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Technology research and development agency of the U.S. Department of Defense
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for
DARPA
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up DARPA, darpa, or därpå in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is a research agency of the US
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US program to develop a hypersonic weapon
The DARPA FALCON Project (Force Application and Launch from Continental United States) was a two-part joint project between the Defense Advanced Research
DARPA_Falcon_Project
Prize competition for American autonomous vehicles
The DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for American autonomous vehicles, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the most prominent
DARPA_Grand_Challenge
U.S. defense data-logging program
Processing Techniques Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). According to its bid solicitation
DARPA_LifeLog
United States Lunar programs
The DARPA lunar programs, are a series of programs aimed at developing shareable, scalable commercial systems for a lunar economy developed by U.S. agency
DARPA_lunar_programs
The DARPA AlphaDogfight was a 2019–2020 DARPA program that pitted computers using F-16 flight simulators against one another. The computers were managed
DARPA_AlphaDogfight
Competition about reconstructing shredded documents
DARPA Shredder Challenge 2011 was a prize competition for exploring methods to reconstruct documents shredded by a variety of paper shredding techniques
DARPA_Shredder_Challenge_2011
U.S. military project developing a ground-effect seaplane
Liberty Lifter was a U.S. military Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project, launched in mid-2022, to develop a low-cost seaplane that uses
Liberty_Lifter
Technologies Office (BTO) is one of the seven technical offices within DARPA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense that is responsible for the
Biological Technologies Office (DARPA)
Biological_Technologies_Office_(DARPA)
Experimental aircraft
development. In charge are the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences. Purpose of the X-65 aircraft
Aurora_X-65_CRANE
U.S. Government-sponsored prize competitions on innovative technologies
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has conducted numerous prize competitions to spur innovation. A prize competition allows DARPA to establish an ambitious
DARPA_Prize_Competitions
Generation program or XG is a technology development project sponsored by DARPA's Strategic Technology Office, with the goals to "develop both the enabling
DARPA_XG
Prize competition
The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) was a prize competition funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Held from 2012 to 2015, it aimed
DARPA_Robotics_Challenge
The DARPA FORESTER is a technology development program sponsored jointly by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Army intended
DARPA_FORESTER
The DARPA Spectrum Challenge was a competition held by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to demonstrate a radio protocol that can best use
DARPA_Spectrum_Challenge
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Ground X-Vehicle Technology (GXV-T) project is an effort to develop technologies and designs to
DARPA_GXV-T
Third driverless car competition of the DARPA Grand Challenge
The third driverless car competition of the DARPA Grand Challenge was commonly known as the DARPA Urban Challenge. It took place on November 3, 2007 at
DARPA_Grand_Challenge_(2007)
Cancelled U.S. defense technology
Airborne Launch Assist Space Access, or DARPA ALASA is a canceled program of the US defense technology agency DARPA "designed to produce a rocket capable
Airborne Launch Assist Space Access
Airborne_Launch_Assist_Space_Access
Period of reduced funding and interest in AI research
perceptrons (early, single-layer artificial neural networks) 1971–75: DARPA's frustration with the Speech Understanding Research program at Carnegie
AI_winter
Sniper round
Tasked Ordnance", is a sniper rifle firing smart bullets being developed for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) by Lockheed Martin and Teledyne
EXACTO
American unmanned surface vessel
"NOMARS | Media Gallery | DARPA". www.darpa.mil. Retrieved 20 August 2025. "No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS)". www.darpa.mil. Retrieved 7 March 2025
USX-1_Defiant
American stealthy anti-ship cruise missile
and United States Navy by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Derived from the AGM-158B JASSM-ER, the LRASM was intended to pioneer
AGM-158C_LRASM
