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DARPA's mission is to prevent and create strategic technological surprise by maintaining the technological superiority of the U.S. The Agency sponsors revolutionary, high-payoff research bridging the gap between fundamental discoveries and their military use.

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11/17/2022

Check out our latest episode for questions and ANSRs with one of our new program managers.

Dr. Alvaro Velasquez oversees the Assured Neuro Symbolic Learning and Reasoning (ANSR) program and discusses his ideas about removing barriers to applying AI to particular military challenges.

For links to the full episode, visit: https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-11-17

The DARPA Triage Challenge aims to facilitate scalable, timely and accurate medical triage. The $7 million challenge tas...
11/16/2022

The DARPA Triage Challenge aims to facilitate scalable, timely and accurate medical triage. The $7 million challenge tasks performers with identifying physiological signatures of traumatic injury. https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-11-16

We’re thrilled to announce a new ideation opportunity for innovative adult learning solutions. AI Tools for Adult Learni...
11/03/2022

We’re thrilled to announce a new ideation opportunity for innovative adult learning solutions. AI Tools for Adult Learning will award a total of $750,000 to winning concepts. Submit your abstract by Dec. 18.

We're seeking your innovative ideas for tools or technologies to enhance learning and skills development among adults. We're especially interested in surfacing ideas that leverage intelligent tutoring to allow adult learners to self-direct learning and develop critical skills.

Technologists, researchers, students, teachers, and creators of digital learning platforms or cutting-edge AI techniques are invited to participate. By doing so, you will gain access to a network of experts and receive feedback and technical support.

Send your questions to [email protected], and visit our webpage for more information on how to participate: toolscompetition.org/DARPA

11/02/2022

Imagine a Black Hawk flying missions itself -- relieving pilots or keeping them out of harm’s way for certain tasks, like delivering supplies or evacuating casualties. DARPA’s ALIAS program with Sikorsky just demonstrated that.

Though today’s  technology is useful, it lacks certain capabilities to keep our nation and allies safe. This week we ann...
10/31/2022

Though today’s technology is useful, it lacks certain capabilities to keep our nation and allies safe. This week we announced AI Forward, our upcoming initiative for reimagining the future of AI for national security. Stay tuned as we share more details in the coming months! You can also watch our Information Innovation Office director’s announcement here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyH-AyV3-VM

10/28/2022

It was a pleasure to host the Department of Defense's Chief Technology Officer, Ms. Heidi Shyu, at our conference this week at the Georgia Institute of Technology. For those who missed it, you can watch Ms. Shyu’s replay here:

Today at , inaugural ARPA-H Director Dr. Renee Wegrzyn shared her priorities for launching the new agency. Priority 1: H...
10/26/2022

Today at , inaugural ARPA-H Director Dr. Renee Wegrzyn shared her priorities for launching the new agency. Priority 1: Hire program managers driven to solve a burning challenge in health. Learn more at [email protected].

Day 2 of DARPA Forward  is about to begin! We’re enjoying meeting all of you, including our DARPA Risers, who presented ...
10/26/2022

Day 2 of DARPA Forward is about to begin! We’re enjoying meeting all of you, including our DARPA Risers, who presented their research on innovative technologies to benefit national security. More on how you can join future events here: https://forward.darpa.mil/

10/25/2022

T minus 2 hours until we begin our next event at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Ms. Heidi Shyu, will kick off a packed agenda featuring experts on topics such as pandemic preparedness, cybersecurity, and more. Learn more about DARPA Forward and how you can join future events here: https://forward.darpa.mil/

DARPA’s Ceres Seeds a New Approach to Soil Remediation. Learn how the agency plans to use synthetic plant-root (rhizosph...
10/13/2022

DARPA’s Ceres Seeds a New Approach to Soil Remediation. Learn how the agency plans to use synthetic plant-root (rhizosphere) microbial communities to clean up contaminated soil. https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-10-13a

The 2022 Global Satellite Servicing Forum, the DARPA-originated  consortium’s annual event, is Oct. 19-20. In-space serv...
10/12/2022

