DARPA Archives

DARPA Director Stefanie Tompkins (left) speaks at NATO to the Future in July 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent.

DARPA moves to mitigate possible unintended consequences of AI

“We are trying to flesh out the recipe environment to focus on something we call ELSI — so the ethical, legal and societal implications of our new…

Jul 12, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Manta Ray vehicle being towed in preparation for testing. (Northrop Grumman photo)

DARPA tests undersea Manta Ray drone prototype, looks to transition tech to Navy

The prototype UUV was built by Northrop Grumman.

May 1, 2024 By Jon Harper

The X-62 VISTA flies in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base, California, March 23, 2023. (Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

Pentagon takes AI dogfighting to next level in real-world flight tests against human F-16 pilot

Officials provided an update on DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution program.

Apr 17, 2024 By Jon Harper

A U.S. Marine holds a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Information Innovation Office challenge coin after being presented the coin on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec 1, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher R. Lape)

DARPA transitions new technology to shield military AI systems from trickery

The capabilities were born out of the agency's Guaranteeing AI Robustness Against Deception program.

Mar 27, 2024 By Jon Harper

Light of diamond, abstract background. (BlackJack3D via Getty Images)

Synthetic diamonds are forever: Pentagon taps 6 vendors for LADDIS program

DARPA's Large Area Device-quality Diamond Substrates program is related to microelectronics.

Oct 30, 2023 By Jon Harper

A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F-35A Lightning II, assigned to the No. 3 Squadron, arrives to receive fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus from the 13th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron over Australia during Talisman Sabre 23, July 26, 2023. Talisman Sabre is the U.S.’s largest bilateral exercise in Australia that demonstrates the capability to rapidly deploy and operate to accomplish a wide range of missions alongside joint and allied partners in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

Australia looks to DOD in shaping its new Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator

Officials involved in the accelerator recently put out their inaugural “problem statement” call to industry.

Sep 20, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

A Skydio X2d quadcopter drone is flown by Airmen on March 8, 2023, at the Belle Clair Soccer Park in Belleville, Illinois. The drone was used during the first class of Detachment X program initiated on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Madeline Baisey)

Pentagon soliciting industry for adapter and software to convert remotely piloted drones into autonomous systems

The solicitation comes as the Pentagon is trying to leverage breakthroughs in software, artificial intelligence and other capabilities that could enable drones to operate with less human…

Sep 14, 2023 By Jon Harper

An artist’s rendering of a hypersonic threat intercept. (DARPA Image)

Boeing wins $70M contract award for Glide Breaker counter-hypersonic weapons tech

Boeing is expected to develop and test technologies for a hypersonic interceptor prototype and perform computational fluid dynamics analysis, wind tunnel testing and evaluation of aerodynamic jet…

Sep 11, 2023 By Jon Harper

Illustration of DARPA’s “Energy Web Dominance – Resilient distribution of battlespace energy” concept (DARPA image)

DARPA picks vendors to help develop ‘wireless energy web’ for drones, other military forces

The first phase of the agency's Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program is kicking off.

Sep 8, 2023 By Jon Harper

Artist rendering of astronaut on the moon (NASA image)

New DARPA study to explore infrastructure needs for future lunar economy

The LunA-10 capability study aims to define the analytical frameworks for a lunar infrastructure that will be key in laying the foundations for a future self-sustaining lunar…

Aug 17, 2023 By Mikayla Easley