# Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency **Entity class:** Department of Defense research agency **Aliases:** DARPA ## Definition The **Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency** sponsors high-risk, high-payoff research intended to create breakthrough technologies for national security. ## Relationships - **microelectronics program:** Electronics Resurgence Initiative and ERI 2.0. - **event:** [[wiki/DARPA Electronics Resurgence Initiative Summit|DARPA Electronics Resurgence Initiative Summit]]. - **collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [DARPA](https://www.darpa.mil/) ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "Accelerating innovation in artificial intelligence hardware to make decisions at the edge faster" > **— DARPA**, *accessed September 23, 2026, Electronics Resurgence Initiative — What Is ERI?* [[reminders/Information/AI Hardware Should Make Decisions at the Edge Faster by DARPA|AI Hardware Should Make Decisions at the Edge Faster by DARPA]] > "Overcoming security threats across the entire hardware lifecycle" > **— DARPA**, *accessed September 23, 2026, Electronics Resurgence Initiative — What Is ERI?* [[reminders/Cybernetics/Hardware Security Must Address the Entire Lifecycle by DARPA|Hardware Security Must Address the Entire Lifecycle by DARPA]]