Addressing Future Technology Challenges Through Innovation and Investment

<p>America has enjoyed more than a half century as a superpower much of which as the lone world superpower. For better or worse this position has been underpinned by its technological superiority and ability to deter significant challenge. In recent years (potential) adversaries have eroded America#65533;s technological advantage through massive investment while at the same time U.S. research and development (RD) budgets have been shrinking. The necessity to maintain technological supremacy despite fiscal constraints requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to re-examine its policy and practices towards RD. America can no longer afford to throw massive amounts of money at innovation especially without some assurance of return on investment. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has since its inception made a science out of innovation and advancing the state-of-the-art. The DOD as a whole would greatly benefit from studying DARPA#65533;s best practices and motis operendai.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>