This short film gives a brief overview of one of DARPA’s most successful programs. Command Post of the Future was an advanced initiative into developing a distributed command and control system to “close the last 18 inches” between the computer system and the commander’s mind. It was the first information-centric system deployed for mission-critical use. A DARPA sponsored study found that CPOF’s capabilities increased decision-making and mission planning effectiveness by 400% over the previous system. It also improved “Situational Awareness” by 300%. The system reduced time to train on key features from more than a week to less than a day. For context DARPA is the US Government’s “Department of Mad Scientists.” They created the ARPAnet which later became the foundation for the Internet, have hosted grand challenges to foster work on autonomous vehicles, and invest in advanced research initiatives into everything from robotic prosthetics to advanced information networks for collaboration and decision-making. The film was made as part of a celebration of DARPA’s 50th anniversary and shown at DARPATech in 2008. For context DARPA is the US Government’s “Department of Mad Scientists.” They created the ARPAnet which later became the foundation for the Internet, have hosted grand challenges to foster work on autonomous vehicles, and invest in advanced research initiatives into everything from robotic prosthetics to advanced information networks for collaboration and decision-making. The film was made as part of a celebration of DARPA’s 50th anniversary and shown at DARPATech in 2008.

For context DARPA is the US Government’s “Department of Mad Scientists.” They created the ARPAnet which later became the foundation for the Internet, have hosted grand challenges to foster work on autonomous vehicles, and invest in advanced research initiatives into everything from robotic prosthetics to advanced information networks for collaboration and decision-making. The film was made as part of a celebration of DARPA’s 50th anniversary and shown at DARPATech in 2008.