Organization
DARPA
US defense research agency, founded in 1958 as ARPA in response to Sputnik.
- Dates
- 7 Feb 1958 –
- Also known as
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA, Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Active 7 Feb 1958 –
- part of United States government 7 Feb 1958 –
The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was established by the US Department of Defense on 7 February 1958, in response to Sputnik 1. It was later renamed the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
ARPA funded the ARPANET, whose first link went live in 1969.
Connections 4
people who worked here
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Lawrence Preston Gise
1958
Being verified
Scholarship & press
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Repeated in accounts of the Bezos family and attributed to Brad Stone's book; not yet checked against the book's text or an ARPA personnel record (DTIC's ARPA history, ADA154363, was unavailable).
developed
part of
- United States government 7 Feb 1958 – Primary record 3
followed from
Timeline 4 dates
- 1958 Lawrence Preston Gise worked at DARPA Being verified
- 7 Feb 1958 – DARPA
- 7 Feb 1958 – DARPA part of United States government
- 1969 DARPA developed ARPANET
Proof 4 sources
- The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, Little, Brown and Company, 15 Oct 2013. Scholarship & press
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ARPANET, DARPA.
Primary record
The foundation of the current internet started taking shape in 1969 with the activation of the four-node network, known as ARPANET
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ARPA is born (innovation timeline), DARPA.
Primary record
On Feb. 7, 1958, Neil McElroy, the Department of Defense Secretary, issued DoD Directive 5105.15 establishing the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
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About DARPA, DARPA.
Primary record
Created in response to the launch of Sputnik in 1957, DARPA stands as our nation’s commitment to never again face a strategic technical surprise.
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