Vanguard Technology: Next-Generation Methods for National Security

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the U.S. Department of Defense working to develop breakthrough technologies for national security. For more than six decades, DARPA has formulated and executed projects that have expanded the frontiers of technology and science, with a track record of exceptional innovation in such areas as materials science, information processing, directed energy, and satellite systems, among many others. For this Capstone project, the team will consider how DARPA has developed an exceptional track record in frontier technologies and what principles and methods may be needed to incorporate from entrepreneurial tech environments to continue to be at the vanguard of advanced capabilities.