Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity

What We Do

IARPA will not start a program without a good idea and an exceptional program manager to lead its execution.  Our program managers are encouraged to take risks and accept failure in the pursuit of their innovative research ideas, provided that they do not sacrifice technical or programmatic integrity, and that they fully document their research results.

There are three cutting-edge offices within IARPA:

Office of Incisive Analysis
The goal of the programs in this office is to maximize insight from the information we collect, in a timely fashion.

Office of Safe & Secure Operations
The goal of the programs in this office is to be able to counter new capabilities implemented by our adversaries that could threaten our ability to operate freely and effectively in a networked world.

Office of Smart Collection
The goal of the programs in this office is to dramatically improve the value of collected data from all sources.