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This follows the earlier controversies when DARPA reacted to the inadequacies of their pre-hype planning, entirely under-estimating the response they recieved as inventors and designers all over the country scrambled for their chance to compete against the likes of Lockheed et al.

Source The Reg.

The bulk of the argument is that DARPA instigated a contest, and was subsequently swamped by entries. They (having first viewing rights for any and all technology/papers in the contest) then decided to grant 19 'secured spots' to teams - think profile; they then arbitrarily discarded a majority of entries as 'unable to reach completion' (?!?) - after having had exclusive access to all papers relating to the competition. For the remaining 6 slots they left a mini-competition where these teams not excluded, have to funnel all developments through DARPA to ensure they are considered for one of the slots.


During all of this, DARPA has frequently changed any competition rule they wish, with little or no warning.

The director of the project is Tony Tether, proud collaborator in the now infamous Pentagon sponsored 'Policy Analysis Market'.

Complimentary links are available at the foot of the article, and on many tech sites.