Technology Transition of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Its Enlightenment
[Research purpose]Playing a key role in nourishing U.S.military technology,Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA)has produced disruptive weapons that are more advanced than rivalries.It is of great importance to make clear how DARPA transits its technology to weapons and how it keeps a leading position in the information era.[Research method]This article makes use of DARPA history and its periodically released technical bidding announcements,program schedule and applying guidelines to observe the technology transition mechanism.[Research conclusion]In the pre-information age,DARPA relied on the island/bridge structure to ob-tain support of senior military officials,signed technology research and development agreements with the large military complex and gained the military procurement.As military procurement shrinks in the information age,small companies explore military technology based on information and get transited under support of SBIR/STTR.
disruptive technologymilitary technologytechnology transitiontransition mechanismSmall Business Innovation ResearchDARPA
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