DARPA,自一九五八年成立以来,已经走过了二十五年的历程。它对一些需冒很大风.险的技术及概念性研究投资的结果导致了“星球大战”武器的产生,以及计算机技术的重大突破。本文将介绍DARPA是如何工作的,取得了一些什么样的成就,以及当前与今后的打算。去年3月22日,在里根总统号召加紧研制先进武器来防御核导弹时,所谈到的正是美国国防部高级计划研究局(DARPA)所从事的计划。两星期以后,美国国防部透露了制造一台 DARPA, which has been in existence for 25 years since its founding in 1958, For some, it takes a great deal of risk. As a result of the investment in technology and conceptual research, the emergence of “Star Wars” weapons and major technological breakthroughs in computer technology have resulted. This article explains how DARPA works, what achievements have been made, and what the current and future plans are. On March 22 last year, when President Reagan called for stepping up the development of advanced weapons to defend nuclear missiles, what he was talking about was exactly what DARPA plans to do. Two weeks later, the U.S. Department of Defense revealed that it had manufactured one