The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies DARPA: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryHumanoids
Overview
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that funded the DARPA Robotics Challenge, catalyzing Humanoid robot development.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Headquarters
Status
Type
Data & sources
Press releases
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company DARPA has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
DARPA on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Stephen Winchell Directorsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for DARPA.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
DARPA in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
4 total · 4 operating
Every company DARPA has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
All 4 partnerships
open in the atlas →- darpa x nvidiawithNVIDIA1109technology—operating
- darpa x awswithAWS976technology—operating
- DARPA x SRI InternationalwithSRI Internationaldevelopment—operating
- DARPA x Lockheed Martin (AI AIR Program)withLockheed Martindevelopment—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for DARPA.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning DARPA from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Bell’s X-76: Developing DARPA’s stop-fold tiltrotor for jet-speed VTOL
DARPA’s SPRINT program and Bell’s stop-fold X-76 aim to combine helicopter-style vertical take-off with jet-speed cruise – no runway required Continue reading Bell’s X-76:…
Could IonQ Become More Than a Quantum Computing Company?
IonQ's DARPA contract, Capella Space acquisition, and Sandia National Laboratories partnership signal a growing push into defense and national security beyond its core quantum…
Avidrone Pushes Heavy-Lift Drone Performance Toward the 4:1 Barrier
DARPA Lift Challenge winner achieves a 3.84:1 payload-to-weight ratio with a purpose-built 29-pound aircraft By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill A Canadian drone company has…
Darpa Awards UC San Diego Up to $11.3 Million for ‘Smarter’ Red Blood Cells
The DARPA-funded UC San Diego project could allow scientists to temporarily improve human performance using redesigned red blood cells, with applications in both the military and…
Diamond-cooled microchips boost power density 3.3x for military radar signals
Northrop Grumman has secured a $7 million DARPA contract to develop diamond-enhanced microchips that could...
DARPA came close to finding a drone that can lift four times its own weight
In its recent Lift Challenge, DARPA came close to finding a drone that could lift four times its own weight.
DARPA and BAE Systems tackle the heat holding next-gen GaN electronics
BAE Systems is moving into the second phase of a DARPA program aimed at solving...
BAE Systems advances DARPA THREADS effort to Phase 2, targeting nearly threefold range increase for military RF systems
BAE Systems has moved into the second phase of a DARPA program aimed at overcoming thermal limits in advanced radio-frequency electronics, a constraint on the power and range of…
Video Friday: Lift Happens
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events…
DARPA seeks ‘unconstrained, radical’ concepts for next-gen hypersonic cruise missile
The Pentagon’s secretive research agency says new advances are needed to counter adversary air defenses, along with innovative manufacturing techniques that can produce hypersonic…
DARPA developing hypersonic cruise missile to evade enemy air defenses
DARPA is developing a hypersonic cruise missile in response to the Pentagon's concerns that American missiles are vulnerable to enemy air defenses.
Video Friday: Drones Go Heavy in DARPA Lift Challenge
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/darpa.md
- RSS feed: /companies/darpa/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c9c102ad-baf2-4c31-96f3-f691f0d2cc0e
- Revision history: /companies/darpa/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious58/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
DARPA draws attention at the 48th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 23, 2026