This might be the most interesting drone competition since the Outback Challenge. I wouldn’t use a single airframe, have a look at the bottom for what I would do. The US Defence Advanced Research ...

Carrying air-to-air missiles, LongShot is intended to increase the survivability and combat reach of the launch platform. Credit: DARPA An air-launched missile-carrying uncrewed aircraft developed by ...

Saronic was selected to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Pulling Guard program, an effort to develop and demonstrate semi-autonomous escort systems designed to enhance ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks circuit-level innovations to reduce reliance on electronics that erase photonics' speed advantages. Photonic chips promise massive speed and ...

The number one cause of potentially survivable fatalities at the point of conflict is noncompressible torso hemorrhage, Lt. Col. Adam Willis, M.D., USAF, program manager in the Biological Technologies ...

The “Frosty” radar system’s operation is vastly different from existing radars—and could be less disrupted by the Arctic’s harsh conditions as a result. The race for the Arctic is heating up. Recently ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a program aimed at radically improving the performance of very large-scale photonic circuits. DARPA is seeking proposals for Photonic ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Skywave over-the-horizon radar bounces illumination signals off the ionosphere to extend range. Credit: DARPA DARPA wants to harness the noisy radio frequency environment of the ionosphere to improve ...

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) issued a challenge, the DARPA Lift Challenge, in October 2025 to develop novel drone designs that have greater payload-to-weight ratio. DARPA, which ...

(RTTNews) - The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems' FAST Labs research, development, and production organization a $16 million Phase 2 contract for the ...

Battery technology is on the cusp of enabling high-performance flight applications. DARPA just released a “Lift Challenge” for drones, with a prize pool of $6.5M. DARPA is hosting a live webinar on ...