The GBA-DARPA Heliplane was a proof-of-concept, long-range, VTOL aircraft intended to cruise at twice the speed of conventional helicopters. It was funded
GBA-DARPA_Heliplane
First DARPA Grand Challenge
Announced in 2002, the first DARPA Grand Challenge was a driverless car competition held on March 13, 2004, in the Mojave Desert region of the United
DARPA_Grand_Challenge_(2004)
The 2009 DARPA Network Challenge was a prize competition for exploring the roles the Internet and social networking play in the real-time communications
DARPA_Network_Challenge
Open-source 3D robotics simulator
Simulator for DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge". YouTube. DARPA. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2013-06-03. Quick, Darren (2013-06-28). "DARPA Announces Winners
Gazebo_(simulator)
Tiny remote controlled aircraft built to resemble and fly like a hummingbird
specifications provided by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The Hummingbird is equipped with a small video camera for surveillance
AeroVironment Nano Hummingbird
AeroVironment_Nano_Hummingbird
World Wide Web content existing on darknets
v t e Tor – Onion routing Authors of source code DARPA Free Haven Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of Naval Research The Tor Project, Inc
Dark_web
Experimental spaceplane/booster (2013–2020)
The DARPA XS-1 was an experimental spaceplane/booster with the planned capability to deliver small satellites into orbit for the U.S. Department of Defense
XS-1_(spacecraft)
German-American entrepreneur (born 1967)
Thrun led development of the robotic vehicle Stanley which won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, and which has since been placed on exhibit in the Smithsonian
Sebastian_Thrun
Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is one of seven technical offices within DARPA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense that is responsible for the
Defense_Sciences_Office
American quantum computing company
Retrieved 2026-06-09. "DARPA selects two discrete utility-scale quantum computing approaches for evaluation | DARPA". www.darpa.mil. Retrieved 2026-06-09
PsiQuantum
US Research Organization
Technology Office (MTO) is one of seven current organizational divisions of DARPA, an agency responsible for the development of new technology for the United
Microsystems Technology Office
Microsystems_Technology_Office
American experimental aircraft
research project sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The goal of the program was to demonstrate a VTOL aircraft design that
VTOL_X-Plane
U.S. Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
a planned spaceflight demonstration mission under the joint auspices of DARPA, NASA, Lockheed Martin, and BWX Technologies, aiming to carry out the first
Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations
Demonstration_Rocket_for_Agile_Cislunar_Operations
by Newcastle University. Boeing was awarded an $89 million contract by DARPA's Vulture program, with Boeing covering the remainder. It was slated to make
Boeing_SolarEagle
Use of a cavitation bubble to reduce skin friction drag on a submerged object
Sergey Lavrov denied supplying Iran with the technology. In 2004, the US DARPA also announced the Underwater Express program, a research and evaluation
Supercavitation
Quantum key distribution network
The DARPA Quantum Network (2002–2007) was the world's first quantum key distribution (QKD) network, operating 10 optical nodes across Boston and Cambridge
DARPA_Quantum_Network
American sixth-generation fighter initiative
combat aircraft (CCA) operating in a manned-unmanned teaming concept. After DARPA published its Air Dominance Initiative study in 2014, Air Force and Navy
Next_Generation_Air_Dominance
Segmented search engine with specific content areas
Search" (Press release). DARPA. February 9, 2014. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015. "DARPA Contract to Fund Exploration
Vertical_search
American computer security expert
programmer, writer, and hacker. He is currently the chief information officer of DARPA. He was the most prominent member of the high-profile hacker think tank
Peiter_Zatko
US experimental drone aircraft
wing experimental unmanned aerial vehicle that was developed by Boeing and DARPA to demonstrate the principle that a helicopter's rotor could be stopped
Boeing_X-50_Dragonfly
Upcoming American sixth-generation fighter aircraft
Counter-Air (PCA). In 2014, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched the Aerospace Innovation Initiative to build X-plane prototypes
Boeing_F-47
United States government program involved in the development of unmanned ground vehicles
