Tony Tether

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's incredible array of futuristic research projects - everything from advanced network and communications implementations to powerful laser and unmanned aircraft development as well as developing techniques to help military personnel survive myriad dangerous situations - was on display in a report delivered to the House Armed Services Committee today by the agency's director, Tony Tether.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the organization that brought stealth, night vision, micro-UAVs and driverless vehicles careening through the desert, is looking for new program directors. The main thing you need for the job is “a radical idea,” DARPA recruiters said. Preferably, it should be something so different that if it works, it will change the way the military operates.