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In this white paper, submitted as a part of Snowmass 2013 (subgroup CF2), weexamine the current status and future prospects of the VERITAS indirect darkmatter detection program. The VERITAS array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkovtelescopes (IACTs), sensitive in the 0.1-50 TeV regime, is in the process ofcompleting a multi-year program aimed at detecting signatures of neutralinodark matter. This program is spread out over a range of astrophysical targetswhich can potentially yield definitive signatures of neutralinoself-annihilation such as dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) and the center ofthe Milky Way galaxy. While the program is still in progress, initial resultson dSphs have produced very competitive upper limits on the thermally averagedcross-section of neutralino self-annihilation as well as strongly constrainingleptophillic dark matter models (such as those inferred from the PAMELA and AMSpositron fraction results). As the program continues over the next 5 years,VERITAS observations will yield some of the strongest constraints availablefrom IACTs, pushing down the limit on the thermally averaged cross-section ofneutralino self-annihilation to the expected natural thermal relic scale.

CF2 White Paper: Status and Prospects of The VERITAS Indirect Dark Matter Detection Program