News

Darpa-Backed Startup Seeks $70 Million to Join AI Chip Goldrush – Bloomberg Law News

A Silicon Valley startup backed by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking at least $70 million more from investors in its …

Darpa-Backed Startup Seeks $70 Million to Join AI Chip Goldrush – Bloomberg

EnCharge was “born out of the support of Darpa and the DoD,” or Defense Department, said Chief Executive Officer Naveen Verma. The startup spun out of …

This Bonkers High-Speed X-Plane Combines a Jet’s Speed With an VTOL’s Agility

“The DARPA SPRINT program … The company also created an aircraft for DARPA’s Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) program.

DARPA’s new high-speed, blended-wing VTOL X-plane

Aurora Flight Sciences has revealed its latest concept for a low-drag, fan-in-blended-wing body design for DARPA’s Speed and Runway Independent …

The Military’s Supply Chain Problem – The Cipher Brief

The US military needs a supply chain that is both efficient and secure against foreign manipulation and external shocks.

China sanctions US defense-related firms and executives over Russia and Taiwan

China has announced sanctions on 12 defense-related US firms and ten executives to counter US sanctions on China over its links to Russia and …

China Sanctions 12 US Defense Firms For Taiwan Arms Sales – Law360

China announced on Wednesday that it has issued sanctions against units of a dozen U.S. defense firms, including Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, …

Collins Touts UMaine 3D Printing at Hearing with Top Defense Officials

Washington, D.C. – At an Appropriations hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the U.S. … Department of Defense, General George …

US Reps Want Defense Companies to Rip Off the Government – Jacobin

After receiving millions in campaign donations from the defense industry, members of the House committee overseeing Pentagon spending added …

Aurora Notches More DARPA Funding For Its X-Plane Contender – AVweb

This week, Aurora Flight Sciences released a new conceptual image of its contender for the DARPA X-Plane/SPRINT competition. Defense News has …