Program Summary
The proliferation of low cost, highly sophisticated commercial technology and the global access to knowledge about how to construct and apply these systems has narrowed the divide and placed sophisticated systems and capabilities in the hands of hobbyists across the world. The DARPA Improv program investigated the threat posed by commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) devices. The Improv 2 program will examine the potential to create small systems comprising COTS components, open source software, and easily fabricated components and examine their current and future potential to provide useful military capability.