DARPA

Seeking bigger piece of Pentagon pie: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency brings its menu of wants to NC

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Sep 27, 2023

Last week, Dan Barkin of Business North Carolina attended an event in Greensboro held by DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. This is the agency that helped give birth to the Internet, and GPS and stealth technology. Its mission, in the aftermath of the Sputnik surprise 66 years ago next week, has been to help revolutionary technology become reality and ensure our military stays ahead of our adversaries. So how might DARPA benefit North Carolina?

Have an idea to pitch the Pentagon? Here’s your chance, says Business NC

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Sep 7, 2023

DARPA, the military research agency behind more than six decades of technological breakthroughs, is holding an all-day regional event in Greensboro in two weeks. It is a big opportunity for companies and academic researchers in our state’s defense innovation community who need funding help. Here’s a preview.

World records, drone surveillance systems and falling upwards

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Dec 26, 2019

After spending nearly five years as Duke’s first Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program manager, Jeffrey Krolik, Duke University professor of electrical and computer engineering, talks about the position, the projects he managed and what he took away from the experience.

DARPA awards BAE Systems $9.2M contract for RF machine learning program

Posted by WRAL News | Nov 27, 2018

DARPA has awarded BAE Systems, which has facilities in Durham, a $9.2M contract to use machine learning to help decipher the ever-growing number of radio frequency signals.

Food, agriculture security of ‘paramount importance’ to US, Pentagon researcher says

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Apr 25, 2018

Why is the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency interested in agriculture? National security.

RTI International launches spinout to commercialize breakthrough camera tech

Posted by WRAL News | Mar 27, 2018

RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, has launched a new spin-out venture company, SWIR Vision Systems Inc., to commercialize breakthrough infrared camera technology developed at RTI for applications in the industrial machine vision, security systems, agricultural, automotive, and other global imaging markets.