BBN Technologies won a contract from the DARPA to develop network monitoring software. See a press release here. Under the contract as part of the Scalable Network Monitoring program, BBN Technologies will work to build software that will adjust to the size of the network to monitor for attacks and inspect use. [...]

DARPA awarded CombiMatrix a contract to conduct basic research into their core technologies. See a press release here. The contract is worth up to $250 K. CombiMatrix works with molecules to develop detection systems for things like bio and chemical weapons. The technology also has commercial applications. DoD has put [...]

DARPA invested with Northrop-Grumman to develop smart binoculars. See this short note here. The advanced ones will increase the Field of View (FOV), allowing soldiers and sailors to see more of the area. This should provide quicker detection of possible threats. One would think with the fact that these types of [...]

The DARPA and US Army awarded a follow-on contract to UltraCell for continued work on hydrogen fuel cell systems to power military hardware. See an article here. The UltraCell process utilizes methanol and converts it into hydrogen to provide electricity. The current system is used to provide power for laptops, but UltraCell [...]

AeroVironment won follow-on work from DARPA to continue development of a micro UAV. See the story here. The goal is to make an aircraft that mimics flying insects. The contract is for a Nano Air Vehicle. AeroVironment had won the Phase I of the project and this will continue into Phase [...]

Boeing was awarded a $3.8 M contract by DARPA to begin development of a ultra-high endurance unmanned aircraft. Boeing teamed with a British company, QinetiQ Ltd., for the program. The Vulture will be an aircraft that can loiter for years and carry a payload. It would then be activated when necessary. [...]

Boeing added SAIC and Ford to the team they have established to bid on the development contract for the JLTV. See an article here. The JLTV will replace the HUMVEE and other light tactical vehicles.

Sun Microsystems was awarded a contract from DARPA to look at increasing the speed of processing by hooking chips up with light rather then printed circuit boards. The press release is here. The contract is worth $44 M and is supposed to look at increasing speed and reliability while reducing cost. DARPA, [...]

Orbital Systems won a contract from DARPA for research with the F6 satellite program. See the press release here. DARPA is trying to develop, through this program, a more flexible way of linking modules of space craft to allow greater flexibility in their configuration.