DARPA is supposed to work on dohickeys that are 1 to 2 decades away. ONR is supposed to work on nearer term gadgets. From that perspective, a flying humvee in 2030 doesn't seem like a bad idea.

I'm all for it, just don't take it from R&D and put it into today's battles.

Sputnik drove the creation of DARPA.....it took a little over 10 years to get a man on the moon.