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DARPA Taps Sikorsky to Add Autonomy to U.S. Army-Owned Black Hawk Helicopter...

Always a good day when there's a new X-plane. https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2024-06-24

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/darpa-laser-power-transfer?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=article_post

From Aviation magazine 1981, here is an airborne Laser aircraft.

case. Safety and redundancy of multi-engine systems is a complex and evolving field. What is unacceptably unreliable using one technology, demanding full redundancy, may be a lot better using a different technology. For example combustion engines used to be so unreliable and lacking in...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b84Wzh-kH_s https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/TestimonyArchived(April%2020%201999).pdf

I presume this must have defence applications as well. https://phys.org/news/2020-07-miniature-telescope-focuses-sharpening-view.html

https://breakingdefense.com/2020/05/darpa-seeks-secure-microchip-supply-chain/

DARPA has launched in August its research program for Active flow control airframe demonstrator called CRANE (Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effecters) : https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/control-of-revolutionary-aircraft-with-novel-effecters-proposers-day I thought we needed a...

Blackjack will develop and demonstrate a low earth orbit constellation that provides global persistent coverage.

DARPA has selected the Silent Falcon UAV to test the feasibility of remotely charging an aircraft with a laser for its Stand-off Ubiquitous Power/Energy Replenishment - Power Beaming Demo (SUPER PBD) programme. The Silent Falcon is scheduled to begin testing in January 2019 with the aim of...

http://www.darpa.mil/program/multi-azimuth-defense-fast-intercept-round-engagement-system

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"The World of 2020 According to DARPA" by Patrick Tucker March 26, 2015 Source: http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/03/world-2020-according-darpa/108517/

"Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Develop Miniaturized Inertial Navigation System for DARPA" PR Newswire Northrop Grumman Corporation June 5, 2014 8:30 AM Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/northrop-grumman-awarded-contract-develop-123000677.html

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-internets-save-the-date-a-tiny-item-in-a-ucla-stu-898064971 http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-arpanet-1969-1989-in-one-gif-1258090851

http://youtu.be/aAxpJNI5u4Q Source: http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2012/06/26.aspx

DARPA Experimental Aircraft Program to Develop the Next Generation of Vertical Flight February 25, 2013 Higher speeds, increased efficiency, elegant designs are the focus of new VTOL X-Plane One of the greatest challenges of the past half century for aerodynamics engineers has been how...

Paging Mr. David Mace, Paging Mr. Greg Bear. Via Slashdot: DARPA wants to dot ocean floor with network of robotic pods that can spy, explore (NETWORKWORLD) http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/01/11.aspx...