DARPA is the lead DoD agency for advanced technology research, and has the leadership responsibility for the HPCC program within DoD. This is based on DARPA's history of technical innovations in computer architecture, integrated circuits, networking, and system software. DARPA's strategy is to focus on developing the underlying technology base for high performance computing and communications while other agencies apply these technologies within the context of their mission-specific application focus.
The High End Computing and Computation (HECC) activity focuses on developing high performance technologies (both hardware and software) for computing. Computing elements of the program are aimed at producing scalable software and architectures to meet defense computing requirements.
The Large Scale Networking (LSN) activity focuses on distributed services over broadly based, large scale interconnections of networks. Efforts are aimed at information management, secure transaction support, and integrated testbeds including special defense applications. The network elements are aimed at interoperability, mobility, and high performance systems.
The Human centered Systems (HuCS) activity includes language understanding, knowledge representation, intelligent systems and human computer interaction. Virtual environments addresses distributed design environments, languages, and experimental applications.
The Education, Training, and Human Resources (ETHR) activity addresses intelligent software systems for combat casualty care.
The High Confidence Systems (HCS) activity addresses technologies for increasing systems reliability and recoverability under conditions of load, failure and intrusion.
FY 97 President's Request by Program Component Area
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| Program Activity | Budget Account Code | Partner/User Agencies | Budget (BA, $ M) | HPCC PCAs by 1997 Pres. Request | |||||||
| FY95 Actual | FY96 Pres. | FY96 Est. | FY97 Rqst. | HECC | LSN | HCS | HuCS | ETHR | |||
| Scalable Systems and Software | ST-19 | All HPCC Agencies | 52.45 | 46.70 | 37.63 | 32.17 | 27.17 | 5.00 | |||
| Microsystems | ST-19 | NSF, NSA | 33.64 | 31.87 | 33.30 | 32.50 | 14.29 | 18.21 | |||
| System Environments | ST-19 | All HPCC Agencies | 35.15 | 24.62 | 21.96 | 17.68 | 15.50 | 2.18 | |||
| Networking Systems | ST-19 | NSF, DOE, NASA | 35.31 | 31.43 | 33.72 | 33.76 | 28.76 | 5.00 | |||
| Defense Technology Integration and Infrastructure | ST-19 | NSF | 22.35 | 23.25 | 41.40 | 56.71 | 14.00 | 37.47 | 5.24 | ||
| Global Mobile Infosystems | ST-19 | NSF | 16.30 | 17.58 | 17.58 | ||||||
| Information Survivability | ST-24 | NSF, DOE, NASA | 9.88 | ||||||||
| Health Information Infrastructure | MPT-07 | NIH | 9.11 | 10.24 | 6.24 | 7.51 | 7.51 | ||||
| Information Sciences | CCS-02 | NSF | 20.56 | 23.72 | 23.10 | 23.35 | 4.09 | 19.26 | |||
| Intelligent Systems and Software | ST-11 | 59.21 | 77.34 | 61.93 | 72.14 | 72.14 | |||||
| Global Grid Communications | EE-45 | NSA | 21.79 | 26.83 | 26.83 | 32.12 | 32.12 | ||||
| Integrated Command and Control Technology | IC-03 | 6.00 | |||||||||
| Defense Information Enterprise Technologies | ST-19 | NSF, NASA, NIST | 29.61 | 57.61 | |||||||
| Totals: | 335.06 | 353.61 | 302.41 | 325.52 | 75.05 | 115.93 | 10.00 | 117.03 | 7.51 | ||
Comparison of FY 97 and FY96 Budgets by Program Component Area
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| FY95 Actual | FY96 Pres. | FY96 Est. | FY97 Rqst. | HECC | LSN | HCS | HuCS | ETHR | HECC | LSN | HCS | HuCS | ETHR | |
| Scalable Systems and Software | 52.45 | 46.70 | 37.63 | 32.17 | 27.17 | 5.00 | 32.63 | 5.00 | ||||||
| Microsystems | 33.64 | 31.87 | 33.30 | 32.50 | 14.29 | 18.21 | 16.25 | 17.05 | ||||||
| System Environments | 35.15 | 24.62 | 21.96 | 17.68 | 15.50 | 2.18 | 18.28 | 3.68 | ||||||
| Networking Systems | 35.31 | 31.43 | 33.72 | 33.76 | 28.76 | 5.00 | 28.72 | 5.00 | ||||||
| Defense Technology Integration and Infrastructure | 22.35 | 23.25 | 41.40 | 56.71 | 14.00 | 37.47 | 5.24 | 8.20 | 24.19 | 9.01 | ||||
| Global Mobile Infosystems | 16.30 | 17.58 | 17.58 | 16.30 | ||||||||||
| Information Survivability | 9.88 | |||||||||||||
| Health Information Infrastructure | 9.11 | 10.24 | 6.24 | 7.51 | 7.51 | 6.24 | ||||||||
| Information Sciences | 20.56 | 23.72 | 23.10 | 23.35 | 4.09 | 19.26 | 2.60 | 20.50 | ||||||
| Intelligent Systems and Software | 59.21 | 77.34 | 61.93 | 72.14 | 72.14 | 61.93 | ||||||||
| Global Grid Communications | 21.79 | 26.83 | 26.83 | 32.12 | 32.12 | 26.83 | ||||||||
| Integrated Command and Control Technology | 6.00 | |||||||||||||
| Defense Information Enterprise Technologies | 29.61 | 57.61 | ||||||||||||
| Totals: | 335.06 | 353.61 | 302.41 | 325.52 | 75.05 | 115.93 | 10.00 | 117.03 | 7.51 | 77.96 | 96.04 | 10.00 | 112.17 | 6.24 |
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