Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency


The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense (DoD). It manages and directs selected basic and applied research and development projects for DoD, and pursues research and technology where risk and payoff are both very high and where success may provide dramatic advances for traditional military roles and missions and dual-use applications.

This website is divided into several tracks. Please select from the following list.

Mission - Describes what DARPA does
Organization - DARPA's offices and links to their individual web sites
A description of each of the Technical and Support Offices
A list of the Offices with links to all of the Office Home Pages
Info - Information available to the public, including how to communicate with DARPA
Information for Small Businesses (SBIR/SBSC)
News - Recent happenings at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Solicitations - A listing of current solicitations for the technical offices of DARPA

What's New?

New! DARPA's next Systems and Technology Symposium, ARPATech '96, is set for May 22 - 24, 1996, at the Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.

New! DARPA Overview Briefing, March 1996


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Last Updated April, 10 1996


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