The Idea Pollinators: DARPA Service Chiefs Fellows - Episode 88

The Service Chiefs Fellows connect their operational insights with potential DARPA breakthroughs. We explore DARPA’s Service Chiefs Fellowship Program (SCFP) , a 12-week immersive experience that brings together participants from various backgrounds across the Department of Defense (DOD) and other U.S. agencies. Its dual core purposes are to educate future leaders from military services and other agencies, helping them "infuse some of the DARPA magic into their home base," and to inform DARPA program managers and performers, many of whom lack military or government backgrounds, about the mission and the needs of current warfighters. This blending of ideas fosters new connections and can even lead participants to return to the agency, as exemplified by Rob McHenry, DARPA's current Deputy Director and the agency’s first Service Chiefs Fellow. As part of DARPA’s broader strategy to engage the U.S. military and other U.S. government partners, the SCFP helps ensure vital ideas take root and flourish where they are most needed. Service Chiefs Fellowship Program webpage Biological Technologies Office (BTO) Information Innovation Office (I2O) Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) Dr. Michael Feasel (BTO program manager) Commercial Strategy Office

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The Idea Pollinators: DARPA Service Chiefs Fellows - Episode 88 is an episode from Voices from DARPA by DARPA.

This episode is 0:16:13 long.

This episode was published on Jul 31, 2025.

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