US government creates the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to jump-start new efforts in science and technology US government creates the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to jump-start new efforts in science and technology- In response to Sputnik, initially intended to coordinate and accelerate US military space programs
- Chartered with “preventing technological surprise”
- From 1958-1965, ARPA's emphasis centered on major national issues, including space, ballistic missile defense, and nuclear test detection
- ARPA redefined its role and concentrated on a diverse set of relatively small, exploratory research programs
- ARPA was renamed DARPA in 1972
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