Category: Press Releases

Barone Awarded DARPA I2O Taskorder

WASHINGTON, DC – June 25, 2014 – The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Barone Consulting a 3-year task order to provide Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Assistance (SETA) to its Information Innovation Office (I2O).

“Barone Consulting is excited to continue its relationship with DARPA as we work on these exciting and innovative projects,” says Kevin Barone, president and CEO of Barone Consulting. “Our track record has shown our success in assisting with these vitally important systems that protect our military and intelligence efforts.”

DARPA aims to sustain the U.S. military’s technological dominance by creating strategic surprise for the country’s enemies. In the new task order, Barone Consulting with help DARPA I2O, the group responsible for anticipating rapid changes in military information science and software. The project will include framing, executing, and transitioning cyber, analytics, and computing research and development projects with a goal to create cutting-edge systems and technologies.

Barone Consulting has a strong history of working with DARPA’s many divisions, including I2O, to create game-changing technology and scientific advancements. They will partner with Schafer Corporation on this project.

Founded in 2009, Barone Consulting provides system engineering and technical assistance services to the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. They provide a cadre of elite subject matter experts to the government in support of game-changing, cutting edge technologies that help performers bridge the “valley of death” between R&D and fielded tactically relevant products. To find out more, please visit www.baronedc.com.

Barone Awarded Task Order on NGA’s InnoVision program

WASHINGTON, DC – June 11, 2014 – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded Barone Consulting a task order to provide scientific research to the InnoVision Future Solutions Program.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded Barone Consulting a task order to provide scientific research to the InnoVision Future Solutions Program.

IFSP provides support for the research and implementation of innovative science to solve the intelligence community and Department of Defense’s most complicated problems. IFSP also explores the newest scientific discoveries, including the prominent current research of LIDAR, or the use of laser technology to create three-dimensional geospatial maps. NGA and IFSP plan to use the remote sensing ability of LIDAR to capture laser information and gather geospatial information for a variety of new projects.

“This new technology gives us a whole new look at the world and our ability to gather data,” says David Kalin, Barone Consulting senior scientist. “By using 3D laser technology, we can get finer and more accurate geospatial data that can be used in all sorts of areas. This is a huge breakthrough and a great opportunity.”

As part of the contract, Barone Consulting will have a heavy presence in the development and application of LIDAR mapping. They will also work with Booz Allen to provide engineering and technical assistance on IFSP’s many other areas of study. The task order will last until 2017.

Founded in 2009, Barone Consulting provides system engineering and technical assistance services to the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. They provide a cadre of elite subject matter experts to the government in support of game-changing, cutting edge technologies that help performers bridge the “valley of death” between R&D and fielded tactically relevant products. To find out more, please visit www.baronedc.com.

Barone Aids in Innovative Firefighting Training

WASHINGTON, DC – May 29, 2014 – Barone Consulting today orchestrated a successful demonstration of DARPA technology for Arizona firefighters, effectively expanding the use of military technology to other public service areas.

Team members, including Barone Consulting integration architect Marshall Frith and senior consultant Scott Ponsor, used elements from the Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program that were tailored for the firefighting community in a program called Fire Line Advanced Situational Awareness for Handhelds (FLASH).

“To see the application of this program to areas besides the military was fascinating,” Frith says. “We’ve been working to give our troops the tools they need in battle, and to see those tools translate to firefighting was very rewarding. The applications of this program are nearly limitless.”

PCAS is a program designed for the military with a goal to use advanced digital tools to overcome troop coordination challenges. By equipping soldiers with targeted technology for situational awareness, rather than paper maps and legacy communications systems, troops can more easily stay coordinated and ahead of the enemy.

Firefighters battling wildfires face similar challenges to troops in battle, including the need for situational awareness, precise coordination, and ensured safety from quickly moving and shifting flames. Advanced technology to fight these problems has not been readily available to most rural firefighters, until the aid of DARPA and PCAS.

