Copyright

Patrick Windham; Richard Van Atta

Published On

2020-01-09

Page Range

pp. 1-26

Print Length

25 pages

1. Introduction

DARPA—The Innovation Icon

  • Patrick Windham (author)
  • Richard Van Atta (author)
Chapter of: The DARPA Model for Transformative Technologies: Perspectives on the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(pp. 1–26)
This introductory chapter focuses on DARPA’s key features—its mission, organization, linkages to other organizations, and “political design”—and how those features have contributed to its success.

Contributors

Patrick Windham

(author)

Richard Van Atta

(author)