New Video Shows Military Manta Ray Drone, VR Plays a Role
23 Sep 2022, 07:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman releases a new video and sheds a bit more light on DARPA's Manta Ray project, VR could play a role
DARPA Sends the RACER Fleet Vehicles on a New Series of Field Tests on Rougher Terrain
22 Sep 2022, 20:31 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / The aim of these new field tests it to see if the RACERs can keep up with human driven vehicles in realistic situations at higher speeds
VTOLs Are Not Even Here Yet, And DARPA Already Wants More Advanced Ones
13 Sep 2022, 06:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA's AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY X-Plane program aims to come up with the next gen military VTOLs
DARPA Working on Ground Effect Military Seaplane, Calls It Liberty Lifter
23 May 2022, 07:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Last week, DARPA releases a few limited details on a ground effect military seaplane it calls Liberty Lifter, short video in tow
DARPA Space-Bound Nuclear Thermal Engine to Fly on Demo Rocket in 2026
9 May 2022, 11:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA pushes the first flight of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) nuclear rocket engine to 2026
Mechanical, Militarized Manta Rays Could Soon Roam Earth’s Oceans
30 Apr 2022, 04:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA is presently trying to get a sense of what a manta ray-shaped underwater drone might be like, two companies are working on prototypes
Glide Breaker Hypersonic Weapons Killer Looking to Start Wind Tunnel and Flight Testing
18 Apr 2022, 07:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA announced this month it is moving ahead with its Glide Breaker hypersonic weapons killer, looking for ideas for wind tunnel and flight tests
Air-Breathing Hypersonic Weapon Concept Hits Mach 5, Survives
6 Apr 2022, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA and American defense contractors successfully fly the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) at five times the speed of sound
Modified Black Hawk Helicopter Flies by Itself for the First Time
9 Feb 2022, 01:35 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / DARPA and Sikorsky have successfully flown a modified UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with no humans on board for the first time
DARPA Wants AI Assistants in Black Hawks, First One Called OCARINA
1 Feb 2022, 15:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA and Northrop Grumman working on an AI-powered personal assistant for UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilots, project in prototype stage
DARPA’s Polaris RZRs Getting Ready for First Field Test as Autonomous Combat Vehicles
18 Jan 2022, 13:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA getting ready for the first major field test of the Polaris RZR-based Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program
DARPA’s Manta Ray Underwater Drones Enter Phase 2, Demo Vehicles on the Way
27 Dec 2021, 10:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Northrop Grumman and Martin Defense Group tasked with creating two full-scale demonstration vehicles of the Manta Ray underwater drone
C-130 Hercules Aircraft Catches DARPA Gremlins Drone Mid-Air
6 Nov 2021, 05:38 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / DARPA has successfully demonstrated the recovery of a Gremlins drone, retrieving it with a C-130 Hercules aircraft in flight
DARPA Looking for High-Tech Dust to Throw Into the Enemy’s Eyes
18 Oct 2021, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA launches the Coded Visibility program aiming to develop new obscurants and ways to use them on the battlefields of the world
Hellish CERBERUS Robots Win DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge by Sneaking Underground
29 Sep 2021, 07:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The DARPA Subterranean Challenge concluded not long ago, and the winner was just announced as being the CERBERUS team of robots
Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Weapon Launched for the First Time, It's American
28 Sep 2021, 11:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first flight test of the American Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept was conducted at an undisclosed time, rocket worked perfectly
NASA Sends Autonomous Robots to Compete in Extreme Underground Environments
24 Sep 2021, 19:29 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / NASA's JPL-led Team CoSTAR is participating in DARPA's Subterranean Challenge, a competition where autonomous robots have to face extreme underground scenarios
Autonomous Robots to Run Amok in Huge Kentucky Limestone Mine in September
16 Aug 2021, 09:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The finals of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge (SubT) to take place at the Louisville Mega Cavern, but also online for a number of teams
Meet LEO Coupe: an Electric Flying Hypercar that Belongs in a Sci-Fi Movie
5 Aug 2021, 14:54 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Powered by a DARPA-funded propulsion system, LEO Coupe is a flying car that promises to reach a top speed of 250 mph (402 kph).
DARPA Wants Stealth Autonomous Vehicles to Navigate in Darkness and Underground
29 Jul 2021, 11:11 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / DARPA is working on a groundbreaking project that could ditch the traditional headlights and sensors for autonomous vehicles, in order to make them stealthier.