The 2022 Global Satellite Servicing Forum, the DARPA-originated consortium’s annual event, is Oct. 19-20. In-space servicing and manufacturing stakeholders will discuss in-space lessons learned and their work toward achieving common technical and safety standards to extend satellite utility, resilience, & reliability. Learn more and register at https://www.satelliteconfers.org/gssf/

Our new Optomechanical Thermal Imaging program seeks to enable quantum-level IR detection at room temperature. If succes...
09/02/2022

Our new Optomechanical Thermal Imaging program seeks to enable quantum-level IR detection at room temperature. If successful it would revolutionize battlefield surveillance, night vision, and terrestrial & space imaging plus many commercial applications: https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-09-02

Calling early career scientists & engineers passionate about pushing tech limits: We announced our new DARPA Innovation ...
08/31/2022

Calling early career scientists & engineers passionate about pushing tech limits: We announced our new DARPA Innovation Fellowship at . Fellows will manage a portfolio of high-impact, exploratory research to identify next breakthrough tech for DoD.

More: https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-08-31

08/24/2022

Time is ticking!

Have you registered yet to participate in our AI for Critical Mineral Assessment Competition? Join us as we work to accelerate the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) critical mineral assessments using and . No mineral experience is required.

Registration for the first challenge, Map Georeferencing, closes on Aug. 26.

Be sure to look out for our next challenge Map Feature Extraction, registration for which opens September 5.

Learn more at CriticalMinerals.DARPA.mil.

Editor’s Note: Map Feature Challenge #2 was originally set for August 29. It has since moved to the September date above.

According to a 2020 Military Health System (MHS) report, frostbite was the most common type of cold injury among active ...
08/16/2022

According to a 2020 Military Health System (MHS) report, frostbite was the most common type of cold injury among active component service members across all 4 services.

DARPA’s new Ice Control for cold Environments (ICE) program aims to leverage biological adaptations to cold environments to develop novel biologically sourced and inspired materials for the prevention of frostbite and to advance anti-icing approaches for DoD applications.
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-08-16

08/15/2022

It’s competition time!

DARPA’s AI for Critical Mineral Assessment Competition will explore the potential of machine learning and artificial intelligence tools and techniques to accelerate data- and model-based critical mineral assessments.

We’ve partnered with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to accelerate critical mineral assessments using artificial intelligence. Critical minerals are an essential part the U.S. supply chain. Without them, we’d lose the ability to manufacture a multitude of defense, high-tech, and other important products. Some examples include rare earth minerals in our electric motors and generators, and carbon fiber used for airplanes.

The Energy Act of 2020 called for the USGS to assess all critical mineral resources in the United States. Using traditional techniques, assessing all 50 critical minerals would proceed too slowly to address present-day supply chain needs.

The competition will include two, independent challenges. Winners will receive cash prizes for first, second and third place, respectively.

Registration for part 1 is NOW open through Aug. 26.

Registration for part 2 opens August 29 and ends September 9.

Learn more and register at CriticalMinerals.darpa.mil.

In today’s Voices from DARPA episode, DARPA Director Dr. Stefanie Tompkins & colleagues from MIT and the U.S. Space Forc...
08/11/2022
Voices from DARPA

In today’s Voices from DARPA episode, DARPA Director Dr. Stefanie Tompkins & colleagues from MIT and the U.S. Space Force discuss the agency’s upcoming DARPA Forward regional event series & how best to engage with us. Held on leading research and development campuses throughout the United States and open to all, these conferences will connect DARPA leaders with new communities of talent and partnerships. The registration deadline is next week for the first event – on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins -- with rolling deadlines for registration at other locations taking place through December. Learn more at forward.darpa.mil and listen at:

Tap into information-packed discussions with program managers at a storied R&D organization that has been helping define our technological times.

07/21/2022

In the new Voices from DARPA episode, program manager Dr. Joshua Baron discusses the latest privacy-preserving research from his portfolio that’s aimed at helping the Department of Defense and more broadly, our society. Listen at https://blubrry.com/voices_from_darpa/87814067

Seeking to revolutionize how the Department of Defense (DoD) objectively measures individual warfighter readiness, DARPA...
07/13/2022

Seeking to revolutionize how the Department of Defense (DoD) objectively measures individual warfighter readiness, DARPA’s newest biotechnology funding opportunity aims to develop a hand-held prediction tool for warfighter physiological states based on molecular biomarkers.

