The requirements are unusual – complex structures with multiple levels and ideally covering “several city blocks”. Oh yeah, and they need to be underground. That’s the “urgent” call DARPA issued this week to private company and university-managed underground tunnels. And it’s got lots of people freaked out.
Tag: DARPA
Next year, DARPA will put powerful laser weapons on aircraft to defend against rearward enemy attacks
DARPA (United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $9.5 million contract for the third and final phase of the DARPA Aero-Adaptive/Aero-Optic Beam Control (ABC) program. The intent of the “ABC” program is to provide rearward protection of U.S. aircraft using high-energy lasers, which is no easy feat given the rear…
Several independent witnesses reporting a slow moving, silent triangular UFO flying over the town of Amherst, Mass.
The residents of Amherst, Massachusetts are baffled by what several separate witnesses described as a roughly diamond-shaped or triangular UFO spotted travelling over the town on the night of January 8, 2013 between 5:00 and 7:00 PM. Consistent witnesses reports describe a triangular object that was about 30-40 foot long and lit with dim white…
DARPA working on 100Gb wireless network with fiber-like speed
DARPA is working on an airborne wireless network that can drive data bandwidth at fiber-optic network speeds – a blazing 100 gigabits per second. The effort, called the 100 Gigabit-per-second RF Backbone (aka 100G), seeks to do more than just overcome the physics that limit current radio-based data connections. The 100G initiative is searching for…
DARPA expanding foam used to stop internal bleeding
DARPA funded researchers have developed a new type of expandable foam that can stop internal bleeding long enough to get the soldier off the battlefield and into surgery. The foam chemical is injected into the chest as two separate chemicals. When the chemicals come into contact with each other, they expand, molding itself around internal…