Iarpa (pronounced, Yarpa) certainly doesn't sound as cool as
Darpa, but if Darpa's successes are any indicator, Iarpa
should be just as profitable. Can't wait to see what neat
gadgets they'll actually show us.
Iarpa is the combination of the following:
The National Security Agency's (NSA)
Disruptive Technology Office (DTO)
The Disruptive Technology Office, or DTO, is a funding agency within the United States Intelligence Community. It was until recently known as
Advanced Research and Development Activity (ARDA).
ARDA was created in 1998 after the model of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) by the Director of Central Intelligence and the
Department of Defense, and took responsibility for funding some of DARPA's projects. ARDA evaluates proposals and funds speculative research,
particularly in the fields of data mining, video processing, and quantum computing.
the
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s
National Technology Alliance
The National Technology Alliance (NTA) is a U.S. Government program established in 1987 to influence commercial and dual use technology
development with an emphasis on meeting national security and defense technology needs. The primary goal of the NTA is to partner commercial
technology solutions to Government user technology needs and then create new or enhanced commercial products where the cost of development is
leveraged across a broad user community.
and the Central Intelligence Agency’s
Intelligence Technology Innovation Center,
which I couldn't find any information on.
DARPA's website is worth looking at, there's detailed
information and
pictures on their projects:
DARPA Programs
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