DocumentCode
381611
Title
DARPA: DoD´s engine for revolutionary change
Author
Meyer, Thomas W.
Volume
1
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Abstract
Summary form only given. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency was created by President Eisenhower in 1958 to ensure technological superiority for US military forces by fostering innovation and pursuing high-payoff, frequently high-risk projects. A short list of the agency´s more notable successes include the Saturn V engines, the F-117 stealth fighter, precision guided munitions (PGMs), directed energy, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and the Internet to name a few. This paper briefly reviews some of DARPA´s past successes, and investigate the agency´s new directions in view of a changing national and international environment.
Keywords
military systems; research initiatives; weapons; DARPA; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; F-117 stealth fighter; Internet; Saturn V engines; US military forces; directed energy; precision guided munitions; unmanned aerial vehicles; Internet; Saturn; Search engines; Technological innovation; US Department of Defense; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Weapons;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2002. IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7231-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AERO.2002.1036818
Filename
1036818
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