DARPA

VISTA X-62A autonomous aircraft (Photo: Alex Lloyd/USAir Force)

November 18, 2025

UAV updates: DARPA advances UAVs, Area-51 RQ-170 investigation expands and more

Software-ruggedized quantum gravimeter. (Image: Q-CTRL)

August 27, 2025

Q-CTRL, Lockheed to Develop Quantum Navigation for DARPA

By Tracy Cozzens

Illustration of proposed X-Wing aircraft (Image: DARPA)

January 17, 2024

Kamikazi UAVs and X-Wings

chip-scale atomic clocks can supplement GNSS receivers to provide accurate and reliable time in GNSS-challenged environments. Photo: Microchip Technology

May 16, 2022

Tiny clock meets big challenges

By Matteo Luccio

Leonardo DRS’ A-PNT Converged Computer – Embedded & Scalable (AC²ES) adds capabilities to its widely used DDUx. Photo: Leonardo DRS

May 16, 2022

New APNT in an old box

By Matteo Luccio

Raytheon BBN-led team recently supported DARPA's fifth OFFSET program field exercise. (Photo: Raytheon)

January 10, 2022

Raytheon swarm enables one operator to guide 100+ drones

By Tracy Cozzens

The gremlin X-61A test vehicle is recovered into C-130 transport on its fourth test flight. (Photo: DARPA)

December 16, 2021

Catching DARPA’s gremlins and flying a Renault 4L

Autonomous tugboat Nellie Bly. (Photo: Arie Boer)

October 18, 2021

UAVs, walking robots and an autonomous tugboat

An Elios drone from team CERBERUS roams a moulin in an earlier challenge. (Photo: DARPA)

June 30, 2021

DARPA puts navigation for deep dives to the test

By Tracy Cozzens

The HG1930 IMU. (Photo: Honeywell)

January 25, 2021

DARPA-funded inertial sensors from Honeywell promise greater accuracy

By Tracy Cozzens

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