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Steven Walker: DARPA to Leverage Funding Boost to Back Hypersonic Tech Development

Steven Walker: DARPA to Leverage Funding Boost to Back Hypersonic Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Steven Walker: DARPA to Leverage Funding Boost to Back Hypersonic Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
Steven Walker

Steven Walker, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has said the budget increase would help DARPA advance the development of new technology platforms designed to build up deterrence and homeland defense capabilities amid competition with countries such as Russia and China, DoD News reported Thursday.

Walker, a 2018 Wash100 recipient, said DARPA has begun development work on hypersonic platforms and expects to begin flight tests in 2019.

“We did receive a budget increase at DARPA and some of the services to do more in hypersonics,” Walker said Thursday at the Defense Writers’ Group in Washington.

“I don’t think we got all we wanted, but it was a good first step.”

Walker, who officially assumed his post in November 2017, also noted about DARPA’s development efforts in the areas of artificial intelligence, laser technology, advanced electronics and biological technologies, the report added.

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Written by Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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