The device developed under the Smart Non-invasive Assays of Physiology (SNAP) program would be readily configurable to diverse DoD needs for readiness assessment, training, and mission planning, thereby providing an individualized view into real-time warfighter performance state.

https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-07-13

06/22/2022

What do robots and babies have in common? Both learn from experience and their surroundings.

That’s why our Machine Common Sense program applies lessons from children’s cognitive development to make robotic systems more robust so they can function better in the real world. This includes walking in new/tough terrain as shown.

Learn more about the work being done by university researchers on this program: https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-22-06 (Video credit: University of California, Berkeley)

06/16/2022

The internet makes it easier/faster for adversaries to manipulate the information environment. How can we spot such attempts and understand their impacts?

In our latest Voices from DARPA podcast, we explore a new DARPA program aimed at detecting influence campaigns and analyzing their impacts with experts from Protagonist and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Listen at: https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-06-16

DARPA has selected three research teams at Rutgers University, University of Hawaii, and University of Miami to work tow...
06/15/2022

DARPA has selected three research teams at Rutgers University, University of Hawaii, and University of Miami to work toward development of comprehensive, enduring solutions to mitigate coastal flooding, erosion, and storm damage that increasingly threaten civilian and Department of Defense (DoD) infrastructure and personnel.

Despite previous efforts to implement storm mitigation solutions - including concrete breakwaters - damage due to storm surge and flooding continues to devastate coastal areas around the world. In response to these threats, DARPA has launched the Reefense program to develop self-healing, hybrid biological, and engineered reef-mimicking structures to address the challenges.

https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-06-15

Military personnel face a high risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI), resulting in debilitating long-term burden and crea...
06/02/2022

Military personnel face a high risk of traumatic brain injury (TBI), resulting in debilitating long-term burden and creating a ripple effect beyond the injured warfighters to include their families, friends and the healthcare infrastructure.

DARPA's Cornerstone program aims to develop safe and effective integrated countermeasures to prevent brain injury from blast exposure.

https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-06-02

05/26/2022

Did you know that there's more energy in the packaging of an MRE than what's in the food? In the latest episode of the Voices from DARPA (https://blubrry.com/voices_from_darpa/86059922/episode-56-the-future-of-food-meals-from-microbes), we're discussing "The Future of Food: Meals from Microbes." Listen in to hear from Dr. Molly Jahn, DSO program manager for the Cornucopia program, which seeks to enable food production on-demand and on-site. Additionally, ReSource program manager Dr. Blake Bextine and Michigan Technological University's Dr. Stephen Techtmann discuss their unique approaches to this daunting problem: turning military waste - including plastics -- into oils,lubricants, and food.

DARPA and the United States Air Force flew a Lockheed Martin hypersonic cruise missile, with an Aerojet Rocketdyne engin...
04/05/2022

DARPA and the United States Air Force flew a Lockheed Martin hypersonic cruise missile, with an Aerojet Rocketdyne engine, at speeds faster than Mach 5 for an extended period of time. The 2nd successful HAWC program flight adds a new vehicle configuration to military transition options.

https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-04-05

DARPA’s Underminer program has shown that tactical tunnel networks can be rapidly built for getting supplies to denied l...
03/31/2022

DARPA’s Underminer program has shown that tactical tunnel networks can be rapidly built for getting supplies to denied locations or rescue missions. Colorado School of Mines, GE Research and Sandia National Laboratories created technologies for underground access. http://ow.ly/gSkE50IxGiH

What if we could produce space structures on orbit w/o volume constraints imposed by launch? Our NOM4D program has selec...
03/23/2022

What if we could produce space structures on orbit w/o volume constraints imposed by launch? Our NOM4D program has selected 8 teams to explore concepts in materials science, manufacturing, and design technology to make it possible: http://ow.ly/mqBs50IqK1y

According to the White House, the United States ranks 13th worldwide in infrastructure quality. DARPA is launching a new...
03/18/2022

According to the White House, the United States ranks 13th worldwide in infrastructure quality.

