Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technologies for use by the military. DARPA has been responsible for funding the development of many technologies which have had a major effect on the world, including computer networking, as well as NLS, which was both the first hypertext system, and an important precursor to the contemporary ubiquitous graphical user interface.

DARPA began as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) created in 1958 by president Dwight D. Eisenhower for the purpose of forming and executing research and development projects to expand the frontiers of technology and science and able to reach far beyond immediate military requirements.[3] The administration was responding to the Soviet launching of Sputnik 1 in 1957, and ARPA's mission was to ensure U.S. military technology be more sophisticated than that of the nation's potential enemies. From DARPA's own introduction,[4]

DARPA’s original mission, established in 1958, was to prevent technological surprise like the launch of Sputnik, which signaled that the Soviets had beaten the U.S. into space. The mission statement has evolved over time. Today, DARPA’s mission is still to prevent technological surprise to the US, but also to create technological surprise for our enemies.

ARPA, was renamed to "DARPA" (for Defense) in March 1972, then renamed "ARPA" again in February 1993, and then renamed "DARPA" again in March 1996.

DARPA is independent from other more conventional military research and development and reports directly to senior Department of Defense management. DARPA has around 240 personnel (about 140 technical) directly managing a $3.2 billion budget. These figures are "on average" since DARPA focuses on short-term (two to four-year) projects run by small, purpose-built teams.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA

http://www.darpa.mil/

Video list:

* (D)ARPAnet The Team Behind The Internet
* 1.8 gigapixel ARGUS IS Worlds Highest Resolution Video Surveillance Platform-by-DARPA
* Attack Of The Drones USA
* Autonomous High Altitude Refueling (AHR) test flight
* BigDog robot
* DARPA's Crusher
* Cyborg Beetles To Be The US Military's Latest Weapon
* Damage Tolerant Controls program
* DARPA Hummingbird Drone
* DARPA Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) - Phase 1
* DARPA Blast Gauge
* DARPA Captive Air Amphibious Transporters (CAAT) For Disaster Relief
* DARPA Cheetah Sets Speed Record for Legged Robots
* DARPA Demos Acoustic Suppression of Flame
* DARPA Drones and Robots
* DARPA Exposed
* DARPA I2O Deputy Director Dan Kaufman, Cyber Analytical Framework
* DARPA Instant Fire Suppression
* DARPA Legged Squad Support System (LS3) Demonstrates New Capabilities
* DARPA Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) program
* DARPA Phoenix Program
* DARPA Phoenix Satellite Servicing
* DARPA PM Kathleen Fisher, High Assurance Systems
* DARPA PM Richard Guidorizzi, Brief Overview of Active Authentication
* DARPA Robot Masters Stairs
* DARPA Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe)
* DARPA Video and Image Retrieval and Analysis Tool (VIRAT)
* DARPA Military's Martial Law Robots Herding Humans
* DARPA Falcon hypersonic X-plane-part-1
* DARPA Falcon-hypersonic X-plane-part-2
* DARPA The Formative Years 1958 - 1975
* DARPA The Cold War Era 1975 - 1989
* DARPA The Post Soviet Years 1989 - Present
* DARPA Funding For Hackers, Hackerspaces And Education
* DARPA Mind Reading Binoculars
* DARPA Robot Looks-Human-2013
* DARPA Cheetah Bolts Past the Competition
* DARPA Disaster Robot Design Contest
* DARPA Iron Curtain Active Protection System
* DARPA Killer Robot Army
* DARPA Pet-Proto Robot Navigates Obstacles
* DARPA Police Robot
* DARPA Robotic Suspension System - M3 Program
* DARPA Soft Robot_ Now You See It, Now You Don't
* DARPA Wound Stasis Technology Could Save Lives
* DARPA Scientists Create Superfast Wi-Fi That Attaches Information to Light Beams
* DARPA Handheld Flying Mini-Bomb
* DARPA Hypersonic Glider Aborted Due To Shell Degradation
* Design & Collaboration in FANG's VehicleFORGE
* Dr. Regina Dugan, DARPA Cyber Colloquium
* Electronics Dissolved by Droplet of Liquid
* FANG Challenge_ Design a Next-Generation Military Ground Vehicle
* Genetically Modified Soldiers DARPA_ The Mutant Wars
* Have-Two-Arms,-Will-Work
* HTV-2 Speed Comparison
* HTV-2 Test Flight Profile
* HTV-2 Test Footage
* Human Hunter's DARPA's Military Robot Police Force
* Israel Shows Off New Drone Technology
* Light as a Feather_ Microstructural Engineering
* LS3 Follow Tight
* Military Mosquito Robots Collecting DNA & Blood!
* Military Explores The Use Of Ultra Intense Laser Pulses
* Navy Laser Weapon System (LaWS) PR Video
* Paper Robots Powered by Air Puffs and Funded by DARPA
* Phoenix Program Demonstration of Latest Advances
* Joseph Farrell-PLAYING DARPA-HISTORICAL CONTEXT
* Joseph Farrell-PLAYING DARPA-METHODS ANDS AREAS
* Joseph Farrell-PLAYING DARPA-PREDICTING THE FUTURE
* PowerSwim By Jay Lowell, DSO Program Manager
* Project GreenVax
* Real World By Dan Kaufman, DSO Program Manager
* DARPA Unveils Drone-Slaying War Laser
* Robot With Bones Moves Like You Do
* Robotic Mule - SL3 Legged Squad Support System
* Robot Wars - USA
* Smart Dust - D.A.R.P.A. Military Technology
* Strength from Within - Microstructural Engineering
* The DARPA ARM Robot
* The DARPA Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) program
* The Human Avatar Programs by NASA & DARPA
* The Future Of (Military) Robots
* Transient Electronics Dissolve in Liquid
* UAVforge, Crowdsourcing for UAV Innovation