DARPA's Policy Analysis Market for Intelligence: Outside the Box or Off the Wall?
Abstract
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was born in
the uncertain days after the Soviet Union launched its Sputnik satellite
in 1958. Its mission was to become an engine of technological change
that would bridge the gap between fundamental discoveries and their
military use. 1 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
I 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.
Description
The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08850600490446745