PAFAce
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And I have always maintained that no country, not even the mighty Russia, can match the US in technology due to their quality and pace of R&D precisely due to organizations like DARPA and NASA and due to the great many fields in whichthe US maintains a significant edge.How DARPA allocate research fundings is independent of the US Congress budgeting process. The unclassified DARPA budget is here...
DARPA | DARPA Budget
DARPA's research budget is anywhere between 3-4 bils. That is a pittance compared to how much those Saudi princes squandered their oil wealth.
Saudi Prince's Firm Loses $8.3B in 4Q - ABC News
The reason why DARPA in specific, and the US in general, is so successful at implementing seemingly esoteric research into working models is because of the diversity of the native US technology base. When I left avionics a decade ago and entered semiconductor manufacturing, it never entered my mind that semicon manufacturing techniques and technology could be applicable to aviation. Then one day a friend who remained in avionics called me up and asked a few questions regarding photo 'steppers'...
By the way, just curious, whose spearheading the semiconductor based active-stealth technology? One of the major manufacturers of semicon devices would have to involved (Intel, AMD, Actel, IBM, TI, etc.) which is it?