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Sept. 4, 2024 - Dr. Sara Popkin, PhD is program manager in the tactical technology office at DARPA. She spoke to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin about a DARPA program to extend the life of low-orbit satellites.
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Defense

A DARPA program to extend the life of low-orbit satellites

"There's no other air-breathing electric propulsion system that actually harvests air like we're trying to do," Dr. Sarah Popkin said.

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How DoD and SBA encourage investment in critical technologies

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This Air Force technologist has helped spread the internet everywhere

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Cybersecurity

DARPA keeps after an old but persistent cybersecurity problem

Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence

DARPA competition will use AI to find, fix software vulnerabilities

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Why the Pentagon wants germs to be part of the factories of the future

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The Space Hour

Nuclear power could be of some use in space as well

This illustration made available by NASA shows the Space Launch System during liftoff. On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, NASA's top official said the space agency's new rocket won't be ready for a moon shot next year. (Marshall Space Flight Center/NASA via AP)
Science News

And old idea gets a fresh look: A nuclear-powered space ship

DARPA
Technology

DARPA teams up with an industry group to advance semiconductor science

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, center, arrives at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Defense

DARPA’s Embedded Entrepreneurship Initiative fosters innovation ecosystem, not just innovations

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency . DARPA and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) today announced successful completion of captive carry tests of two variants of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) and are ready to proceed to first free-flight testing within the calendar year
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Defense

DARPA is hard at work on the next generation of hypersonics

Tim Persons, GAO, NAPA
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Technology

One of the government's leading technologists is now a National Academy fellow

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Contracting

New GEOINT strategy will direct agencies to look at commercial services first

Naval Research Lab
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Artificial Intelligence

DARPA awards a super-high-tech artificial intelligence research project

Sergey Bratus
Technology

Replacing mountains of code doesn't have to take forever

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Federal Newscast

House Majority Leader prepares lawmakers for continuing resolution

A briefcase of a census taker is seen as she knocks on the door of a residence Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. A half-million census takers head out en mass this week to knock on the doors of households that haven't yet responded to the 2020 census. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Federal Newscast

Census Bureau short on enumerators officials said were needed

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Building trust in AI is key to autonomous drones, flying cars

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Defense

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