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- ↑ "Stefanie Tompkins Appointed 23rd DARPA Director". DARPA News. March 15, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
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DARPA established the Defense Sciences Office (DSO) in 1980, combining the Nuclear Monitoring Research Office, materials science research, and cybernetic technology efforts into a single office. Since its inception, DSO has spawned two additional technology offices at DARPA: the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) in 1992 and the Biological Technologies Office (BTO) in 2014.
