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  • DARPA Seeks Info on RF Power Beaming Tech for Small UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks Info on RF Power Beaming Tech for Small UAS

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Tactical Technology Office issued a request for information as part of its plan to explore the use of radio frequency power beaming and relay in small unmanned aerial systems. The project is part of DARPA’s Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay program, which aims to enhance energy distribution and performance in […] More

  • ECS Lands Spot on $204M DARPA Tactical Technology Office Support IDIQ; Tim Wilde Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS Lands Spot on $204M DARPA Tactical Technology Office Support IDIQ; Tim Wilde Comments

    ASGN‘s ECS division has secured a position on a potential five-year, $204 million contract to provide  technical engineering, financial and programmatic services to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Tactical Technology Office. ECS said Tuesday it aims to help DARPA TTO implement enterprise technology platform, as well as conceptualize and execute programs across the ground, air, space and maritimes domains. “We are […] More

  • DARPA Tactical Technology Office to Host Proposers' Day on Disruptive Warfare Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Tactical Technology Office to Host Proposers’ Day on Disruptive Warfare Tech

    An office within the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a virtual proposers’ day to disseminate information on investment plans under the Disruptive Capabilities for Future Warfare broad agency announcement. DARPA said Friday its Tactical Technology Office seeks to discover and exhibit the use of unorthodox, alternative approaches and technologies that are intended to disrupt traditional warfighting […] More

  • DARPA Seeks New Tools, Concepts to Secure DoD Space Systems, Satellites - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Seeks New Tools, Concepts to Secure DoD Space Systems, Satellites

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Tactical Technology Office has issued a request of information on cybersecurity tools and methods for the Defense Department’s national security space systems and low-Earth orbit satellite networks. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says DARPA seeks new platforms to secure space information systems built to collect, store, process and transmit national security […] More

  • DARPA to Hold OpFires Program Event for Potential Bidders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Hold OpFires Program Event for Potential Bidders

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct an information drive for parties interested to participate in a program that seeks a ground-launched weapon system that can utilize different payloads. DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office will sponsor a Proposers Day to detail the objectives of the OpFires program ahead of a planned broad agency announcement, DARPA said through a […] More

  • 4 Companies Get Contract Modifications to Extend DARPA Tactical Tech Program Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    4 Companies Get Contract Modifications to Extend DARPA Tactical Tech Program Support

    Four companies have received a combined $13.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to extend support services for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s tactical technology office. Booz Allen Hamilton, ManTech International‘s SRS Technologies subsidiary, Centra Technology and Schafer will continue to provide technical, programmatic, financial and administrative support to TTO programs, the Defense Department said Tuesday. […] More

  • DARPA Picks 3 Industry Teams to Develop Counter-Small UAS Approaches - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Picks 3 Industry Teams to Develop Counter-Small UAS Approaches

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded contracts to three industry teams to develop methods to counter small unmanned aircraft systems. DARPA said Thursday teams led by Dynetics, Saab‘s defense and security business unit and SRC will develop counter-sUAS approaches under the first phase of the Mobile Force Protection program. The contracts were awarded one year […] More

  • DARPA Eyes Public-Private Partnership for Robotic Space Servicing Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Eyes Public-Private Partnership for Robotic Space Servicing Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking at potential public-private partnerships to advance the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program, which pushes to enable robotic support for geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites within five years. DARPA said Friday RSGS looks to create a commercially owned and operated robotic servicing vehicle with an agency-built toolkit to be integrated with a privately-made spacecraft. The […] More

  • DARPA to Hold Proposers Day for Military Tech Systems Ideas; Brad Tousley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Hold Proposers Day for Military Tech Systems Ideas; Brad Tousley Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Tactical Technology Office will hold a proposers day on April 20 and 21 to discuss ways to develop new military technology systems and seek potential contributors. DARPA said Wednesday it is searching for ideas in agile development, autonomous or cooperative unmanned systems, weapons, power and propulsion proposals for ground, maritime, air and space systems to assist in military […] More

  • DARPA to Host Proposers' Day for 'Gremlins' UAS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Proposers’ Day for ‘Gremlins’ UAS Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Tactical Technology Office plans to unveil information on its Gremlins program during a Proposers’ Day from Sept. 24 to 25. A notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps said registration is open through Sept. 18. According to DARPA, the Gremlins program aims to utilize small unmanned aircraft systems for coordinated support during distributed U.S. military […] More

  • Bill Toti: Cubic Subsidiary to Help DARPA Build Virtual Testing Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Toti: Cubic Subsidiary to Help DARPA Build Virtual Testing Platform

    A Cubic subsidiary has been awarded a potential 33-month, $5 million contract to develop a testbed for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to evaluate technologies for infantry use. Intific is part of Cubic’s global defense segment and will build the testing platform in support of the agency’s Squad X Core Technologies project, Cubic […] More