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Craig Fields appointed head of DARPA
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Cheney Names Head of Pentagon Research Agency
WASHINGTON (AP) - Craig I. Fields, a longtime executive with the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has been selected by
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney to become the agency's leader.
Fields, 42, will replace Raymond S. Colladay as the director of
DARPA. The agency is the Pentagon arm responsible for investigating
advanced scientific applications for future weapons.
Fields joined DARPA in 1974 and has held a variety of leadership
posts over the years. He is now the deputy director for research, a
post in which he has concentrated on computer technology,
microelectronics, artificial intelligence and manufacturing
technology.
Fields won the President's Distinguished Executive Rank Award for
outstanding service in 1988.
AP-NY-05-03-89 1332EDT
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