subscribe DARPA selects teams to capture potable water from air Staff Sgt. Shaun Martin, a combat medic assigned to Blanchfield’s LaPointe Army Medical Home on Fort Campbell (Source: Maria Christina Yager/Blanchfield Army Community Hospital) key enablers | 07 January 2021 | Stephen Kuper key enablers SHARES The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded five contracts and selected one government partner to develop technology to capture potable water from the air in quantities sufficient to meet critical DoD needs, even in extremely dry climates. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded five contracts and selected one government partner to develop technology to capture potable water from the air in quantities sufficient to meet critical DoD needs, even in extremely dry climates.