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News - DARPA
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Defence Notes
BAE Systems joins DARPA’s MINC programme
5th May 2022
BAE Systems receives a contract from US agency to develop an autonomous tactical network.
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Land Warfare
DARPA wants to move faster on autonomous off-road UGV simulation
27th April 2022
Intel expects new simulation tools in the DARPA RACER-Sim programme to significantly improve the development of autonomous systems using virtual testing.
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Defence Notes
Challenges and opportunities abound for US in autonomy research
19th April 2022
DARPA continues to explore the potential of uncrewed platforms across the air, land and sea domains — although industry, academia and government agree that challenges must still be overcome.
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Air Warfare
US hails HAWC test but still plays catch-up on hypersonics
8th April 2022
The second successful test flight of the HAWC missile fails to obscure patchy progress overall in US hypersonic programmes.
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Digital Battlespace
BAE Systems tests prototype iMOTR
4th April 2022
BAE Systems designed the phased-array iMOTR system to track up to 20 low-altitude or sea-skimming targets in real time at ranges of up to 100km.
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Digital Battlespace
T-MUSIC semiconductor programme moves to Phase 2
1st April 2022
BAE Systems gains a follow-on contract from DARPA to work on Phase 2 of the Technologies for Mixed-mode Ultra Scaled Integrated Circuits (T-MUSIC) programme.
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Land Warfare
DARPA eyes critical design maturity for OpFires
14th March 2022
Lockheed Martin receives new OpFires contract modification to achieve system-level critical design security by September 2022.
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Digital Battlespace
DARPA chases comprehensive battlespace awareness with JAWS
1st March 2022
DARPA is exercising options on the JAWS contract for all-domain battle management planning software.
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Air Warfare
DARPA selects Dynetics for ACE programme
17th February 2022
Dynetics has been selected for the ACE programme, which aims to better inform pilots with group-level situational awareness and coordinated targeting responsibility.
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Air Warfare
Air Combat Evolution programme progresses to next phase
16th February 2022
The US DoD has commenced the search for partners for the next stage of the ACE programme.
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Defence Helicopter
ALIAS-equipped uncrewed helicopter takes off
9th February 2022
Flexible and extensible automation architecture offers the prospect of uncrewed US Army rotorcraft missions in the Future Vertical Lift programme.
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Digital Battlespace
CACI joins the MINC club
7th February 2022
DARPA selects another industry partner to help it implement the Mission-Integrated Network Control programme.
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Digital Battlespace
DARPA picks another MINC partner
3rd February 2022
MINC will help the US military move away from static and siloed information architectures towards autonomous, dynamic and mission-driven approaches.
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Naval Warfare
Anduril acquisition reflects growing interest in AUVs
3rd February 2022
The AUV space is seen as a growing sector with deterring and defeating near-peer competitors requiring undersea capabilities.
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Air Warfare
DARPA strives for the future helicopter pilot
2nd February 2022
US DARPA has contracted Northrop Grumman to develop a rotorcraft pilot AI assistant.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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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 ...
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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, ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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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) ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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) ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...