A report on DARPA
Research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
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Raytheon BBN
8 linksAmerican research and development company, based next to Fresh Pond in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
American research and development company, based next to Fresh Pond in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
BBN is best known for its DARPA-sponsored research.
ARPANET
5 linksThe first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and one of the first networks to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite.
The first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and one of the first networks to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite.
The ARPANET was established by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the United States Department of Defense.
J. C. R. Licklider
5 linksAmerican psychologist and computer scientist who is considered to be among the most prominent figures in computer science development and general computing history.
American psychologist and computer scientist who is considered to be among the most prominent figures in computer science development and general computing history.
In October 1962, Licklider was appointed head of the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) at ARPA, the United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, an appointment he kept through July 1964.
Information Processing Techniques Office
4 linksThe Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO), originally "Command and Control Research", was part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of the United States Department of Defense.
Air Force Research Laboratory
5 linksScientific research organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command dedicated to leading the discovery, development, and integration of aerospace warfighting technologies, planning and executing the Air Force science and technology program, and providing warfighting capabilities to United States air, space, and cyberspace forces.
Scientific research organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command dedicated to leading the discovery, development, and integration of aerospace warfighting technologies, planning and executing the Air Force science and technology program, and providing warfighting capabilities to United States air, space, and cyberspace forces.
Since the Laboratory's formation in 1997, it has conducted numerous experiments and technical demonstrations in conjunction with NASA, Department of Energy National Laboratories, DARPA, and other research organizations within the Department of Defense.
NLS (computer system)
3 linksRevolutionary computer collaboration system developed in the 1960s.
Revolutionary computer collaboration system developed in the 1960s.
It was funded by ARPA (the predecessor to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), NASA, and the US Air Force.
Global Positioning System
2 linksSatellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.
Satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.
In 1959, ARPA (renamed DARPA in 1972) also played a role in TRANSIT.
Internet
2 linksGlobal system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
Global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
In the 1960s, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the United States Department of Defense funded research into time-sharing of computers.
Transit (satellite)
2 linksThe first satellite navigation system to be used operationally.
The first satellite navigation system to be used operationally.
The Transit satellite system, sponsored by the Navy and developed jointly by DARPA and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, under the leadership of Dr. Richard Kershner at Johns Hopkins, was the first satellite-based geopositioning system.
Artificial intelligence
2 linksIntelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to the natural intelligence displayed by animals including humans.
Intelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to the natural intelligence displayed by animals including humans.
By the middle of the 1960s, research in the U.S. was heavily funded by the Department of Defense