DARPA
@DARPA · Arlington, VA · joined 07 Jul 2009
Official account of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Follows/retweets/links do not = endorsement. Breakthrough technologies for national security.
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@DARPA Is this the box you see me in? Because I think there is some messaging concerns here. https://t.co/VGGpBhUoFC
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GIF
For more information on this and other lifesaving SBIR opportunities: https://t.co/jfwZwlvt1z
View the solicitation instructions and submit your proposal: https://t.co/gkOquv162s
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ICU-in-a-box seeks to combine multiple lifesaving capabilities into a single, portable, integrated intervention and delivery platform for resuscitation, cardiovascular and lung support.
𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆
Opens: Sept. 23
Closes: Oct. 21
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We want to save more lives by completely transforming the combat casualty care continuum. We are launching a new Small Business Innovation Research opportunity (SBIR). https://t.co/4nBcXemf0e
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𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲.
In November, the DARPA Triage Challenge Finals begin, bringing bold ideas, cutting-edge technology, academia, and industry together with one mission: Save more lives. https://t.co/sppnsgbX0l
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@DARPA For real-life applications, more distance is needed.
Open incentives for crafts to transfer from rotor-supported to fixed-wing flight and back.
Those are excluded by current rules.
The competition should have an open area for a much longer circuit, inviting fixed-wing flig
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@DARPA Out of the 480+ applicants in the DARPA Lift Challenge-2026, only 62 teams cleared the safety tests, and many crashed on first few attempts. According to the official Chasers List, 12 of them could attempt the 2:1 payload to weight ratio (excluding the 5 top teams). Only 1
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗣𝗔 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟴!
Teams competing in the first competition showed us the potential for massive breakthroughs in heavy lift vertical aviation is far greater than we initially anticipated. https://t.co/1cLZ9P1sUa
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We dive deep into the world of maritime security with Dr. Christopher Kent, program manager in DARPA’s TTO. He shares his work developing innovative technologies that provide a new layer of security for vessels at sea and other parts of the battlefield.
https://t.co/wmQWic3g9b ht
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@DARPA If I were building one, I would use internal ducting to vent air from the top to the bottom of the craft. If you make enough top-surface vents, you can lift payloads you wouldn't believe.
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We released a new Small Business Innovation Research opportunity: Commercialization of Ultra-High Payload-to-Weight UAS Subsystems that asks for mature, high-impact subsystems to address the current payload-to-weight bottleneck & accelerate next gen heavy-lift drones. https://t.c
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Stacie's time at DARPA taught her the power of a flat org. The freedom to walk into the Director’s office to share ideas was incredible. The secret to 'technical surprise' is giving brilliant minds the space to create without bureaucracy! https://t.co/37yiflaw3D
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Lift Challenge Program Manager Phillip “Donna” Smith sits down with our @FliteTest partners to discuss the competition, its 4:1 payload-to-weight ratio goal, and the event's mission to drive aviation innovation. https://t.co/DUa61EnDlq
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Against accounts of the same size
15 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.
Median views2 814this account5 983median for 100K–1M
Reach, %0.99%this account1.49%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %1.74%this account0.93%median for 100K–1M
| Metric | This account | Median for 100K–1M | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 2 814 | 5 983 | 0.47× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 0.99% | 1.49% | 0.67× |
| Engagement rate | 1.74% | 0.93% | 1.87× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
11.8K14 Aug
23.5K20 Aug
2.8K
223
10K27 Aug
14.3K1 Sep
271
104
153
9.3K3 Sep
20.2K10 Sep
951
1.9K
199
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
1.30%14 Aug
1.89%20 Aug
1.00%
1.79%
1.27%27 Aug
2.35%1 Sep
1.11%
2.88%
1.31%
1.74%3 Sep
2.99%10 Sep
4.00%
1.09%
2.51%
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 0.93%.
What the audience does
Likes65.2%1 559 in total
Reposts11.4%273 in total
Replies6.3%150 in total
Quotes1.2%29 in total
Bookmarks15.9%380 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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