DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge

The former George Air Force Base in Victorville, Ca. was home to the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge on November 3. DARPA is a competition between 11 finalists to created an autonomous vehicle able to drive in traffic amongst other challenges to claim a one million dollar prize. Mesa State College was invited to the final with a XTerra created by Team Mojavaton. DARPA was the result of a Congressional decision stating that by 2015, 1/3 of all military vehicles are to be capable of “autonomous driving.”