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In May 2024, DARPA selected Aurora's design to continue development with an $8.3 million contract modification. DARPA said they expect a flying prototype to be fielded by late 2027 or early 2028. Aurora's design uses a traditional flying boat airframe, with a single hull and high wings that angle down at the ends, with floats on the wingtips ...
In April 2021, DARPA announced the start of DRACO by awarding 18-month Phase 1 contracts to General Atomics for the nuclear reactor concept design ($22 million), and to Blue Origin ($2.5 million) and Lockheed Martin ($2.9 million) for their competing operation system and demonstration system concept designs. [19] [20]
DARPA is independent of other military research and development and reports directly to senior Department of Defense management. DARPA comprises approximately 220 government employees in six technical offices, including nearly 100 program managers, who together oversee about 250 research and development programs. [8]
Worth $198.4 million in total, the contracts ranged in value by a factor of 10 -- from as much as $80 million to as little as $7.7 million. Yet it was that very smallest of DARPA Hires Pfizer to ...
Foremost, Gompert said, the page is a place for teachers to share opportunities. "When I was a new teacher, I taught for years before I learned of non-mandatory professional development (PD ...
On Wednesday, RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) said Raytheon has secured a three-year, two-phase contract from DARPA to develop foundational ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors. These will be based on ...
Airborne Launch Assist Space Access, or DARPA ALASA is a canceled program of the US defense technology agency DARPA "designed to produce a rocket capable of launching a 100-pound satellite into low Earth orbit for less than $1 million." [1] The program was conceived, then announced in 2011, and funded development work began in 2012. The project ...
The Blackjack program was started by DARPA in 2017, [1] with contracts awarded in 2020. The Blackjack constellation will replace or complement larger systems such as Misty and KH-11 . These new orbiters will be cheaper, more numerous and with shorter lifespans than existing systems.