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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Since 1958, DARPA has held to an enduring mission: to create technological surprise for U.S. national security. Working with innovators inside and outside government, DARPA invests in transformational breakthroughs across biological technologies, defense sciences, information innovation, microsystems, strategic technology, and tactical technology. DARPA does not expose public developer APIs but does publish an RSS news feed and program information through its website.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Federal Government, Defense, Research, Department of Defense, and DARPA.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s developer surface includes product news, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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18.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Federal GovernmentDefenseResearchDepartment of DefenseDARPAInnovation

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 18.4/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

DARPA News RSS Feed

The DARPA RSS feed publishes the latest news, program announcements, and opportunities posted by the agency. Unlike a developer API, the feed is consumed via standard RSS reader...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 5

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 About
About
 News
News
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Opportunities
Opportunities

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: defense-advanced-research-projects-agency
name: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/defense-advanced-research-projects-agency/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
description: 'Since 1958, DARPA has held to an enduring mission: to create technological surprise for U.S. national security.
  Working with innovators inside and outside government, DARPA invests in transformational breakthroughs across biological
  technologies, defense sciences, information innovation, microsystems, strategic technology, and tactical technology. DARPA
  does not expose public developer APIs but does publish an RSS news feed and program information through its website.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/defense-advanced-research-projects-agency.png
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consuming
specificationVersion: '0.19'
kind: government
tags:
- Federal Government
- Defense
- Research
- Department of Defense
- DARPA
- Innovation
created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-04-28'
apis:
- aid: defense-advanced-research-projects-agency:darpa-news-rss
  name: DARPA News RSS Feed
  description: The DARPA RSS feed publishes the latest news, program announcements, and opportunities posted by the agency.
    Unlike a developer API, the feed is consumed via standard RSS readers and HTTP clients.
  humanURL: https://www.darpa.mil/news
  tags:
  - RSS
  - News
  - Announcements
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.darpa.mil/news
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/defense-advanced-research-projects-agency-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/darpa
- type: Website
  url: https://www.darpa.mil
- type: About
  url: https://www.darpa.mil/about
- type: News
  url: https://www.darpa.mil/news
- type: Opportunities
  url: https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunities
- url: https://www.darpa.mil/rss.xml
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com