Government Documents: Science & Technology

DARPA explicitly reaches for transformational change instead of incremental advances. But it does not perform its engineering alchemy in isolation. It works within an innovation ecosystem that includes academic, corporate and governmental partners, with a constant focus on the Nation’s military Services, which work with DARPA to create new strategic opportunities and novel tactical options.

The FAA states that their mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world.

NASA conducts research and missions on four main directorates: aeronautics, human exploration, science and space technology.

The Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) is the Department of Energy (DOE) office that collects, preserves, and disseminates DOE-sponsored research and development (R&D) results that are the outcomes of R&D projects or other funded activities at DOE labs and facilities nationwide and grantees at universities and other institutions. The information is typically in the form of technical documents, conference papers, articles, multimedia, and software, collectively referred to as scientific and technical information (STI).

The Commonwealth Office of Technology - providing technology-enabled business solutions for 21st century government.

A collection of eBooks published by NASA on various topics relating to the federal agency.

The DARPA Open Catalog contains a curated list of DARPA-sponsored software and peer-reviewed publications. DARPA sponsors fundamental and applied research in a variety of areas that may lead to experimental results and reusable technology designed to benefit multiple government domains.

SciTech Connect is your connection to science, technology, and engineering research information from the U.S. Department of Energy.

ScienceCinema highlights scientific videos featuring leading-edge research from the U.S. Department of Energy. Using innovative, state-of-the-art audio indexing and speech recognition technology from Microsoft Research, ScienceCinema allows users to search for specific words and phrases spoken within video files.

This webpage contains links to information and resources about new technologies relating to automobile safety.

On October 5, 2018, the President signed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (PDF). The Act establishes new conditions for recreational use of drones and immediately repeals the Special Rule for Model Aircraft. The agency is evaluating the impacts of this change in the law and how implementation will proceed. In the interim, please continue to follow all current policies and guidance with respect to recreational use of drones.

This webpage provides rules, regulations, and laws concerning unmanned aircraft systems including commercial and personal use drones.