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This article is about the creation of new ARPAs without the D, which are explicitly not about defense. They are rather are meant to take DARPA’s model and apply it to other areas (climate, energy, health). Organizationally speaking, they’re unrelated, being under different federal agencies depending on the area. They may borrow some of DARPA’s glamor but they aren’t considered defense projects. So your comment doesn’t seem applicable.