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Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 John Keller	DARPA sets sights on improving analog-to-digital conversion The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for proposals that more effectively find the useful information content embedded in a complex radio-frequency environment and directly measure it in a concentrated form.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 John Keller	DARPA takes another look at improving machine learning Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are approaching the software industry about a research project to advance the state of the art in computer learning.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John Keller	Persistent Surveillance with UAV-Mounted Infrared Sensors is Goal of DARPA ARGUS-IR Program Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are asking industry to develop staring infrared sensors able to provide long-term persistent surveillance from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 John Keller	DARPA Scientists Seek Next Generation of Wireless Data Networking DARPA wants to take research to the next level by developing a revolutionary mobile ad-hoc network prototype that improves effective performance by an order of magnitude or more relative to the current state of the art.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 John Keller	DARPA Seeks to Push State of the Art in Emissive Micro-Displays for Moving 3D Images Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are asking industry for revolutionary advances in high-resolution affordable emissive micro-displays (EMDs) for dynamic holography.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John Keller	UUV Mothership to Deploy Intelligence-Gathering Unmanned Underwater Vehicles in Development by SAIC U.S. Navy researchers are developing an autonomous submarine that gathers military intelligence information in coastal waters and harbors by deploying and operating small unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005 John Keller	Editor's Notebook: Darpa Details Requirements for High-Energy Diode-Laser Initiative The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is moving ahead with a program to develop a 100-kilowatt weapons-grade diode laser capable of destroying military targets.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 John Keller	Army kicks off project to fit helmet-mounted displays with multispectral imagers The project is to enable soldiers to navigate and rapidly engage targets in total darkness and in the presence of battlefield obscurants by displaying a fused image across the entire field of view.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010 John Keller	DARPA Seeks to Develop Optics for Space-Based Video Surveillance System Astronomers plan to develop a large, diffractive optics membrane and communications equipment for a geosynchronous orbit-based telescope, which is to be part of a space-based video surveillance system.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010 John Keller	DARPA Eyes Foliage-Penetrating Radar Signal Processing Workstation to Detect Infantry Moving in Forests Radar signal processing experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are asking industry to develop a data-processing workstation to help pinpoint concentrations of foot soldiers moving in thick forests and other dense foliage.
National Defense January 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Navy's Long-Endurance Underwater Drone to Begin Deep-Ocean Navigation The system has been in the works for years. It is being designed as an underwater vehicle that can travel across oceans for long periods of time without refueling.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006	Unattended Ground Sensors After several decades of rather obscure awareness in military operations, the use of passive sensors for remote battlefield applications is becoming more popular... Ground surveillance sensors... Future combat systems... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 Annie Turner	QinetiQ Wins DARPA Contract to Explore New Sensors The LACOSTE program will investigate using first-of-their-kind sensors, like lensless imaging, to provide persistent tactical surveillance and precision tracking capabilities.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John Keller	DHS Heads-up Initiative to Develop Revolutionary Homeland Security Technologies The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Washington is asking industry for revolutionary technologies to improve homeland security missions and operations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010 John Keller	Extreme-Field-of-View Surveillance Imaging Technology is Goal of DARPA FDOS Program The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is asking industry to develop high-resolution 3D imaging technology with wide field of view and depth of field for use in reconnaissance and surveillance applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007 John Keller	DARPA seeks to create lightweight fisheye optical imaging sensor with 120-degree field The idea is to demonstrate a focal plane array integrated on a hemispherical surface that will enable high-performance imagers that are smaller and with wider fields of view than are available today.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007 John Keller	DARPA program to develop computer system to forecast wars and other political instability The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks industry's ideas on developing an advanced computer system (called the Integrated Crisis Early Warning System, or ICEWS) that is able to predict global wars and other political instability.
National Defense September 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	As Technology Matures, New Roles Emerge for Underwater Drones While unmanned underwater vehicle technology is advancing, it is not maturing as quickly as UAVs.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Northrop Grumman Develops New Capability for Harbor Surveillance Engineers at Northrop Grumman's Navigation and Space Sensors division in Woodland Hills, Calif., plan to enhance maritime security in major ports across the nation with their new harbor defense system.
Popular Mechanics December 15, 2009 Amber Angelle	New Underwater Explorers Go Where Scientists Can't Engineers have created new ways to do ocean research and solve environmental and biologic problems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010 John Keller	DARPA Launches RATS Program for Advanced Speech-Recognition Algorithms in Noisy Conditions Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are launching a program to develop speech transcription, translation, and, speech signal processing technologies that function effectively in noisy places to support intelligence gathering.
PC Magazine October 2, 2007 John Brandon	Future Watch: This Room is Bugged For the most covert spy operations, the U.S. government is planning to create cyborg insects with micro-scopic sensors, video surveillance cameras, and global positioning systems to aid the Department of Defense.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John Keller	DARPA NAV Program Seeks to Make Insect-like Surveillance UAVs a Reality U.S. military researchers are kicking off a project to develop an unmanned aerial vehicle called the nano air vehicle, which is roughly the size of a dragonfly, to perform covert surveillance and reconnaissance missions in important and dangerous areas.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2007 John Keller	DARPA eyes sniper scope that compensates for crosswinds The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is asking the electro-optics industry to design a sniper rifle targeting scope that helps compensate for crosswinds and enables the sniper to hit the target with his first shot.
