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ABOUT DARPA




 

For sixty years, DARPA has held to a singular and enduring mission: to make
pivotal investments in breakthrough technologies for national security.

The genesis of that mission and of DARPA itself dates to the launch of Sputnik
in 1957, and a commitment by the United States that, from that time forward, it
would be the initiator and not the victim of strategic technological surprises.
Working with innovators inside and outside of government, DARPA has repeatedly
delivered on that mission, transforming revolutionary concepts and even seeming
impossibilities into practical capabilities. The ultimate results have included
not only game-changing military capabilities such as precision weapons and
stealth technology, but also such icons of modern civilian society such as the
Internet, automated voice recognition and language translation, and Global
Positioning System receivers small enough to embed in myriad consumer devices.

DARPA explicitly reaches for transformational change instead of incremental
advances. But it does not perform its engineering alchemy in isolation. It works
within an innovation ecosystem that includes academic, corporate and
governmental partners, with a constant focus on the Nation’s military Services,
which work with DARPA to create new strategic opportunities and novel tactical
options. For decades, this vibrant, interlocking ecosystem of diverse
collaborators has proven to be a nurturing environment for the intense
creativity that DARPA is designed to cultivate.

DARPA comprises approximately 220 government employees in six technical offices,
including nearly 100 program managers, who together oversee about 250 research
and development programs.

DARPA goes to great lengths to identify, recruit and support excellent program
managers—extraordinary individuals who are at the top of their fields and are
hungry for the opportunity to push the limits of their disciplines. These
leaders, who are at the very heart of DARPA’s history of success, come from
academia, industry and government agencies for limited stints, generally three
to five years. That deadline fuels the signature DARPA urgency to achieve
success in less time than might be considered reasonable in a conventional
setting.

Program managers address challenges broadly, spanning the spectrum from deep
science to systems to capabilities, but ultimately they are driven by the desire
to make a difference. They define their programs, set milestones, meet with
their performers and assiduously track progress. But they are also constantly
probing for the next big thing in their fields, communicating with leaders in
the scientific and engineering community to identify new challenges and
potential solutions.

Program managers report to DARPA’s office directors and their deputies, who are
responsible for charting their offices’ technical directions, hiring program
managers and overseeing program execution. The technical staff is also supported
by experts in security, legal and contracting issues, finance, human resources
and communications. These are the people who make it possible for program
managers to achieve big things during their relatively short tenures.

At the Agency level, the DARPA Director and Deputy Director approve each new
program and review ongoing programs, while setting Agency-wide priorities and
ensuring a balanced investment portfolio.

DARPA benefits greatly from special statutory hiring authorities and alternative
contracting vehicles that allow the Agency to take quick advantage of
opportunities to advance its mission. These legislated capabilities have helped
DARPA continue to execute its mission effectively.

 


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DARPA’s Stealth Revolution
In the early days of DARPA’s work on stealth technology, Have Blue, a prototype
of what would become the F-117A, first flew successfully in 1977. The success of
the F-117A program marked the beginning of the stealth revolution, which has had
enormous benefits for national security.

Navigation in the Palm of Your Hand
Early GPS receivers were bulky, heavy devices. In 1983, DARPA set out to
miniaturize them, leading to a much broader adoption of GPS capability.

Paving the Way to the Modern Internet
ARPA research played a central role in launching the Information Revolution. The
agency developed and furthered much of the conceptual basis for the
ARPANET—prototypical communications network launched nearly half a century
ago—and invented the digital protocols that gave birth to the Internet.
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