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DARPA

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military. Originally known as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the agency was created on February 7, 1958, by President Dwight D.…

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Headquarters
675 North Randolph St., Ballston, Virginia, U.S.
Agency executive
Stephen Winchell, Director
Annual budget
$4.122 billion (FY2024)
Employees
220
Formed
February 7, 1958; 68 years ago (1958-02-07) (as ARPA)
Jurisdiction
Federal government of the United States

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DARPA

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related to Active projects · 301
DARPA → ACE, AdvaNced, Aerojet Rocketdyne, AFC, Agile Cislunar Operations, AI, AI Cyber Challenge, Air Combat Evolution, Air Force, Air Space Total Awareness, Air-launched, AirLaunch LLC, AIxCC, Analog Photonics LLC, ANCILLARY, Ann Arbor, Anthropic, Applied Physical Sciences Corp, April, APT
related to Past or transitioned projects · 166
DARPA → Access, ACTIVE SOCIAL ENGINEERING DEFENSE, ACTUV, Adaptive Vehicle Make, AGM-158C LRASM, Air Dominance Initiative, Air Force's, Air Force's AFRL, Airborne Launch Assist Space, AMOS, An, Anti-ship, Anti-submarine, ArcLight, Area Defense System, ARPA Midcourse Optical Station, ARPANET, Aspen, Aspen Movie Map, Assault Breaker
related to Further reading · 89
DARPA → Agency, Alfred, America's Top-Secret Military Research, An Uncensored History, Annie, Archived, Arthur Lawrence, Artificial Limbs, August, Barber Associates, Belfiore, Belfiore's, Brown, Castell, Changed, Cheltenham, Company, Congressional Research Service, Cross-cultural Perspective, DARPA Technical Accomplishments
related to Undated programs · 52
DARPA → Adaptive, Air Force, Atmospheric Water Extraction, AWE, Biological Environments, CAAT, Captive Air Amphibious Transporter, Characterization SystemsRational Integrated Design, Clean-Slate Design, CRASH, DARPA Transformation Convergence Technology, ElectronicsTransApps, Energetics, HAWC, High Productivity Computing Systems, Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept, Hypersonic Boost Glide Systems, Implementation Environment, Integrated Sensor, ISIS
related to Current program offices · 31
DARPA → All, April, Biological Technologies Office, BTO, C4ISR, Command, Communications, Computer, Control, Created, Current DSO, DE, Directed Energy, Director Arati Prabhakar, DSO, Electronic Warfare, EW, I2O, Intelligence, MTO
related to Former offices · 23
DARPA → Advanced Technology Office, AEO, ARPA, ATO, Bangkok, Cambodia, DARPA Director, DoD, Information Awareness Office, Laos, OSD, Regina Dugan, Special Development, SPO, Thai, Thailand, The, The Adaptive Execution Office, The Office, The Special Projects Office
related to history · 20
DARPA → Adaptive Suspension Vehicle, Agency, ASV, During, However, Hypersonic Research Program, In, Kenneth Waldron, LIGHTSAT, NASP, National Aerospace Plane, Ohio State University, Robert McGhee, Some, The, The Mansfield Amendment, The Strategic Computing Program, Vietnam War, Walker, Xerox PARC
related to Notable fiction · 10
DARPA → ARPA, ARPA-DARPA, Netflix, Numb3rs, Planet, Some, Spectral, The West Wing, Tom Swift, Visitor
related to Projects · 3
DARPA → Because, DARPA's, Structured
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DARPA → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…, 675 North Randolph St., Ballston, Virginia, U.S.

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DARPAAgency executiveStephen Winchell, Director1.00infobox
DARPAAnnual budget$4.122 billion (FY2024)1.00infobox
DARPAEmployees2201.00infobox
DARPAFormedFebruary 7, 1958; 68 years ago (1958-02-07) (as ARPA)1.00infobox
DARPAHeadquarters675 North Randolph St., Ballston, Virginia, U.S.1.00infobox
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DARPAJurisdictionFederal government of the United States1.00infobox
DARPAParent departmentUnited States Department of Defense1.00infobox
DARPAPreceding agencyAdvanced Research Projects Agency1.00infobox
DARPAWebsitewww.darpa.mil1.00infobox
Xerox PARC.Between 1976instance ofSome young computer scientists left the universities to startups and private research laboratories0.80text
1981instance ofSome young computer scientists left the universities to startups and private research laboratories0.80text

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