DARPA and its ARPA-E and IARPA clones: a unique innovation organization model

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was formed in 1958 as a research and development (RD DARPA has an unparalleled record of technological advance, and the other two are rapidly building their own records. ARPA-E and IARPA show that the DARPA model is now a proven one in the innovation space, clearly relevant for consideration in other technology development mission sectors.