Darpa Dodges Obama Budget Death Ray, Keeps Its $2.8 Billion

Darpa Dodges Obama Budget Death Ray, Keeps Its $2.8 Billion: For most of the U.S. military's far-flung community of scientists and engineers, Monday was a day to pop a Xanax, with budgets sliced almost everywhere. Yet Darpa - the Pentagon's premiere research arm - somehow emerged unscathed. How? Well, embracing the White House's top priorities sure didn't hurt.