Each Program Embodies our Quest

By design, our programs expand the definition of what’s possible. Their duration is finite, but they create lasting change. 

Managed by our technical offices, DARPA programs span the laboratory and applied sciences and advanced engineering disciplines. Typically structured in phases, each program tackles an urgent national security challenge whose solution has the potential to achieve strategic technological surprise. Each program embodies our quest for trusted, disruptive capabilities and for revolutionizing the state of the art.