DARPA/DSO 101 Dr. Valerie Browning Director Defense Sciences Office March 2018 Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited)
DARPA’s Mission Breakthrough Technologies for National Security Precision Guidance & Navigation IR Night Vision Communications/Networking UAVs Stealth Radar Arrays 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Microelectronics : VLSI, CAD, manufacturing, IR, RF, MEMS ARPAnet/Internet Information Technology : timesharing, client/server, graphics, GUI, RISC, speech recognition Materials Science : semiconductors, superalloys, carbon fibers, composites, thermoelectrics, ceramics New capabilities require a healthy ecosystem across Service S&T, universities, and industry DARPA’s role: pivotal early investments that change what’s possible 2 Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited)
DoD Research & Development related to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) • DARPA’s funding primarily falls into basic, applied and technology development categories • Efforts range from proof of concept to technology demonstration Dem & Val (6.4) Basic (6.1) Applied (6.2) Tech Dev (6.3) Understand the Understand the Development and Evaluate integrated fundamental aspects means to meet a integration of technologies in of phenomena and of recognized and hardware for field realistic operating observable facts specific need tests environment TRL 4 TRL 1 TRL 2 TRL 3 TRL 5 TRL 6 Proof of Basic principles Concept and/or Validation in a Laboratory scale System validation concept observed and application laboratory validation in in relevant reported formulated environment relevant environment environment 3 Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited)
DARPA Technical Offices BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE INFORMATION MICROSYSTEMS STRATEGIC TACTICAL TECHNOLOGIES SCIENCES INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE OFFICE • Biological • New Foundations • Empower the • Electromagnetic • System of Systems System Focus Areas: • Ground Complexity at Human within the Spectrum (SoS) • Fundamental • Maritime Scale Information • Battle • Tactical Information • Air Limits Ecosystem Management/Comm • Neurotechnologies • Space Extraction and and Control • Understanding • Guarantee (BMC2) • Engineering • Globalization Complexity Trustworthy Crosscutting Themes: • Agile development Biology Computing and • Communications and • Applied Math and • Cooperative Information Networks (C&N) • Restore, Maintain Design Autonomy • Unmanned Systems and Improve • Electronic Warfare • Social Systems • Power and Warfighter (EW) Abilities Propulsion • Intelligence Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) 4 Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited)
DARPA – Community Engagement Discussions Robust technology Stellar program community managers (PMs) • Emails, conferences, visits with PM • Exchange of ideas/concepts • Often precursor to seedling Universities Seedlings Technology leadership Labs • Usually through an Office-Wide BAA • Small, short duration (6-9 months) • Move from “disbelief” to “mere Adventurous spirit Companies small and doubt” • May lead to the next generation large ideas Conviction and drive Programs to change the world Military services and • Specific program BAAs agencies • Often multi-year, multi-disciplinary • Move from “possibility” to “capability” DARPA Culture Off-scale impact Risk taking Honor in public service Heilmeier Catechism 5 Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited)
Three Ways to Engage with DARPA Talk to a Program Manager (PM) Concepts → New Ideas • Email/phone/face to face throughout the year Submit ideas to an Office-Wide BAA Seedlings: Disbelief → “Mere” Doubt Programs: Respond to DARPA program BAAs Possibility → Capability 6 Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited)
DSO Outreach Efforts Young Faculty Award (YFA) program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior faculty positions • The YFA program The YFA program provides: yields: • Research funding • Insight into DoD problems • DoD contacts • Novel ideas • Military visits/exercises • Career development • PM Mentor • Future DARPA performers YFA 2017 Sea Hunter site visit • Multiple outreach activities help inform the academic community regarding the DARPA mission • BAA solicitations provide conduit for researchers to share their ideas with DARPA PMs • Constant Contact used to notify broader community when BAAs, RFI, and SNs are released. 2014-2015 2016 • There are 5K active contacts (66 2017 2018 and planned HBCU/MIs) DSO Visits DSO Visits • DSO Constant Contact at http://www.darpa.mil/work-with- us/interact-with-DSO 7 Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited)
Example DSO Success Story: SpinTronics Can electron spin be used for logic & memory devices? SpinTronics goal Rad-hardened memory First to demonstrate c. 1990 Spin Hall Effect rad-hard memory 1988 Discovery Giant Magneto-Resistance Fe Fe Fe Fe 2020 1996 2000 2005 2010 2015 Cr Cr First 1Mb Magnetic Memory 4 Mb Rad-hard Rad-hard Magnetic 1 GB IBM Magnetic Memory Memory used in Microdrive Trident II 8 Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited)
SpinTronics Today Can electron spin be used for logic & memory devices? Materials for Transduction SpinTronics goal Electric Topological Excitations E,P in Electronics Q,T Rad-hardened memory First to demonstrate c. 1990 Therma Spin Hall Effect H,M rad-hard memory l Magnetic Mechanical 2020 1996 2000 2005 2010 2015 First 1Mb Magnetic Memory 4 Mb Rad-hard Rad-hard Magnetic 1 GB IBM Magnetic Memory Memory used in Driven & Nonequilibrium Microdrive Trident II Quantum Systems 9 Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited)
Exemplar DSO Interest Areas Alternative computing • Can we develop new computational primitives for modeling & simulating complex • systems? Fundamental limits of machine learning • Can we explore and develop new learning approaches to model dynamic systems? • Managing complexity and uncertainty in design • Can we develop new representations to enable complex design-space exploration? • New sensing modalities • Can we develop new sensors to “see” through clutter and/or find hidden objects? • Predictive social behavioral models • Can we use artificial simulations to validate social science modeling methods? • Detection and/or deterrence of WMD/WMT threats • Can we develop scalable and affordable sensing technologies/networks to protect • areas from chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats? 10 Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited)
Revolutionary vs. Evolutionary R&D “The flying machine which will “We started assembly today” really fly might be evolved by • Orville Wright’s Diary the combined and continuous • 9 October 1903 efforts of mathematicians and mechanicians in from one million to ten million years” • The New York Times • 9 October 1903 11 Distribution Statement “A” (Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited)
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