DARPA的成功和争议，体现了项目经理制的正反两面。科技研发项目千差万别，组织和管理方式需要根据研究领域、阶段、目标不同而相应调整。对探索性的前沿项目，类似DARPA这样的阶段性高强度中短期投入、手把手管理模式可能更合适、更容易取得成绩。而像载人航天等高度系统性、复杂的项目，NSF、NASA这样的成立专职队伍、长期不间断投入，可能是必须的。

Aurora Flight Sciences tweaked its original Liberty Lifter design to move floats to its wingtips and adjust its tail to better accommodate its aft cargo door. (Aurora Flight Sciences) The Defense ...

DARPA’s Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) hit approximately Mach 20 — about 13,000 miles per hour or 3.6 miles ...

We got a glimpse at what a new cross between a helicopter and a jet aircraft might look like after Bell released a new image. It's of a model used in wind tunnel tests of its entry in DARPA's Speed ...

Michigan Tech faculty are developing a microbe-fueled power supply system that could keep ocean sensors in the water longer ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced its developing artificial intelligence (AI) that is "trustworthy for the Defense Department" in making life-or-death recommendations ...

Hundreds of military, government and commercial satellites reside today in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) some 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the Earth – a perch ideal for providing ...

CHICAGO—DARPA wants to work with aviation MRO companies and the wider defense industry to implement a new software coding process that could eliminate most of the military’s cyber vulnerabilities, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Darren Cofer, a senior fellow at Collins Aerospace, demonstrates a cybersecurity tool developed as part of DARPA's High-Assurance ...

DARPA plans to develop a high-supersonic, long-range strike missile powered by a rotating detonation engine (RDE), seeking to advance a potentially more efficient and affordable form of ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida–A high-speed aircraft that doesn’t need a runway is next on DARPA's drawing board, the research agency's ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida–A high-speed aircraft that doesn’t need a runway is next on DARPA's drawing board, the research agency's director said Wednesday. What will that look like? It could be a new ...