Cave Circuit. Much like DARPA’s Grand Challenge 15 years ago, how a vehicle autonomously navigates towards an objective and the speed at which it does so, remains a significant challenge. DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY 675 North Randolph Street Arlington, VA 22203-2114 703.526.6630 Arlington, VA 22203-2114 703.526.6630 For nearly 60 years, the nation’s space architecture has been built around exquisite systems that are launched by large, expensive boosters. Stephen G. Anderson ... DARPA's Grand Challenge for Autonomous Vehicles (2004, 2005, 2007), grew out of the United States Defense Authorization Bill for fiscal year 2001, which codified the goal of fielding unmanned ground combat vehicles for the US Armed Forces. SC2’s final 10 competitors and their AI-enabled radios went head-to-head during six rounds of competitive play. Following preliminary competitions in late 2017 and late 2018, finalists will compete in late 2019 for $3.75 million in cash prizes and, more importantly, to demonstrate that they have devised the best collaborative framework yet for making sure the spectrum will be able to accommodate the ever-growing demand to … CoSTAR posted highest overall score for Systems competition; BARCS took first place in Virtual competition. To Be Announced. Teams CoSTAR and BARCS Take Top Spots in DARPA Subterranean Challenge Urban Circuit . Urban Circuit. Three competitors successfully completed the qualification phase and will attempt to launch to low-Earth orbit from two different U.S. locations within a matter of weeks. NEWS. DARPA hosted the championship event at Mobile World Congress 2019 (MWC19) Los Angeles in front of a live audience. Some disasters, due to grave risks to the health and wellbeing of rescue and aid workers, prove too great in scale or scope for timely and effective human response. 2/27/2020. Final Event. AUG, 2021. DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) (Archived) The Department of Defense’s strategic plan calls for the Joint Force to conduct humanitarian, disaster relief, and related operations. DARPA Launch Challenge The goal of the DARPA Launch Challenge is to demonstrate responsive and flexible space launch capabilities from the burgeoning industry of small launch providers. FEB 18-27, 2020 JAN 30, 2020. GatorWings emerged victorious, taking home first place and the $2 million grand prize. AUG 15-22, 2019 OCT 9, 2019. 30 April 2019. 4/10/2019 The DARPA Launch Challenge aims to fundamentally shift military space capabilities to enable on-demand, flexible, and responsive launch of small payloads.