navigation in robotic unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). LAGR was funded by DARPA, a research agency of the United States Department of Defense. While mobile
Learning Applied to Ground Vehicles
Learning_Applied_to_Ground_Vehicles
American experimental UAV
unmanned aerial vehicle designed by Dynetics. The X-61 stemmed from the DARPA Gremlins program to demonstrate a recoverable, low-cost UAV with digital
Dynetics_X-61_Gremlins
Place in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Dande Darpakhel is a village in the North Waziristan District of Bannu Division in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is a suburb of Miranshah
Dande_Darpakhel
Obsolete hostname lookup protocol
PROTOCOLS (see "IEN 116" at top of page 31) DARPA Trivial Name Server NeXT NEXTSTEP documentation DARPA Trivial Name Server Sun Solaris documentation[permanent
ARPA Host Name Server Protocol
ARPA_Host_Name_Server_Protocol
known as DARPA). The money was used to fund project MAC which subsumed the "AI Group" founded by Minsky and McCarthy five years earlier. DARPA continued
History of artificial intelligence
History_of_artificial_intelligence
Second driverless car competition of the DARPA Grand Challenge
The second driverless car competition of the DARPA Grand Challenge was a 212 km (132 mi) off-road course that began at 6:40 am on October 8, 2005, near
DARPA_Grand_Challenge_(2005)
Hybrid electric uncrewed aircraft
Edwards Air Force Base; DARPA did not offically release the precise date, but reports were that it was on April 14. "Meet DARPA's Newest X-plane: XRQ-73"
Northrop Grumman XRQ-73 SHEPARD
Northrop_Grumman_XRQ-73_SHEPARD
Grant project to work toward achieving interstellar travel
(100YSS) was a one-year joint U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) effort "to take
100_Year_Starship
Early packet switching network (1969–1990)
The ARPANET was established by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (now DARPA) of the United States Department of Defense. Building on the ideas of J
ARPANET
was a challenge created by The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in order to develop automatic defense systems that can discover, prove
2016_Cyber_Grand_Challenge
CEO of self-driving technology company Aurora
the development of his team's robotic vehicles that participated in the DARPA Grand Challenges in 2004 and 2005 and the Urban Challenge in 2007. He was
Chris_Urmson
Close Air Support
Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) is a DARPA program that seeks to demonstrate dramatic improvements in close air support (CAS) capabilities by developing
Persistent_Close_Air_Support
U.S. scramjet missile project
missile project at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), that had a successful hypersonic flight announced in September 2021. It
Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept
Hypersonic_Air-breathing_Weapon_Concept
The DARPA Agent Markup Language (DAML) was the name of a US funding program at the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) started in 1999
DARPA_Agent_Markup_Language
Genus of butterflies
the genus Darpa include: Darpa dealbata (Distant, 1886) Darpa hanria Moore, 1865 Darpa pteria (Hewitson, 1868) Darpa striata Druce, 1873 Darpa inopinata
Darpa_(butterfly)
Technology executive
Technology Office at DARPA, the office responsible for the agency's drones, robotics, X-planes, and satellite programs. While at DARPA, Eremenko developed
Paul_Eremenko
Autonomous car
with the Volkswagen Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL). It won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, earning the Stanford Racing Team a $2 million prize. Led
Stanley_(vehicle)
American virologist
their natural, intermediate, and human hosts. In 2018, Munster won two DARPA PREEMPT projects using self-spreading bat vaccine technology. In December
Vincent_Munster
Experimental hypersonic glide vehicle
(HTV-2) is an experimental hypersonic glide vehicle developed as part of the DARPA Falcon Project designed to fly in the Mach 20 range. It is a test bed for
Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2
Hypersonic_Technology_Vehicle_2
American geologist
She was the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) from 2021 to 2025. In February 2025, the Colorado School of Mines announced
Stefanie_Tompkins
Species of butterfly
Darpa pteria, the snowy angle, is a species of skipper butterfly found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. It is found from Malaya to the Philippines
Darpa_pteria
American businesswoman (born 1963)
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), where she served from July 2009 until March 2012. Dugan began working for DARPA in 1996. Over the next 4 years
Regina_E._Dugan
High-speed missiles and projectiles
