A growing number of governments hope to clone DARPA

Re:A growing number of governments hope to clone DARPA by chc4 on Sunday June 06, 2021 @06:28PM (#27416941)

3.5 billion for every DARPA project is a hilariously low number. DARPA projects are famous for having low budgets, completing under budget, and completing under time. It has an extremely worthwhile return on investment.

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Re:A growing number of governments hope to clone DARPA by Donald on Sunday June 06, 2021 @08:14PM (#27417584)

No US government research project aims to be under budget. Money is viewed as a finite expiring resource and there's every incentive to avoid your contractors from returning ceiling to the government.

I would not consider DARPA work to be low budget. DARPA programs are very typically in the $50 million range and program resources are split up between multiple performers. Sometimes larger program bets are made, especially in hot areas of research or programs where there are large integration costs.

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Re:A growing number of governments hope to clone DARPA by rmah on Sunday June 06, 2021 @08:23PM (#27417639)

A $50mil budget for a applied research project seems pretty low to me, especially when split up between multiple orgs.

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Re:A growing number of governments hope to clone DARPA by pedalpete on Sunday June 06, 2021 @06:55PM (#27417107)

I'd be keen to see a source on this if you have one.

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