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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.

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 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.

Barone Consulting Awarded DARPA ULTRA-Vis Phase 2 SETA Support Task Order

DARPA and Barone Consulting work to develop state-of-the-art information superiority and tactical augmented reality systems to elite soldiers in the field.

Washington, DC (September 21, 2010) – The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through the Information Innovation Office (I2O), has awarded Washington, DC based Barone Consulting a $518 thousand task order contract for the Urban Leader Tactical Response, Awareness and Visualization (ULTRA-Vis) Phase 2 Program, systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) support effort.
“ULTRA-Vis is the first true Augmented Reality system for ground soldiers. By developing state-of-the-art holographic see-through displays and computer vision aided infrastructure free head tracking, the information superiority available to fighter pilots with heads-up-displays will now be available to our elite ground forces,” said Kevin Barone, President and CEO of Barone Consulting. “With ULTRA-Vis we are pushing the envelope on a series of technologies which will have far reaching impacts in both military as well as civilian products.”The ULTRA-Vis program has developed a prototype tactical augmented reality system for use by soldiers in the field. The 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. Additionally, the system can be used to communicate tactically significant (local) information directly to the soldier including imagery, navigation routes, and alerts.

Barone Consulting will provide subject matter experts responsible for overseeing the technical development of both prototype holographic displays and state of the art computer vision algorithms to enhance GPS and inertial sensor positional information. Barone Consulting will coordinate the Phase 2 final testing and evaluation activity and have responsibility for determining the performance and computer algorithms to be advanced to Phase 3. The ULTRA-Vis Phase 2 performers have been selected as SRI International – Sarnoff Labs (Princeton, NJ), Applied Research Associates (Raleigh NC), and BAE Systems (Rochester UK).

SETA support for the ULTRA-Vis program was awarded under a task order to Booz Allen Hamilton’s DARPA/I2O contract vehicle. Work will be completed onsite at DARPA’s headquarters in Arlington, VA, over a period of 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.