FLASH, the firefighter version of PCAS, uses tablets, aircraft-mounted sensors and radios designed to identify the location of every firefighter and aircraft in expansive fire zones. The systems overlays multiple streams of information onto a digital map visible on tablet computers. In essence, FLASH gives every member of the firefighting team a real-time map of the flames and their resources, allowing them to more easily plan where the next attack will be.

During the three-day training demonstration with the Prescott Fire Department, firefighters were able to track each other’s positions with the help of an observation aircraft that provided a live, bird’s-eye view of the terrain. Frith worked with local fire officials to demonstrate and train on the tablet software and communications program. Ponsor facilitated a virtual connection, allowing participants in the Arizona command post and in DARPA headquarters in Virginia to view the event in real time.

“This technology is incredibly powerful,” Ponsor says. “Its ability to not only unite firefighters in troubling rural situations but to bring together people across the country is remarkable. It was an honor to be part of such a project.”

Members of the Prescott Fire Department, who were chosen for the exercise because of the heroic action of the 19 firefighters who gave their lives in the Yarnell Hill wildfire last year, were impressed with FLASH technology and hopeful the devices could be tailored for other areas, such as search and rescue efforts.

Founded in 2009, Barone Consulting provides system engineering and technical assistance services to the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. They provide a cadre of elite subject matter experts to the government in support of game-changing, cutting edge technologies that help performers bridge the “valley of death” between R&D and fielded tactically relevant products. To find out more, please visit www.baronedc.com.

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Barone Sponsors “Carpenter’s Shelter” Homeless Charity

Barone Consulting is a proud sponsor of the 12th Annual Carpenter’s Shelter of Alexandria “Carpenter’s Cook Off” at the Birchmere Music Hall on Sunday, April 27.

An on-going culinary tradition in Alexandria, over 25 restaurants will compete to raise money for and awareness of Carpenter’s Shelter. As the largest homeless shelter in Northern Virginia, Carpenter’s Shelter provides support for over 1,000 homeless and formerly homeless children and adults each year.

Tickets and online silent auction bids are still available for this year’s fundraising event at www.carpenterscookoff.com.

The Carpenter’s Shelter mission is to help the homeless achieve sustainable independence through shelter, guidance, education, and advocacy. The Catalogue for Philanthropy recognized Carpenter’s Shelter in 2013 by including them in their Guide to Giving Report for the DC metropolitan area. To learn more about Carpenter’s Shelter and how to support its mission through donations or volunteerism, please visit http://www.carpentersshelter.org/.

Founded in 2009, Barone Consulting provides system engineering and technical assistance services to the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. They provide a cadre of elite subject matter experts to the government in support of game-changing, cutting edge technologies that help performers bridge the “valley of death” between R&D and fielded tactically relevant products. To find out more, please visit www.baronedc.com.

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DARPA BMC2 Portfolio SETA Support Awarded

Barone Consulting Awarded SETA contract to support DARPA’s BMC2

Washington, DC (October 8, 2013) – Barone Consulting has been awarded a SETA support contract for Dr. Craig Lawrences Battle Management Command & Control (BMC2) portfolio. Barone Consulting will provide Air Battle Management subject matter experts to the program to facilitate the programs transition into operational service.
All work will be completed onsite at DARPA’s new headquarters in Arlington, VA, over the next 18-24 months.

Founded in 2009, Barone Consulting provides system engineering and technical assistance services to the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. They provide a cadre of elite subject matter experts to the government in support of game-changing, cutting edge technologies that help performers bridge the “valley of death” between R&D and fielded tactically relevant products. To find out more, please visit www.baronedc.com.

DARPA BLADE Phase 3 SETA Task Order Awarded to Barone Consulting

Barone Consulting’s, RF communications systems and flight test expertise contracted by DARPA I2O to provide BLADE Phase 3, adaptive electronics warfare program support.

