| | Advanced Research and Development Activity - SourceWatch |
 | | ARDA sponsors high risk, high payoff research designed to produce new technology to address some of the most important and challenging IT problems faced by the intelligence community. |
 | | ARDA established the NRRC to create partnerships between government and industry/academic experts to identify and engage in focused, 6- 8 week long workshops to actively solve complex IC problems. |
 | | The NRRC focuses on the reinforcement of ARDA thrusts by targeting scientific results that have a positive impact on Intelligence Community (IC) problems, engaging regional experts from commercial, academic, government and non-profit organizations, infusing technology into government workforce, and transfering technology to and from industry. |
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