# Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/defense-advanced-research-projects-agency/  
**Website:** https://www.darpa.mil  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 9.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 9.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 59.3 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **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...

## Security (1)

- **Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Federal-Government, Defense, Research, Department of Defense, DARPA, Innovation

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/defense-advanced-research-projects-agency/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.