March 13 marks the 20-year anniversary of the inaugural DARPA Grand Challenge race, which catalyzed interest in self-driving tech. DARPA Director Tony Tether, Carnegie Mellon University’s Red ...

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency officials announced 19 finalist teams earlier this month for the agency's March 2004 Grand Challenge. DARPA officials previously announced they would host a ...

To get a view of the front lines in this story, one need not penetrate any secret government bunkers or fortified data centers. Instead, the action is proceeding directly beneath the halogen lit glare ...

favorite. Each team must pass a qualification, inspection, and demonstration before DARPA will permit access to the starting line the following week. As a sponsor of the Red Team, Space Imaging has ...

The winnowing has begun for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's national qualification events at the California Speedway in Fontana, on the road to the "2nd Darpa Grand Challenge" on Oct.

Prospect 11 — the completely autonomous vehicle designed by a group of Princeton engineering students — has qualified for the finals of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ...

Two decades ago, the Pentagon’s blue-sky research agency jump-started an industry-wide scramble for self-driving cars with a pair of contests. These DARPA Grand Challenges led to events that sought ...