National Defense November 2014 Valerie Insinna	Motherships May Overwhelm Future Adversaries With Robot Hordes Military agencies and defense contractors have created design concepts and fledgling programs that embody Hydra's survivability and versatility
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 John Keller	DARPA Researchers Set Sights on Future Stratospheric Surveillance Airship Officials are moving ahead with a plan to develop a high-altitude surveillance airship with a structure that integrates several different sensor systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 Hans Kobler	From DARPA to Main Street Technologies developed for Homeland Security are moving into the public sector.
National Defense May 2012 Eric Beidel	Underwater Vehicles Take on Jellyfish Form Biologists and engineers have built an underwater vehicle that looks and swims like a jellyfish in response to the Navy's desire to create a network of underwater sensors that could move like animals in the ocean.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010 John Keller	Navy Researchers to Develop Collision-Avoidance for UAVs to Operate in Civil Airspace U.S. Navy researchers are asking industry to develop a collision avoidance system to enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to operate in civil airspace without the risk of crashing into other aircraft.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008 John Keller	DARPA seeks proposals on photonic delays as a building block for optical computing Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are trying to find compact, robust ways to control the flow of photons in future applications of optical computing.
National Defense June 2009 Matthew Rusling	Gliders Will Aid Naval Research The Navy will acquire underwater gliders to boost its oceanographic research efforts and to help improve the positioning of fleets during naval maneuvers.
National Defense January 2004 Geoff S. Fein	Pentagon Widens Search for New Technologies The Defense Department is expanding its search for new technologies beyond traditional industries and government agencies. Among the areas of interest are technologies to help detect and protect against chemical or biological attacks.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008	DARPA Looks to Sensors Unlimited to Develop Next-Generation Night-Vision Technology The night-vision sensor technology will be for helmet-mounted and micro vehicle applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006	DARPA selects Raytheon to Develop Secure Enterprise Network The award also calls for Raytheon to maintain and transition DARPA's existing networks to meet future requirements, which could potentially bring the contract value to more than $57 million.
National Defense June 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Underwater Drone Manufacturers Eye New Power Technologies Experts agree that the future of unmanned underwater vehicles is bright, with more investment expected from both the government and commercial sector. However, power generation continues to be a conundrum for engineers.
National Defense January 2011 Eric Beidel	Fish Provide Clues To Underwater Detection Issues At its recent science and technology conference, the Office of Naval Research called upon industry for validation that fish could point the way forward for underwater sensors.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 John Keller	DARPA Launches Sandblaster Helicopter Avionics Program Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are launching a helicopter avionics program called Sandblaster to help pilots fly safely in zero-visibility conditions such as dust, fog, rain, and snow.
IEEE Spectrum March 2005 Philip E. Ross	Waiting and Waiting For the Next Killer Wave A tsunami alarm for the Indian Ocean may be worth the cost, but can it retain public support over the long haul?
National Defense September 2013 Dan Parsons	Bigger Brains, Better Batteries Will Enable New Missions For Robotic Submarines As the Navy takes on a larger role in national security strategy following the conclusion of two land wars, unmanned underwater vehicles may have another shot at becoming a technology favored in future budgets.
Defense Update Issue 2, 2005	Surveillance Systems for Perimeter Defense A variety of surveillance systems are employed to maintain perimeter security around military bases.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006	Navy Navigates Unmanned Undersea Vehicle with Lockheed Martin Sensor Under a $10.6 million contract, Lockheed Martin engineers will integrate a sensor array capable of 3D obstacle detection and classification, VHF communication, and 3D bathymetry into the Navy's Advanced Development Unmanned Undersea Vehicle.
National Defense July 2013 Stew Magnuson	Battlefield Sensors Continue To Make Technological Leaps Hyperspectral and wide-area surveillance sensors are two examples of technologies that military leaders have touted as success stories.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006 John McHale	DARPA Asks Raytheon to Develop Football-Field-Size Radar for Future Surveillance Airship The goal of the Integrated Sensor is Structure program is to develop a stratospheric airship-based autonomous unmanned sensor with years of persistence in surveillance and tracking of aircraft and ground forces.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Unmanned vehicles: one of the hottest technologies going Unmanned air, ground, and underwater vehicles are finding important new niches in military and aerospace applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009	Naval Oceanographic and Military Weather Signal Processing Job Goes to General Dynamics General Dynamics won a $22.2 million contract to deliver the company's NITES-Next ocean and weather intelligence processing software.
National Defense March 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Navy's Acquisition Methods Slow Down Deployment of Undersea Robots The Navy recently experienced sticker shock when estimates for a robotic mine-hunting vehicle came in at more than $12 million apiece, or 51 percent higher than expected.
InternetNews March 28, 2007 Clint Boulton	CSI:IBM IBM spruces up its digital video surveillance system with analytics.
National Defense October 2012 Eric Beidel	Scientists Developing Sub-Tracking Sea Drone The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a contract to McLean, Va.-based Science Applications International Corp. to develop an unmanned vessel that can track these subs for months at a time over thousands of kilometers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John Keller	Multi-Sensor Fusion Hits the Mainstream Once considered as futuristic, difficult, and elusive, multi-sensor fusion is coming into its own as a standard approach of processing signals from a wide variety of sensors, and making sense of incomplete and sketchy sensor data.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2006 John McHale	Robots Are Fearless The U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems program will integrate unmanned ground vehicles into a future force. Autonomous ground vehicles promise to be a major paradigm shift in ground warfare.