DARPA: Bridging the Gap, Powered by Ideas
Abstract
The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) -- which came to be known as DARPA in 1972 when its name changed to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency -- emerged in 1958 as part of a broad reaction to a singular event: the launching by the Soviet Union of the Sputnik satellite on Oct. 4, 1957. DARPA's Mission is to prevent technological surprise for the United States and to create technological surprise for its adversaries. DARPA's Charter is radical innovation, solving hard technical problems, and revolutionary capabilities for national security. These briefing charts describe DARPA's technical offices, its role in science and technology, its strategic investment thrusts, references for DARPA projects, operational liaisons and transition agents, rapid reaction support, and current DARPA programs that support EUCOM/AFRICOM needs. These programs include the chip-scale atomic clock; robust surface navigation (RSN); subsurface navigation (SsN); Micro-Inertial Navigation Technology (MINT); Long-endurance, persistent surveillance using the Integrated Sensor is the Structure (ISIS), Vulture, and Rapid Eye; and Networking/Situational Awareness for Distributed Operations using Ultra-Vis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA510795
Entities
People
- Thomas A. Moore
Organizations
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency