An Overview of DARPA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was established in 1958 to prevent strategic surprise from negatively impacting U.S. national security and create strategic surprise for U.S. adversaries by maintaining the technologicalsuperiorityoftheU.S.military. Tofulfillitsmission,theAgencyreliesondiverseperformerstoapply multi-disciplinary approaches to both advance knowledge through basic research and create innovative technologies that address current practical problems through applied research.