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Dan Newman: a Darpa manager talks about unmanned aircraft, working on a job you can't finish, and working for the government.(CAREER PROFILE)(Interview)
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Machine Design
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June 19, 2008
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- Burt, Victoria
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Darpa is an agency of the Department of Defense (DOD) that has a reputation for fielding a lot of gee-whiz projects. It is responsible for developing new technology for the military. GPS, the stealth fighter, and gallium-arsenide semiconductors all track their origins back to Darpa projects. Small wonder, then, that engineers speak of Darpa jobs with reverent tones.
But what does a Darpa engineer really do? We asked Dan Newman, who before coming to Darpa as program manager worked on helicopter design at Boeing and taught mechanical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
What's it like to work for Darpa? Everyone at Darpa is temporary. The agency is designed so ...
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