Here its success list:
Project AGILE
ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet
Aspen Movie Map
Boeing X-45
CPOF - the command post of the future - networked information system for Command control.
DAML
DARPA Grand Challenge - driverless car competition
DARPA Network Challenge
DEFENDER
High Performance Knowledge Bases
HISSS
Hypersonic Research Program
I3 (Intelligent Integration of Information), supported the Digital Library research effort through NSF
Internet
Project MAC
MQ-1 Predator
Multics
NLS/Augment, the origin of the canonical contemporary computer user interface
Onion routing
Passive radar
Policy Analysis Market
POSSE
Rapid Knowledge Formation
Sea Shadow
Strategic Computing Program
Synthetic Aperture Ladar for Tactical Applications (SALTI)
SURAN (1983–87)
Project Vela (1963)
I’m not questioning the value of DARPA, only this project. DARPA’s projects should dare to go into the area of high-risk, high-reward, which also means that with the successes, there are going to be failures.
UAV-to-UAV AAR makes sense and I’m eager to hear of its success, in fact it seems like a completely straightforward process at this point in history. Trying to accomplish the task by p!$$ing up a rope just doesn’t make sense to me.