Washington, DC (October 1, 2013) – The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through the Information Innovation Office (I2O), has awarded Barone Consulting, a $532K task order for the Behavioral Learning for Adaptive Electronic Warfare (BLADE) Phase 3 Program, systems engineering, and technical assistance (SETA) support effort.
“Barone Consulting is excited to continue its support of the adaptive BLADE electronic warfare jamming system by following it into its phase 3 development and field testing. With Phase 2 we were pushing the envelope to see what innovative algorithms the performers could bring to BLADE. In Phase 3, we’ll see how well those algorithms hold up in a tactically relevant environment,” said Kevin Barone, President and CEO of Barone Consulting.

The BLADE Program is developing the capability to counter new and dynamic wireless communication threats in tactical environments; enabling a shift from today’s manual-intensive lab-based countermeasure approach to an adaptive, in-the-field systems approach. The program is achieving this by developing novel machine learning algorithms and techniques that can rapidly detect and characterize new radio threats, dynamically synthesize new countermeasures, and provide accurate battle damage assessment based on over-the-air observable changes in the threat.

Under this task order Barone Consulting will provide subject matter experts responsible for overseeing the technical development of implementing the BLADE Phase 2 solution into a deployed hardware framework, and execution of the Phase 3 ground and flight testing activities. Either Lockheed Martin Advanced Technologies Laboratories in Cherry Hill, NJ, or BAE Systems in Nashua, NH, will be down selected as the BLADE Phase 3 performer.

The work for the BLADE Program was awarded under a task order to Booze Allen Hamilton’s DARPA/I2O contract vehicle. All work will be completed onsite at DARPA’s new headquarters in Arlington, VA, over the next 18-24 months.

Founded in 2009, Barone Consulting provides system engineering and technical assistance services to the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. They provide a cadre of elite subject matter experts to the government in support of game-changing, cutting edge technologies that help performers bridge the “valley of death” between R&D and fielded tactically relevant products. To find out more, please visit www.baronedc.com.

Barone Consulting Sponsors American Heroes Ball at the National Press Clubs

Washington, DC (October 9, 2012) – Barone Consulting is proud to be a participating sponsor of the 2nd Annual American Heroes Ball being held Veterans’ Day Weekend 2012 at the National Press Club. All proceeds from the Ball will go to benefit Not Alone; a nationwide non-profit that provides programs, resources, and services to warfighters and families impacted by combat stress and PTSD. Following on from last year’s successful event, the 2012 American Heroes Ball has partnered with Not Alone to raise awareness of the thousands of wounded and ill veterans who have served our country so faithfully in recent overseas operations. Not all injuries are physical in nature. Individual tickets may still be purchased.
Not Alone was founded in 2008 to help returning warfighters and their families adjust to transitioning out of combat. They provide program, resources, and services to warfighters and family members impacted by combat stress and PTSD through a confidential and anonymous community. Not Alone is for everyone whose live are impacted by the battlefield experience.

Both the mission of Not Alone and the efforts of the American Heroes Ball overlap with the core beliefs of Barone Consulting. With strong roots in the military, defense industry and among the warfighter community – we are all too aware that the battlefield experience does not end when one transitions out of the theatre. We continue to support the efforts of these and related organizations. Part of having a strong military means taking care of our warfighters and their families. We are all the same community.

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Barone Consulting Awarded DARPA BLADE Phase 2 SETA Support Task Order

Barone Consulting’s, RF communications systems expertise called on by DARPA I2O to provide systems engineering support and technical assistance to the BLADE cognitive electronics warfare program.
Washington, DC (September 26, 2012) – The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through the Information Innovation Office (I2O), has awarded Barone Consulting, a $635K task order for the Behavioral Learning for Adaptive Electronic Warfare (BLADE) Phase 2 Program, systems engineering, and technical assistance (SETA) support effort.

“Barone Consulting is proud to continue its longstanding support of truly innovative research and development efforts on behalf of DARPA and their DoD clients,” said Kevin Barone, President and CEO of Barone Consulting. “With the DARPA BLADE program, our expertise in RF communications systems and military electronics warfare made us the right choice to advance BLADE from a Phase 1 proof-of-concept to a Phase 2 hardware-in-the-loop simulation.”