DARPA is launching a new program called Bio-inspired Restoration of Aged Concrete Edifices, or BRACE, to develop technologies that impart long-lasting, self-healing capability to concrete at depths that address cracks early, to repair them, prevent their propagation, and extend the serviceability of critical infrastructure. http://ow.ly/GUKa50ImGse

Life-altering  change impacts could happen suddenly due to  system "tipping points." Our newest podcast explores a  prog...
03/14/2022

Life-altering change impacts could happen suddenly due to system "tipping points." Our newest podcast explores a program to predict such events w/ experts from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), University of Exeter, and JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Listen at: http://ow.ly/QhYl50IjbV0

Making decisions in the moment (ITM): New program seeks to quantify the alignment of algorithmic decision-makers with tr...
03/03/2022

Making decisions in the moment (ITM): New program seeks to quantify the alignment of algorithmic decision-makers with trusted human decision-makers in difficult domains where there is no agreed upon right answer. https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-03-03

We launched a program today to detect signs of depression, anxiety, or suicidal ideation earlier and more reliably than ...
03/02/2022

We launched a program today to detect signs of depression, anxiety, or suicidal ideation earlier and more reliably than ever before, hoping to counter the tragic trend in suicides since 9/11 among active duty members and veterans. https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-03-02

Are fault-tolerant quantum computers on the horizon? Our new US2QC program aims to determine if an underexplored approac...
02/22/2022

Are fault-tolerant quantum computers on the horizon? Our new US2QC program aims to determine if an underexplored approach to quantum computing is capable of achieving operation much faster than conventional predictions. http://ow.ly/R83950I1qEp

Sick of mosquitos? DARPA’s Revector program aims to precisely, safely, and efficiently reduce mosquito attraction and bi...
02/17/2022

Sick of mosquitos? DARPA’s Revector program aims to precisely, safely, and efficiently reduce mosquito attraction and biting to help maintain the health of military personnel operating in disease-endemic regions. The program is now entering its second phase with performers from Stanford University. https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-02-16

DARPA XAI (Explainable Artificial Intelligence) was the focus of a special issue of Applied AI Letters. The special issu...
02/09/2022

DARPA XAI (Explainable Artificial Intelligence) was the focus of a special issue of Applied AI Letters. The special issue is comprised of 24 articles describing XAI algorithms and model interfaces, as well as their effectiveness in improving user trust. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/26895595

It might look a little disconcerting to see a  Martin  Black Hawk helicopter flying itself...but, don't worry, we've got...
02/08/2022

It might look a little disconcerting to see a Martin Black Hawk helicopter flying itself...but, don't worry, we've got this! DARPA's ALIAS technology just enabled the first ever flight of this iconic chopper…with nobody onboard. https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-02-08

DARPA is inviting submissions of innovative research concepts for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) effort “Su...
02/07/2022

DARPA is inviting submissions of innovative research concepts for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) effort “Sustainable Reef Starters,” and seeks to develop novel carbon-neutral, durable materials to replace traditional gray infrastructure for coastal infrastructure (e.g., seawalls, artificial reefs) to both protect DoD installations and support the development of beneficial coastal ecosystems.

Additional information on the program can be found at: http://ow.ly/wo2a50HOm17.

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union (USSR) launched the first satellite ever, triggering events that led to creation of...
02/07/2022

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union (USSR) launched the first satellite ever, triggering events that led to creation of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) on February 7, 1958. Although it was well known that both the USSR and the United States were working on satellites for the international scientific collaboration known as the International Geophysical Year (an 18-month “year” from July 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958 and designed to coincide with a peak phase of the solar cycle), many in the United States never fathomed that the USSR would be the first into space. “Now, somehow, in some way, the sky seemed almost alien,” then-Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson recalled feeling on that night, adding that he remembered “the profound shock of realizing that it might be possible for another nation to achieve technological superiority over this great country of ours.” Ever since its establishment on February 7, 1958, ARPA—which later added the D for defense at the front of its name—has been striving to keep that technological superiority in the hands of the United States.

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