INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

The Information and Communications Technology Program Element is budgeted in the Applied Research budget activity because it is directed toward the application of advanced, innovative computing systems and communications technologies. This Program Element also supports innovation and robust transition planning in the technology cycle by working with entrepreneurs to increase the likelihood that DARPA funded technologies take root in the U.S. and provide new capabilities for national defense. The High Productivity, High-Performance Responsive Architectures project focuses on developing the computer hardware and associated software technologies required for future computationally- and data-intensive national security applications. Powerful new approaches are needed to manage the rapid growth in available sensor data, to leverage advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence, and to maintain the security of DoD information systems. The Cyber Security project is developing the computing, networking, and cyber security technologies required to protect DoD, U.S. government, and U.S. civilian information, information infrastructure, and mission-critical information systems. Information technologies enable important new military capabilities and drive the productivity gains essential to U.S. industry. The Artificial Intelligence and Human-Machine Symbiosis project develops technologies to enable machines to function not only as tools that facilitate human action but as trusted partners to human operators. Of particular interest are systems that can understand human speech and extract information contained in diverse media; answer questions, reach conclusions, and propose explanations; and learn, reason, and apply knowledge gained through experience to respond intelligently to new and unforeseen events. Enabling computing systems with such human-like intelligence is now of critical importance because the tempo of military operations in emerging domains exceeds that at which unaided humans can orient, understand, and act.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2022
• Source ID: 0602303E_2_0400_PB_2022
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2020: Decrease reflects the SBIR/STTR transfer and reprogrammings offset by COVID response CARES Act add. FY 2021: Decrease reflects congressional adjustments. FY 2022: Decrease reflects the completion of the IT-02 High Productivity, High Performance Responsive Architectures project, and the Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems (RADICS) cyber security program.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• C4I
• Cyber
• Electronic Warfare
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Artificial Intelligence
• Artificial Intelligence Software
• Computational Science
• Computer Languages
• Computer Network Security
• Computer Programming
• Computer Programs
• Computers
• Control Systems
• Cyberattacks
• Cyberspace Operations
• Information Systems
• Military Applications
• Natural Language Processing
• Neural Networks
• Systems Engineering
• Test Methods

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• Cyber