DARPA's Policy Analysis Market for Intelligence: Outside the Box or Off the Wall?; Strategic Insights, v. 2 issue 9 (September 2003)
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Looney, Robert
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2003-09
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September 2003
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was born in the uncertain days after the
Soviets launched Sputnik in 1958. Its mission was to become an engine of technological change that
would bridge the gap between fundamental discoveries and their military use (Bray, 2003). Over the last
five decades, the Agency has efficiently gone about its business in relative obscurity, in many cases not
getting as much credit as it deserved. The Agency first developed the model for the internet as well as
stealth technology. More recently, DARPA innovations have spanned a wide array of technologies. To
name a couple: computers that correct a user's mistakes or fix themselves when they malfunction and
new stimulants to keep soldiers awake and alert for seven consecutive days.
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This article appeared in Strategic Insights, v.2 issue 9 (September 2003)
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Strategic Insights, v.2, issue 9 (September 2003)
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