Abstract :
Summary form only given. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency was created by President Eisenhower in 1958 to ensure technological superiority for US military forces by fostering innovation and pursuing high-payoff, frequently high-risk projects. A short list of the agency´s more notable successes include the Saturn V engines, the F-117 stealth fighter, precision guided munitions (PGMs), directed energy, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and the Internet to name a few. This paper briefly reviews some of DARPA´s past successes, and investigate the agency´s new directions in view of a changing national and international environment.
Keywords :
military systems; research initiatives; weapons; DARPA; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; F-117 stealth fighter; Internet; Saturn V engines; US military forces; directed energy; precision guided munitions; unmanned aerial vehicles; Internet; Saturn; Search engines; Technological innovation; US Department of Defense; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Weapons;
