Editing DARPA

== Overview ==
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'''DARPA''' is an acronym for the '''D'''efense '''A'''dvanced '''R'''esearch '''P'''rojects '''A'''gency. It was previously called the [[Advanced Research Projects Agency]] ([[ARPA]]).

[http://www.darpa.mil DARPA] is the central [[research and development]] organization for the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] ([[DoD]]). It manages and directs selected basic and applied [[research and development]] projects for [[DoD]], and pursues research and [[technology]] where risk and payoff are both very high and where success may provide dramatic advances for traditional military roles and missions. By doing so, DARPA furnishes [[DoD]] with leading-edge [[technologies]] to help the department execute its [[national security]] mission. DARPA often produces [[prototype]] [[system]]s for conducting experiments that address the urgent needs of [[DoD]]. If successful and as appropriate, such [[prototype]] [[system]]s are transitioned into operational use by executing agencies of the federal government. 

The agency tries to stimulate, develop, and demonstrate [[technologies]] that can cause fundamental changes in future military systems and operations. DARPA targets areas for timely transition to weapon capability through specially-designed [[prototype]]s, [[technology]] demonstrations, and manufacturing processes key to fostering a robust industrial base. 

DARPA emphasizes dynamic [[technologies]] that are changing too fast to be captured adequately by traditional [[research and development]] practices. DARPA funds research in universities, government laboratories, and industry, with an absolute minimum of administrative layering through a horizontal organizational structure. Program managers are free to pursue [[technologies]] they perceive as promising and have attained a great deal of success throughout a spectrum of activities. DARPA is also authorized to enter into [[contract]]ual arrangements as full partners with industry, receiving [[royalties]] and other the rights of a company and accepting corporate obligations. This flexibility provides a fertile research environment for creative thought, industrial [[collaboration]], and [[technology transfer]] for [[commercialization]].

== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[ARPA]]
* [[ARPANET]]
* [[DARPA Grand Challenge]]
* [[DARPA Syndromic Surveillance System]]
* [[Internet]]
* [[TIA]]

== External reading ==
* Mitch Waldrop, "DARPA and the Internet Revolution" ([http://www.darpa.mil/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2554 full-text]).
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