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Loma Media has produced a “vision” video for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Strategic Technology Office (DARPA / STO) that dramatically portrays the vital importance of game-changing technologies in a new warfighting environment.

Starring Matt Riedy (NCIS, Boston Legal) and Charles Howerton (West Wing, My Name is Earl), the Loma Media production features the interaction of senior government and military leadership in a secure video conference as they discuss the limited options, critical responses, and strategic outcomes of a fictional – - but highly plausible – - scenario of international conflict.

Loma consulted on creative, then scripted, directed, and produced the scenario – including graphics, animation, and custom music score – to achieve this visualization of a new warfighting reality that demands ever-expanding warfighting requirements.

The scenario debuted at the DARPATech Conference in Anaheim, California to an audience of nearly 3,000 technologists, researchers, academicians, defense contractors, and military leaders. Designed to illustrate STO’s vital new mission, the vision video also serves to focus critical thinking and prioritize resources.

Project executive producer Janet Dahle comments, “Loma specializes in creating compelling, story-driven communication solutions showcased across a wide variety of multi-media platforms. We’re proud of our success in communicating critical content to key audiences, and gratified by the success of this project.”

About DARPA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense (DoD). It manages and directs selected basic and applied research and development projects for DoD, and pursues research and technology where risk and payoff are both very high and where success may provide dramatic advances for traditional military roles and missions.