Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Archives

An Air Force Research Lab conceptual design for an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (Artwork courtesy of AFRL)

White House’s fiscal 2024 budget aims to accelerate combat drone development and procurement

The Biden administration proposes increasing the DOD's total discretionary budget authority to $842 billion, a 3.2% boost from the 2023 enacted level.

Mar 9, 2023 By Jon Harper

Composite image of modern city network communication concept (Getty Images)

Four organizations win DARPA contracts to simulate threats in networks for SMOKE program

Contracts were awarded under DARPA's Signature Management using Operational Knowledge and Environments (SMOKE) program.

Dec 29, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Concept art for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM). (Image courtesy of Raytheon Technologies)

2022 in review: Pentagon advances several hypersonics initiatives with contract awards and RDT&E

This year saw major developments in the Pentagon’s hypersonic weapons programs — a top modernization priority for the U.S. military as it seeks to keep pace with…

Dec 27, 2022 By Jon Harper

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III briefs the press from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Washington, D.C., Feb. 19, 2021. (DoD Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders).

Pentagon creates Office of Strategic Capital to bridge the ‘valley of death’ with private funding

The Office of Strategic Capital is meant to connect companies developing tech in support of national security with organizations that can help fund and sustain their growth.

Dec 1, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

(Photo by Jon Dasbach, U.S. Cyber Command)

Cyber Command, DARPA ink agreement to transition innovative technologies for operational use

The new agreement is meant to bridge the valley of death and get more cyber capabilities into operational use.

Nov 28, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Image of DARPA AlphaDogfight Trials. (Screenshot from DARPA video)

DARPA calling for AI ‘reinforcements’ to bolster US air combat capability

DARPA released a Broad Agency Announcement on Monday for its new Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements (AIR) program.

Nov 21, 2022 By Jon Harper

DARPA wants sensors, algorithms and robots to inform medical triage for mass casualties

The Pentagon's advanced research agency plans to award $7 million in a new prize competition known as the DARPA Triage Challenge.

Nov 16, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

YANGJU, SOUTH KOREA – MARCH 05: U.S. soldiers from 2nd Infantry Division take part in a joint MEDEVAC field training exercise with South Korean soldiers on March 5, 2008 in Yangju, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

DARPA launching research project to revolutionize brain injury diagnosis on the battlefield

Naval medical officer Jean-Paul Chretien tells FedScoop how new technology could revolutionize the way traumatic brain injuries are treated in the field.

Jul 19, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

An artist’s rendering of networked, collaborative and autonomous weapons, with each communicating with the others. (U.S. Air Force illustration/Chris Quinlan)

Air Force positions autonomous drones, networked weapon systems as top priorities

The Air Force is asking Congress for more than $100 million in additional R&D funding for autonomous drones and networked weapon systems.

Apr 12, 2022 By Jon Harper

Recent hypersonic missile test set scramjet endurance record, DARPA chief says

DARPA has completed a flight test of a Lockheed Martin variant of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept.

Apr 6, 2022 By Jon Harper