ORLANDO, Fla. — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a $16 million contract to continue work ...

Currently, nitric acid—a crucial chemical for weapons production—must be synthesized from ammonia, tying the United States to ...

One of DARPA’s latest projects is set to reshape the future of aviation for the US Armed forces - the SPRINT X-Plane program.

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems' (LON: BA) FAST Labs™ research, ...

With the release of the Federal Aviation Administration’s rules for the routine use of small unmanned aircraft, the commercial drone industry is finally ready for takeoff. As unmanned aerials systems ...

DARPA has announced the start of the Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics (FENCE) program, which is designed to make computer vision cameras more efficient by mimicking how the human ...

The nature of war continues to evolve through the 21st century with conflict zones shifting from jungles and deserts to coastal cities. Not to mention the rapidly increasing commercial availability of ...

A new program by the defense agency that helped develop stealth technology and GPS aims to measure and predict how human teams perform together and improve training with scientific tools. The Defense ...

UPDATE: DARPA responded to a request from Fusion that “brain-neural interfaces” have not yet been implanted in soldiers, though test devices have been implanted in the brains of volunteers already ...

It took four decades for Fred Downs to be able to pinch himself with his left hand. Or open a jar. Or turn a key in the front door of his Virginia home. Downs now sports a new prosthetic arm funded by ...

As the government agency responsible for much of the nation’s cutting-edge research, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been at the forefront of technologies such as the Internet and ...

The Defense Department’s main advanced research arm is on the outermost edge of technological progress and needs to ensure its work is protected from malicious eyes and foreign interference. The ...