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A typical shipboard ARPA/radar system. A marine radar with automatic radar plotting aid ( ARPA) capability can create tracks using radar contacts. [1] The system can calculate the tracked object's course, speed and closest point of approach [2] (CPA), thereby knowing if there is a danger of collision with the other ship or landmass.
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity ( IARPA) is an organization within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence responsible for leading research to overcome difficult challenges relevant to the United States Intelligence Community. [1] IARPA characterizes its mission as follows: "To envision and lead high-risk, high ...
The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 ( Pub. L. 96–95 as amended, 93 Stat. 721, codified at 16 U.S.C. §§ 470aa – 470mm ), also referred to as ARPA, is a federal law of the United States passed in 1979 and amended in 1988. It governs the excavation of archaeological sites on federal and Native American lands in the United ...
ARPA-E, or Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy is a United States government agency tasked with promoting and funding research and development of advanced energy technologies. It is modeled after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). As of January 9, 2023, the current director is Evelyn Wang. [1]
The Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA) originated in a 1998 promise by the Brazilian government to triple the area of the Amazon that was legally protected. The program was launched in 2003, supported by government agencies, NGOs and major donors. [1] The program is based on a major two-year planning exercise with experts from ...
Patricia Good, 59, a former Miami-Dade schools administrator who, at the time she ran for the Broward board in 2010 and assumed office, lived in Pembroke Pines and had served on various education ...
Oral history interview with Jack P. Ruina Charles Babbage Institute - interview is mainly concerned with the beginning of the Information Processing Techniques Office within ARPA: the initial goals, how the idea of an information processing program was initiated, the selection of the first director. Ruina was Director of ARPA from 1961-1963.
Mini-automatic radar plotting aid. Mini-automatic radar plotting aid (or MARPA) is a maritime radar feature for target tracking and collision avoidance. Targets must be manually selected, but are then tracked automatically, including range, bearing, target speed, target direction (course), CPA (closest point of approach), and TCPA (time of ...