Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

[機構] 國防高等研究計劃局 DARPA (美國).

The central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense. It manages and directs selected basic and applied research and development projects for the Department, and pursues research and technology where risk and payoff are both very high and where success may provide dramatic advances for traditional military roles and missions and dual-use applications.