sea: tactical training

Fleet Command

Fleet Command was developed by Sonalysts, released in 1999, and published by Electronic Arts. Command-level combat simulation where the player is responsible for navy battle ...

Military UGVs

MDMR

With its small size and the ability to replicate snake-like movement, the Multi-Dimensional Mobility Robot (MDMR) can negotiate difficult terrain and is also known as the ...

Anti-ship missiles

AGM-158C LRASM

The Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) is a precision-guided, anti-ship standoff missile based on the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range. It is intended to meet the requirements ...

Military UGVs

Ripsaw MS1

The original Ripsaw tracked demonstrator was built in 2000 with private funding. Howe and Howe submitted the vehicle for the first DARPA Challenge in 2005. ...