BBN | RTX

RTX BBN Technologies has been at the forefront of advanced technology research and development since its founding in 1948. Its legacy of innovation includes pioneering technologies such as the ARPANET, the first email and the first metro network protected by quantum cryptography. BBN takes risks and challenges conventions to create solutions in analytics and machine intelligence, networks and sensors, intelligent software and systems, and physical sciences. BBN continues to push technological boundaries, addressing national security challenges with cutting-edge solutions across various disciplines.

Latest BBN News

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RTX BBN Technologies to support ARPA-H AI-powered medical chatbots reliability evaluation effort

BBN developing technology to assess the reliability and accuracy of healthcare responses

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DARPA taps RTX for sensors that defy standard limits

RTX BBN Technologies creating photonic chip-scale quantum sensors for defense and commercial applications

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DARPA taps RTX to strengthen cyber resiliency

RTX BBN Technologies to develop tool that compartmentalizes software systems to prevent escalation of cyberattacks

BBN’s Strategic Thrusts

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AI/ML

BBN applies artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques across multiple domains, using advanced algorithms and data analysis to transform information from various sources into reliable insights for decision support and sense-making.

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All-Domain C2 & Situational Awareness

BBN delivers real-time intelligence across air, land, space and undersea domains, providing operators with actionable insights and reliable, standardized courses of action.

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Applied Biosciences

BBN’s Applied Biosciences group integrates computer science, bioinformatics, AI/ML, biology and chemistry to develop practical solutions in synthetic biology, biosecurity and beyond.

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Cyber

BBN drives advancements in full-spectrum cyberspace operations, including radio frequency signal exploitation and defense, for the Department of Defense and intelligence community customers.

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Emerging RF

BBN’s Emerging Radio Frequency Technologies deliver next-generation signal processing software for radar, electronic warfare, signals intelligence and communications.

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Maritime

BBN leverages decades of experience to develop novel capabilities for surface, undersea, and multi-domain naval platforms, enhancing autonomous sensing, acoustical oceanography, wide-area undersea networking, communications, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, and logistics technologies.

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Multi-Domain Sensing

BBN develops domain awareness sensing that leverages cutting-edge acoustic, fiber optic, seismic, electromagnetic, electro-optic, infrared and other sensing technologies to enhance situational awareness across land, air, sea and space.

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Networking

BBN is at the forefront of multi-domain and cross-domain networking, providing scalable and resilient solutions across air, space, land, maritime and cyber domains.

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Planning, Modeling & Logistics

BBN advances mission planning and logistics to reduce operator load, improve mission accuracy, and increase the operational tempo and agility of military planning.

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Quantum, Photonics & Computing

BBN operates at the intersection of physics, engineering and computer science, pushing the boundaries of quantum technologies, next-gen computing and photonics.

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Voice & Language

BBN stands out as a world leader in real-time speech recognition and large-scale batch processing in noisy environments for conversational speech and low-resource languages.

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