"The phenomenon is highly repeatable. We discovered an unplanned new technique for identifying objects entering the earth's atmosphere." ...

While testing a new system, DARPA unintentionally created a "rocket radar" that can detect objects reentering Earth's atmosphere.

DARPA’s AtmoSense program seeks to use Earth ... After analyzing the data, the team was able to trace the disturbance to a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket reentry that took place on the same day ...

In 2024, DARPA conducted two field tests in New Mexico ... They realized the drop in electron content correlated to a Falcon 9 rocket reentering on the same day as the controlled New Mexico ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — which has been known to fund the development of sci-fi-sounding ideas like flying aircraft carriers or massive streetlights on the Moon ...

Joe Altepeter, who has been researching quantum computing for more than 15 years and is a program manager for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office, said ...

The United States’ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced 15 of the 18 quantum computing companies chosen to enter the initial phase of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative ...

Cerebras Systems, a developer of accelerating generative AI processes, has won a contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), for the development of a high-performance ...

they were also able to detect atmospheric disturbances created by a Space Falcon 9 rocket reentry. "The phenomenon is highly repeatable," said Michael Nayak, AtmoSense program manager, in a DARPA ...