hypersonic scramjet cruise missile Avangard (hypersonic glide vehicle) DARPA Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) hypersonic scramjet cruise
Hypersonic_weapon
President of the United States from 2021 to 2025
ISBN 978-0-8144-0855-1. p. 144. Alex, Roland; Shiman, Philip (2002). Strategic computing : DARPA and the quest for machine intelligence, 1983-1993. Cambridge, Massachusetts:
Joe_Biden
United States Navy Special Projects Office (SPO) is a former research and design office of the United States Navy, responsible for the coordination of
United States Navy Special Projects Office
United_States_Navy_Special_Projects_Office
Experimental aircraft
Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN), a joint program between DARPA and the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR), seeks to greatly increase
Northrop_Grumman_Tern
Autonomous car technology company
competed in the 2005 and 2007 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenges. Google's development of self-driving technology began
Waymo
Framework for communication protocols used in IP networking
development were funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the United States Department of Defense. The Internet protocol suite
Internet_protocol_suite
Australian quantum computing technology company
physicist and engineer Andrew Dzurak. In November 2025, Diraq was selected by DARPA to advance to Stage B of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), a program
Diraq
Experimental stealth aircraft
with DARPA the stealth characteristics of the A-12, M-21 and D-21. On behalf of the company, Rich and Martin formally requested permission from DARPA to
Lockheed_Have_Blue
Video analysis software
Research Projects Agency. Twelve research teams have been contracted by DARPA for the Mind's Eye: Carnegie Mellon University, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech
Mind's_Eye_(US_military)
Place in Lori Province, Armenia
40°50′17″N 44°25′24″E / 40.83806°N 44.42333°E / 40.83806; 44.42333 Darpas (Armenian: Դարպաս, also romanized as Darbas) is a town in the Lori Province
Darpas
Collaboration of autonomous and human systems
(2023-03-06). "DARPA moves General Atomics' 'LongShot' drone pitch to phase 2". Breaking Defense. Retrieved 2024-07-02.[dead link] "DARPA Initiates Design
Manned-unmanned_teaming
Natural satellite orbiting Earth
through programs such as NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services, and DARPA lunar programs. China is continuing its ambitious Chang'e program, having
Moon
Nonprofit corporation in Mountain View, California
R&D and consulting. Notable sources of past and current funding include DARPA, NASA, Amazon, Bosch, Nvidia and the Toyota Research Institute. The beginnings
Open_Robotics
Social networking service owned by Meta Platforms
Use of the Internet as means of monitoring users' activities maliciously DARPA LifeLog – U.S. defense data-logging program Double Irish arrangement – Tax
Subsidiary of General Atomics
won a Phase 1 research contract on DARPA's Liberty Lifter project. On March 6, 2023, the company announced that DARPA has chosen GA-ASI to carry out the
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
General_Atomics_Aeronautical_Systems
Experimental armor piercing weapon
Hydrodynamic Explosive Munition (MAHEM) is a weapon being developed by DARPA of the United States Department of Defense that would utilize molten metal
MAHEM
Book by Michael Belfiore
Scientists: How DARPA is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs, is a book by Michael Belfiore about the history and origins of DARPA. Belfiore
The Department of Mad Scientists
The_Department_of_Mad_Scientists
American technologist
as the 22nd director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); the third woman to hold such a position since the agency's inception in
Victoria_Coleman
Type of gunfire locator
Boomerang is a gunfire locator developed by DARPA and BBN Technologies primarily for use against snipers. Boomerang is mounted on mobile vehicles such
Boomerang_(countermeasure)
Program started by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
was a program started by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 2017. The goal was to address the lack of widely accepted technical
Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations
Consortium_for_Execution_of_Rendezvous_and_Servicing_Operations
Series of experimental US aircraft and rockets
Other organizations such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Marine Corps (USMC) have also since sponsored X-plane projects
List_of_X-planes
Roadable aircraft
the Piasecki ARES design. The DARPA TX, or Transformer, was a 5-year, 3-phase roadable aircraft effort coordinated by DARPA for the United States military
Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System
Aerial_Reconfigurable_Embedded_System
Nuclear spacecraft propulsion technology
development of nuclear powered spacecraft. DARPA News, 4 May 2022. URL: https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2022-05-04 DARPA Kicks Off Design, Fabrication for DRACO
Nuclear_thermal_rocket
Hypothetical proto-hypertext system
(DARPA), launched a program using the name Memex to fight human trafficking crimes on the dark web. Wade Shen, the program manager for Memex at DARPA cited
Memex
American roboticist
Mellon University. He led Tartan Racing to its first-place victory in the DARPA Grand Challenge (2007) Urban Challenge and brought Carnegie Mellon University
Red_Whittaker
US engineering and robotics design company
military with funding from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). On December 13, 2013, the company was acquired by Google X (later X, a
Boston_Dynamics
U.S. technology of unmanning surface vehicle
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The USV concept crafts range in size and form. Examples include: Sea Hunter, a DARPA-developed trimaran USV launched
NOMARS
American engineer (born 1959)
first woman to hold the position. Prabhakar served as 20th Director of DARPA (United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) from 2012 to 2017
Arati_Prabhakar
American doctor and researcher
the founding director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office from 2014 until 2016. He was considered
Geoffrey_Ling
Technology Program (abbreviated as QUIST or QuIST) was a five-year, $100M DARPA research program that ran from FY 2001 – 2005. The initiative was jointly
QuIST
Hypersonic glide vehicle medium-range ballistic missile
(abbreviated as OpFires) is a hypersonic ground-launched system developed by DARPA for the United States Armed Forces. The system deploys a boost glide vehicle
OpFires
Programmable machine that processes data
using telecommunications technology. The effort was funded by ARPA (now DARPA), and the computer network that resulted was called the ARPANET. Logic gates
Computer
2011 nuclear accident in Japan
original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014. "DARPA Robotics Challenge". DRC. DARPA. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved
Fukushima_nuclear_accident
United States laser weapon program
being funded by the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Liquid lasers that have large cooling systems can fire continuous beams
High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System
High_Energy_Liquid_Laser_Area_Defense_System
DARPA
DARPA
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Inducing Pride
Boy/Male
Tamil
Kamdev, God of Love
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Lord Shiva; Eliminator of Ego
Boy/Male
Hindu
A mirror
Girl/Female
Indian, Marathi
Proud
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Reflection; Mirror
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
A Small Mirror
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Telugu
Kamdev; God of Love
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Kamdev; God of Love
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Telugu
A Mirror; Happiness
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
A Mirror
Girl/Female
Indian
A small mirror
Girl/Female
Tamil
Darpanika | தரà¯à®ªà®¨à®¿à®•ா
A small mirror
Darpanika | தரà¯à®ªà®¨à®¿à®•ா
Boy/Male
Tamil
A mirror
Girl/Female
Tamil
A small mirror
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Destroyer of Ego
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Mirror; Pride
Boy/Male
Indian, Sikh
Mirror Light of God
DARPA
DARPA
Girl/Female
Muslim
Sun, Affectionate, Kind
Boy/Male
Gaelic Irish
Red haired.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin, perhaps, as Reaney suggests, from a pet form of the Old English personal name Wippa, or perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a whipple tree, whatever that may have been. Chaucer lists whippletree (probably a kind of dogwood) along with maple, thorn, beech, hazel, and yew.Matthew Whipple came from England to Ipswich, MA, in about 1638. His descendent William Whipple (1730–85) born in Kittery, ME, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Grassy Plain
Boy/Male
Welsh
Legendary son of Erw.
Boy/Male
Afghan, African, Indian, Sanskrit
He Fights for What is his; Of Noble Birth
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Sweet; Fruit
Girl/Female
Australian, German, Irish, Welsh
Dark and Pure
Boy/Male
Biblical, Indian
A Son who Beholds
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vagadheeksha | வகதிகà¯à®·à®¾Â
Lord of spokesmen
DARPA
DARPA
DARPA
DARPA
DARPA