Program Manager
Tactical Technology Office
Mark Rice joined DARPA in September 2025 as a program manager in the Tactical Technology Office. Areas of expertise include naval architecture, unmanned surface vessels, amphibious systems, and advanced manufacturing.
Rice is a licensed professional engineer who was the principal investigator on more than 120 projects involving naval architecture and mechanical engineering. He's been part of a wide variety of DARPA programs and seedlings over the past three decades, spanning air, maritime, ground, and space domains.
Prior to joining DARPA, Rice was CEO of BlackSea Technologies. Before that, he was founder and president of Maritime Applied Physics Corporation (MAPC).
Education
- B.A., Physics, The University of Maine