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Adaptive Execution Office

Mission

To harness the creativity of DARPA program managers and America’s science and engineering community to transition DARPA technology to our warfighters faster and more effectively.

Goal

Promote adaptability in DoD by getting additional revolutionary technologies to the field more quickly and by advancing technologies that will help us build in adaptability from first principles.

Strategies

  • Establish strong organizational relationships connecting warfighters to DARPA’s performers and demonstrate the transition worthiness of DARPA technology by rigorously assessing their strengths and limitations.
  • Monitor the transition status of our programs and maintain a corporate memory of transition “lessons learned” to improve the transition prospects of our programs from their very inception.
  • Invest in technologies to help us build adaptability into our systems via new tools and techniques to optimize product development.

Technology Transition Checklist

AEO 10 Point Transition Checklist: How to prevent fundamentally good research and development ideas from ending up on the shelf collecting dust.

Thrust Areas

Adaptive Systems (AS)
Adaptive platforms and architectures that enable more effective, flexible and mission-responsive systems as well as support fast insertion of new DARPA technology for purposes of field testing and operational deployment.
Operationally-Focused Systems Integration (OFSI)
Systems that align DARPA technologies with explicit opportunities for military operational impact intended to yield revolutionary new mission capabilities or enable significant increases in mission effectiveness.
Accelerated System Production Technology (ASPT)
Innovative technologies that optimize product development and pipeline management to accelerate the production of new hardware and software systems to be delivered to the warfighter.
Comprehensive System Assessment (CSA)
New system assessment technologies and techniques that enable efficient, rigorous, and informative readiness assessments of emerging and mature DARPA technology.