Defense Sciences Office

The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is one of seven technical offices within DARPA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense that is responsible for the development of advanced technology for national security.[1] In a 2021 news story, DARPA described it "a highly exploratory office that identifies and accelerates new technologies."[2]

DARPA created DSO in 1980 by merging several projects that had separately been working on materials science, cybernetic technology, and nuclear monitoring.[3] DARPA later spun off two of DSO's areas into groups of their own: Microsystems Technology Office (1992) and the Biological Technologies Office (2014).[3]

  1. ^ "Overview of DARPA Defense Sciences Office". University of California, San Diego. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Stefanie Tompkins Appointed 23rd DARPA Director". DARPA News. March 15, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Defense Sciences Office Founded". DARPA. Retrieved April 27, 2021. DARPA established the Defense Sciences Office (DSO) in 1980, combining the Nuclear Monitoring Research Office, materials science research, and cybernetic technology efforts into a single office. Since its inception, DSO has spawned two additional technology offices at DARPA: the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) in 1992 and the Biological Technologies Office (BTO) in 2014.