Still in the lead?

摘要

Half a century after its creation, the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is considered a paragon of government innovation. But some question whether it is still relevant. Sharon Weinberger reports. Last year's DARPATech conference could not have been held at a more fitting place than a Disneyland hotel in California. Run by the Pentagon's research arm - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — the August meeting was meant to tout the agency's unparalleled record of far-out technological innovation.