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''[[The Economist]]'' has called DARPA "the agency that shaped the modern world," with technologies like "[[Moderna COVID-19 vaccine|Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine]] ... [[weather satellite]]s, [[Global Positioning System|GPS]], [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drones]], [[stealth technology]], [[Voice user interface|voice interfaces]], the [[personal computer]] and the [[internet]] on the list of innovations for which DARPA can claim at least partial credit."<ref name="Economist">{{cite news |title=A growing number of governments hope to clone America's DARPA |newspaper=The Economist |date=5 June 2021 |volume=439 |issue=9248 |pages=67–68 |url=https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/06/03/a-growing-number-of-governments-hope-to-clone-americas-darpa |access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref> Its track record of success has inspired governments around the world to launch similar research and development agencies.<ref name="Economist" /> | ''[[The Economist]]'' has called DARPA "the agency that shaped the modern world," with technologies like "[[Moderna COVID-19 vaccine|Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine]] ... [[weather satellite]]s, [[Global Positioning System|GPS]], [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drones]], [[stealth technology]], [[Voice user interface|voice interfaces]], the [[personal computer]] and the [[internet]] on the list of innovations for which DARPA can claim at least partial credit."<ref name="Economist">{{cite news |title=A growing number of governments hope to clone America's DARPA |newspaper=The Economist |date=5 June 2021 |volume=439 |issue=9248 |pages=67–68 |url=https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/06/03/a-growing-number-of-governments-hope-to-clone-americas-darpa |access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref> Its track record of success has inspired governments around the world to launch similar research and development agencies.<ref name="Economist" /> | ||
DARPA is independent of other military research and development and reports directly to senior Department of Defense management. DARPA comprises approximately 220 government employees in six technical offices, including nearly 100 program managers, who together oversee about 250 research and development programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.darpa.mil/about-us/about-darpa|title=About DARPA |publisher=Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-11 | DARPA is independent of other military research and development and reports directly to senior Department of Defense management. DARPA comprises approximately 220 government employees in six technical offices, including nearly 100 program managers, who together oversee about 250 research and development programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.darpa.mil/about-us/about-darpa|title=About DARPA |publisher=Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-11}}</ref> | ||
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