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This website is your resource for DARPA’s news, programs, history and people.

DARPA’s rich history of success and innovation reflects the Agency’s founding mission of preventing and avoiding strategic surprise for the Nation’s Defense, but it has also led to the creation of entire new industries and sources of economic growth in the U.S.

Technology Spotlight

Learn about DARPA's efforts in space technology and innovative approaches in our recent feature, Connecting to the Cosmos.

DARPA Industry Summit

Chief Executives from industry are invited to join DARPA staff for a 1-day summit, either September 29 or 30, to discuss major challenges to our country's national security. Learn more and register.






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LEARN ABOUT DARPA

DARPA is the research and development arm of the U.S. Department of Defense. DARPA's mission is to maintain the technological superiority of the U.S. military and prevent technological surprise from threatening our national security.

DARPA funds unique and innovative research through the private sector, academic and other non-profit organizations as well as government labs.

DARPA research runs the gamut from conducting scientific investigations in a laboratory, to building full-scale prototypes of military systems. We fund research in biology, medicine, computer science, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, material sciences, social sciences, neuroscience, and more.

DARPA research projects evolve into military use through technology transition.

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