DARPA
Government & Politics abbreviation · US Federal Agency
| Stands for | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
|---|---|
| Categories | Government & Politics |
DARPA stands for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a US federal agency abbreviation.
Defense Department agency that funds high-risk, high-payoff research to create breakthrough military technologies, working through program managers who contract with universities and companies. It is led by a Director.
Example: The robotics team won funding in a DARPA challenge for autonomous underground navigation.
Usage notes
Founded in 1958 as ARPA after the Soviet launch of Sputnik, it funded ARPANET, the forerunner of the internet, and contributed to stealth aircraft and the research project that produced Siri. The name switched between ARPA and DARPA several times before settling on DARPA in 1996. Its model inspired ARPA-E for energy and ARPA-H for health.
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