DARPA

DARPA’s Regina Dugan Will Join Google

Liz Gannes in News on March 12 at 1:48 pm PT

Regina Dugan, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is leaving to take a role at Google.

A TED View of the Future: Hypersonic Gliders, Liquid Batteries and Flying Robots

Liz Gannes in News on February 29 at 12:52 pm PT

This morning the TED conference brought researchers out of the lab to show off their latest gadgets — if you can use the word “gadget” to describe collaborative flying robots.

Voices

What Part of an Aircraft Going Mach 20 Can You See? The Back End.

Eric Mazzacone, DARPA Public Affairs Officer in Voices on August 29, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

On Thursday, Aug. 11, DARPA demonstrated stable aerodynamically controlled Mach 20 flight for nearly three minutes in its attempt to fly the fastest aircraft ever flown.

DARPA: That’s Mach 20, Baby

Kara Swisher in News on August 10, 2011 at 6:50 am PT

The Defense Department’s secret project agency is launching an aircraft today that does 13,000 miles per hour, or 20 times the speed of sound. Sweeeet.

DARPA’s Regina Dugan Takes It to Mach 20: The Full D9 Interview (Video)

Kara Swisher in D9 on June 27, 2011 at 6:02 am PT

From planes that fly across the country in an hour to explosive detection based on a dog’s nose to photoluminescent polymers, I dare you not to be riveted by Regina Dugan, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

DARPA–The Coolest Agency You’ve Never Heard Of: Regina Dugan at D9 (Video)

John Paczkowski in D9 on June 1, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

As head of the Defense Department’s best-known research branch, Regina Dugan oversees the agency’s technological engine. Its mandate: “The prevention and creation of strategic surprise.” In a Wednesday morning session at D9, Dugan discussed security on the civilian Internet, explosive detection, homomorphic encryption and how DoD relates to the tech industry.

DARPA’s Regina Dugan on “The Nation’s Elite Army of Futuristic Techno-geeks”

Liz Gannes in D9 on June 1, 2011 at 9:11 am PT

Dr. Regina Dugan, director of the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, spoke at D9 on her program’s ongoing efforts to reach homomorphic encryption and hypersonic speed, and opened a window into the techiest part of the U.S. Defense Department.

D9 World Premiere Tonight

John Paczkowski in D9 on May 31, 2011 at 10:45 am PT

If you work in tech, or are a fan of it, the first of the summer blockbusters is here: D9.