By Anita Huslin/ Washington Post Staff Writer/ Monday, June 16, 2008; D01
The University of Maryland's newest tenant is not in the business of advertising its existence or its work.
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is the new corollary of the military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
created in 1958 in the wake of the Sputnik launch to develop new
defense technologies. Among other things, DARPA's work led to the
development of the Internet, global positioning systems and unmanned
aircraft. IARPA is expected to perform similar work for the 16 U.S.
intelligence agencies.
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"Projections are, it's going to become an enormous enterprise and
there will be undoubtedly lots of companies, both as contractors and
otherwise, that will locate around the building," said William E.
Kirwin, chancellor of the University of Maryland system."I think
it will be substantial," University of Maryland president C.D. Mote Jr.
said of the new IARPA presence. "This is expected to be the premier
supporter of the most advanced thinking in far-reaching intelligence
research -- new stuff that hasn't been thought of."
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