The BLADE Program is developing the capability to counter new and dynamic wireless communication threats in tactical environments; enabling a shift from today’s manual-intensive lab-based countermeasure approach to an adaptive, in-the-field systems approach. The program is achieving this by developing novel machine learning algorithms and techniques that can rapidly detect and characterize new radio threats, dynamically synthesize new countermeasures, and provide accurate battle damage assessment based on over-the-air observable changes in the threat.Under this task order Barone Consulting will provide subject matter experts responsible for overseeing the technical development of machine learning algorithms, development of supporting hardware testbeds, and execution of the Phase 2 final testing and evaluation activity. Lockheed Martin Advanced Technologies Laboratories in Cherry Hill, NJ, and BAE Systems in Nashua, NH, have been selected as the BLADE Phase 2 performers.

Additionally, Barone Consulting will play a key role in developing the performance metrics used by DARPA to assess the successful completion of Phase 2 objectives and guide the selection of a Phase 3 performer in early 2014.

The work for the BLADE Program was awarded under a task order to Shafer Corporation’s DARPA/I2O contract vehicle. All work will be completed onsite at DARPA’s new headquarters in Arlington, VA, over the next 18-24 months.

Founded in 2009, Barone Consulting provides system engineering and technical assistance services to the Department of Defense and the intelligence community. They provide a cadre of elite subject matter experts to the government in support of game-changing, cutting edge technologies that help performers bridge the “valley of death” between R&D and fielded tactically relevant products. To find out more, please visit www.baronedc.com.

DARPA ULTRA-Vis Phase 3 SETA Task Order Awarded to Barone Consulting

Washington, DC (May 14, 2012) – The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through the Information Innovation Office (I2O) has awarded Barone Consulting a $576K task order contract for the Urban Leader Tactical Response, Awareness & Visualization (ULTRA-VIS) Phase 3 Program, systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) support effort.
“With Phase 2 of ULTRA-Vis we showed that computer vision can dramatically improve the quality of head tracking. We likewise showed a drastic reduction in size, weight and power over our Phase 1 prototype display. We’re excited to see these two technologies mature further into a fully deployable system for our elite warfighters.” said Kevin Barone, president and CEO of Barone Consulting.

The Urban Leader Tactical Response, Awareness and Visualization (ULTRA-Vis) program has developed a prototype tactical augmented reality system for use by Soldiers in the field. The ULTRA-Vis system overlays full-color graphical iconography onto the local scene observed by the Soldier. To enable this capability, the program developed and integrated a light-weight, low-power holographic see-through display with a vision-enabled position and orientation tracking system.

Using the ULTRA-Vis system, a Soldier can visualize the location of other forces, vehicles, hazards and aircraft in the local environment even when these are not visible to the Soldier. In addition, the system can be used to communicate to the Soldier a variety of tactically significant (local) information including imagery, navigation routes, and alerts.

The task order calls for Barone Consulting to provide subject matter experts responsible for overseeing the technical development of prototype holographic displays, and state of the art computer vision algorithms to enhance GPS and inertial sensor positional information. Barone Consulting will also be responsible for oversight of the full color see-through display research and computer vision algorithms as well as the system integration of 5-off prototype systems for the USAF. Applied Research Associates in Raleigh NC and BAE Systems from Rochester UK have been selected as the ULTRA-Vis Phase 2 performers.

The work for the ULTRA-Vis program, which was awarded under a task order to Booz Allen Hamilton’s DARPA/I2O contract vehicle, will be completed onsite at DARPA’s headquarters in Arlington, VA over the next 18-24 months.

Founded in 2009, Barone Consulting provides system engineering and technical assistance services to the Department of Defense and intelligence community. We provide a cadre of elite subject matter experts to the government in support of game-changing, cutting edge technologies and help performers bridge the “valley of death” between R&D and fielded tactically relevant products. To find out more, please visit www.baronedc.com.