DARPA budge up 10%

[David Farber <dfarber () cs cmu edu>]

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From: Tim Finin <finin () cs umbc edu>
Date: February 5, 2008 10:50:37 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: DARPA budge up 10%

A Wired article, DARPA Nabs Big Bucks for Mach 6 Planes, Giant
Robotic Blimps, Next-Gen Networks [1], summarizes the news in the
proposed 2009 DARPA budget.

“DARPA, the Pentagon’s mad science division, got a $324 million
boost in the Defense Department’s new budget — a ten percent
increase. Which means lots more cash for giant blimps, next-gen
wireless networks, Mach 6 planes, shape-shifting drones, and
improvised bomb-beaters. … But not everything in the DARPA
budget got bumped up. The agency’s much-ballyhooed efforts at
“Cognitive Computing” took at $30 million cut, to $145
million. Which could mean that even the Pentagon’s most
wide-eyed visionaries see thinking machines are still far, far
off in the distance.” (link)

DARPA has traditionally been an important funding source for
basic computer science research. While the ORCA program got a
healthy increase of $53M, this is the only CS-related program
mentioned.

[1] http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/02/darpas-big-buck.html
[2] http://www.darpa.mil/sto/solicitations/sn07-44/


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