DARPA Tags RSShttps://www.darpa.milDARPA Tags RSS FeedHonorable Andrew C. “Andy” Weberhttps://www.darpa.mil/about-us/d60-honorable-andrew-weberhttps://www.darpa.mil/about-us/d60-honorable-andrew-weberMr. Weber has dedicated his professional life to countering nuclear, chemical, and biological threats and to strengthening global health security.Fri, 16 Mar 2018 04:00:00 GMTPlaying 20 Questions with Bacteria to Distinguish Harmless Organisms from Pathogenshttps://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2018-02-07ahttps://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2018-02-07aBacteria underpins much of our world, acting behind the scenes to affect the health and behavior of animals and plants. They help produce food, provide oxygen, and even reshape the environment through a vast array of biological processes. They come in a phenomenal number of strains-many still unknown-and thrive in different ecological and environmental niches all over the world. But while their diverse behaviors makes them essential to life, bacteria can also be deadly.Wed, 07 Feb 2018 05:00:00 GMTEnabling Revolutionary Nondestructive Inspection Capabilityhttps://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2019-06-14https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2019-06-14X-rays and gamma rays have a wide range of applications including scanning suspicious maritime shipping containers for illicit materials, industrial inspection of materials and processes, and medical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Current technologies, however, are not ideal. X-rays produce a continuum of energies that limit their inspection and diagnostic performance, and gamma rays can only be produced at specific energies unique to a given radioactive isotope.Fri, 14 Jun 2019 04:00:00 GMTA Dose of Inner Strength to Survive and Recover from Potentially Lethal Health Threatshttps://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2019-06-27https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2019-06-27Breakthroughs in the science of programmable gene expression inspired DARPA to establish the PReemptive Expression of Protective Alleles and Response Elements (PREPARE) program with the goal of delivering powerful new defenses against public health and national security threats. DARPA has now selected five teams to develop a range of new medical interventions that temporarily and reversibly modulate the expression of protective genes to guard against acute threats from influenza and ionizing radiation, which could be encountered naturally, occupationally, or through a national security event.Thu, 27 Jun 2019 04:00:00 GMTFriend or Foe Proposers Day (Archived)https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/friend-or-foe-proposers-dayhttps://www.darpa.mil/news-events/friend-or-foe-proposers-dayDARPA's Biological Technologies Office is hosting a Proposers Day meeting to provide information to potential applicants on the structure and objectives of the new Friend or Foe program. Friend or Foe aims to rapidly characterize the phenotype of unfamiliar bacteria to distinguish harmless organisms from potential pathogens.GRIT Proposers Day Webinar (Archived)https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/grit-proposers-day-webinarhttps://www.darpa.mil/news-events/grit-proposers-day-webinarThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is sponsoring a Proposers Day webcast to provide information to potential proposers on the objectives of an anticipated Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Gamma Ray Inspection Technology (GRIT) program.Friend or Foehttps://www.darpa.mil/program/friend-or-foehttps://www.darpa.mil/program/friend-or-foeThe Friend or Foe program aims to develop biosurveillance technology that can detect bacterial pathogens as, or even before, they threaten the military and homeland. The goal of the program is to quickly determine whether an unknown bacterium is harmless or virulent by directly identifying pathogenic behavior, avoiding conventional strategies that rely on known biomarkers.Gamma Ray Inspection Technology https://www.darpa.mil/program/gamma-ray-inspection-technologyhttps://www.darpa.mil/program/gamma-ray-inspection-technologyThe Gamma Ray Inspection Technology (GRIT) program seeks transformational approaches to achieving high-intensity, tunable, and narrow-bandwidth gamma ray production, but in a compact form factor suitable for transporting the source to where the capability is needed.Dr. Rohit Chitalehttps://www.darpa.mil/staff/dr-rohit-chitalehttps://www.darpa.mil/staff/dr-rohit-chitaleDr. Rohit Chitale joined DARPA as a program manager in 2019. He is an infectious disease epidemiologist with more than 20 years of experience helping national and international organizations establish and lead programs related to infectious disease prevention and eradication, with specific expertise in the design and implementation of disease surveillance systems and the development of new disease control tools.HR001120S0015https://beta.sam.gov/opp/e0c727c98d564dc5ae48c9a099af9c34/viewhttps://beta.sam.gov/opp/e0c727c98d564dc5ae48c9a099af9c34/viewThe Personalized Protective Biosystem (PPB) program will develop an integrated ensemble that simultaneously reduces protective equipment needs while increasing protection for the individual against existing and future chemical and biological (CB) threats. The capability to provide unburdened CB protection will maximize time on target for the warfighter and the stability operator, provide operational flexibility, extend mission duration, and enable military operations in austere environments regardless of the threat. PPB will consist of lightweight materials that protect the warfighter from exposure to any CB threat while simultaneously providing a second layer of protection, at the tissue barrier, with bio-molecular, commensal organisms, or other technologies that protect the skin, eyes, and airway from CB threats. PPB will improve mission execution by solving the current ("state of the art") protective equipment limitations, including threat-specific vulnerabilities, thermal/logistical burdens, exposure risks during equipment removal/decontamination, and on-demand availability during unexpected threat situations.Thu, 20 Feb 2020 05:00:00 GMT