Raytheon wins DARPA contract for tethered drone defense of commercial shipping

Raytheon (RTX) was selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a new sensing and targeting ...
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Two-year flight delay for DARPA X-plane that steers with air bursts

An experimental DARPA plane that would steer using bursts of air is expected to have its first flight in late 2027, more than two years later than originally planned, after the program was paused and ...
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DARPA Announces “Lift Challenge,” Seeking Drone Designs With High Payload-To-Weight Ratios

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) issued a challenge, the DARPA Lift Challenge, in October 2025 to develop novel drone designs that have greater payload-to-weight ratio. DARPA, which ...
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BAE Systems to advance autonomous space-based surveillance technology for DARPA

NASHUA, N.H., Dec. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems' (LON: BA) FAST Labs™ research, development, and production organization ...
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Underwater 3D Printing of Concrete Ready for DARPA Assessment

Since it was invented in the 1980s, 3D printing has moved from the laboratory to the factory, the home and even outer ...