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Budget analysis and enlightenment of DARPA from fiscal year 2014 to 2023

  • WANG Zhao ,
  • LI Wenjuan ,
  • WANG Qiang
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  • Consulting Center for Strategic Assessment, Academy of Military Science, Beijing 100091, China

Received date: 2022-06-11

  Revised date: 2022-11-10

  Online published: 2024-04-15

Abstract

DARPA, as an incubator of disruptive technologies, plays an important role in the scientific and technological innovation of the US military. The research on DARPA RDT&E budget can provide an important basis for understanding the development direction and trend of US defense technology. This paper explored frontier technology innovations of the US military by analyzing the budgets from FY 2014 to FY 2023. The results show that (1) the focus of the budget has shifted from basic research to advanced technology development, (2) the budget shows a trend of continuously arranging frontier technologies, promoting the demonstration and verification of new technologies, and helping the construction of the "mosaic warfare", and (3) microelectronics, artificial intelligence, communication and network, and biotechnology have been the key research areas of DARPA in the past two years.

Cite this article

WANG Zhao , LI Wenjuan , WANG Qiang . Budget analysis and enlightenment of DARPA from fiscal year 2014 to 2023[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2024 , 42(2) : 6 -13 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2024.02.001

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