DARPA: A Global Innovation Differentiator

The United States is facing many internal and external challenges. Internally, the productivity growth rate has slowed down significantly; externally, rising powers, such as China and Russia, are challenging American global competitiveness. In this article, we argue that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a differentiator that enables the U.S. to help address these challenges. DARPA has been a core engine for breakthrough...