<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - darpa</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/darpa</link><description>Newsvine - darpa</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:35:01 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 16:34:06 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>DARPA chief's connections prompt wide audits</title>
<description><![CDATA[ - Pentagon inspectors are reviewing contracts awarded by its top research division, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, to a Maryland-based company that was co-founded by the agency’s director.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/17/7399015-darpa-chiefs-connections-prompt-wide-audits</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/17/7399015-darpa-chiefs-connections-prompt-wide-audits</guid><category>technology</category><category>contracts</category><category>security</category><category>audit</category><category>darpa</category><category>wired</category><category>pogo</category><category>awarded</category><category>inspector</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:45:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110817-Regina-Dugan-11a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110817-Regina-Dugan-11a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="96" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;DARPA&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Balloon hunt nets $40,000 for MIT-led team</title>
<description><![CDATA[A team led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology spread the wealth far and wide to locate 10 red balloons in undisclosed locations across the country on Saturday and win a $40,000 cash prize from the Pentagon's think tank.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Boyle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Boyle]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/06/3598081-balloon-hunt-nets-40000-for-mit-led-team</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/06/3598081-balloon-hunt-nets-40000-for-mit-led-team</guid><category>technology</category><category>team</category><category>massachusetts-institute</category><category>balloon</category><category>challenge</category><category>innovation</category><category>darpa</category><category>mit</category><category>balloons</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>mit-red-balloon-challenge-team</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:49:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091206-innov-redballoons-hlarge-230p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="190" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/091206-innov-redballoons-hlarge-230p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="57" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ten balloons get a tryout during preparations for the weekend's DARPA Network Challenge. The MIT Red Balloon Challenge Team won Saturday's $40,000 nationwide hunt, which the defense agency organized to mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet's birth as well as to study how social networking works.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Secretive DOD research agency breaks ground in Va.</title>
<description><![CDATA[The secretive Pentagon agency that brought us the Internet and tried to bring us bomb-sniffing bees, warrior exoskeletons and terrorism futures trading took a small step out into the spotlight Wednesday to break ground on a new headquarters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Barakat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Barakat]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/28/3436836-secretive-dod-research-agency-breaks-ground-in-va</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/28/3436836-secretive-dod-research-agency-breaks-ground-in-va</guid><category>business</category><category>dc</category><category>headquarters</category><category>darpa</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:09:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hypersonic weapons projects to begin test flights</title>
<description><![CDATA[The X-51A, run by the US Air Force and DARPA, pushes air through its engine vertically (Illustration: Boeing)]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hecht-102185]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeff Hecht-102185]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/04/507418-hypersonic-weapons-projects-to-begin-test-flights</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/04/507418-hypersonic-weapons-projects-to-begin-test-flights</guid><category>technology</category><category>boeing</category><category>space</category><category>air</category><category>flight</category><category>us-air-force</category><category>defence</category><category>darpa</category><category>hypersonic</category><category>mach</category><category>space-tech</category><category>x-a</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Jan 2007 23:35:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/ns-dn10889-1_600.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="106" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/ns-dn10889-1_600.jpg" width="120" height="32" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The X-51A, run by the US Air Force and DARPA, pushes air through its engine vertically (Illustration: Boeing)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>