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Cyber Physical Systems Executing in Real Time (CyPhER Forge) Industry Day

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office (TTO) is sponsoring an Industry Day to provide information to potential proposers on the objectives of the Cyber Physical System Executing in Real Time (CyPhER) Forge program in advance of a planned…

Posted: Feb 23, 2026Due: Jan 16, 2026Closed
Department of Defense

National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT)

The National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT) program aims to establish a principled theoretical foundation for geoeconomics, enabling evidence-based economic statecraft and defining a rigorous scholarly field of quantitative geoeconomics. The program seeks to achieve the following objectives: - Test the technical hypothesis…

Posted: Feb 23, 2026Due: Apr 24, 2026Due in 60d
Department of Defense

Photonic Integrated Circuit Architectures for Scalable System Objectives (PICASSO)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative proposals in the area of very large-scale photonic circuits. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in…

Posted: Feb 18, 2026Due: Mar 17, 2026Due in 22d
Department of Defense

GUARDIAN

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative approaches to controllably eliminate invasive species from defined areas, primarily focused on New World Screwworm (NWS) and Brown Tree Snake (BTS)(Guam), using genetic drive technologies (GDT). GUARDIAN is composed of three optionsTechnical…

Posted: Feb 18, 2026Due: Apr 07, 2026Due in 43d
Department of Defense

Promethean Clay

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting proposals for new and innovative energy storage systems. Proposed research should investigate approaches that enable revolutionary advances in energy storage at scales relevant to integration into systems. Promethean Clay rethinks energy storage systems…

Posted: Feb 18, 2026Due: Apr 22, 2026Due in 58d
Department of Defense

Future Program: Fleetwood

The purpose of this Special Notice (SN) is to provide public notification of additional research areas of interest to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office (BTO), specifically for the forthcoming Fleetwood program. The DARPA Fleetwood program aims to…

Posted: Feb 13, 2026Due: Mar 13, 2026Due in 19d
Department of Defense

Photonic Integrated Circuit Architectures for Scalable System Objectives (PICASSO)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative proposals in the area of very large-scale photonic circuits. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in…

Posted: Feb 05, 2026Due: Mar 06, 2026Due in 11d
Department of Defense

Carbon Crunch

Submission Date Updated to Align with Solicitation. Carbon Crunch aims to enable scalable, fast, and agile production of hypersonic aeroshells. The program will focus on accelerating carbon-carbon (C-C) hypersonic aeroshell production by developing and applying cutting-edge composite manufacturing methods that are inherently…

Posted: Feb 05, 2026Due: Mar 02, 2026Due in 7d
Department of Defense

Compositional Learning-And-Reasoning for AI Complex Systems Engineering (CLARA) Information Session

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is sponsoring an Information Session webcast to provide information to potential proposers on the objectives of an anticipated Compositional Learning-And-Reasoning for AI Complex Systems Engineering (CLARA) Disruption Opportunity (DO). The Information…

Posted: Feb 04, 2026Due: Feb 11, 2026Closed
Department of Defense

Smash Proposers Day

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host an in-person Proposers Day in support of the DARPA Program Announcement (PA) for Smash on February 24, 2026, at the DARPA Conference Center (DCC), Arlington VA, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET.…

Posted: Feb 02, 2026Due: Feb 13, 2026Closed
Department of Defense

Bordeaux Proposers Day

The purpose of the Proposers Day is to outline the Bordeaux technical goals and challenges, to promote an understanding of the PS proposal requirements (day 1) and provide the opportunity for potential proposers to have one-on-one meetings with the DARPA Program Manager…

Posted: Feb 02, 2026Due: Feb 13, 2026Closed
Department of Defense

Carbon Crunch

Carbon Crunch aims to enable scalable, fast, and agile production of hypersonic aeroshells. The program will focus on accelerating carbon-carbon (C-C) hypersonic aeroshell production by developing and applying cutting-edge composite manufacturing methods that are inherently faster and more scalable. Performers will be…

Posted: Jan 30, 2026Due: Mar 03, 2026Due in 8d
Department of Defense

Fast and Curious

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is issuing a Disruption Opportunity (DO), inviting submissions of innovative basic or applied research concepts in the technical domain of microsystems for computing. This DO is issued under the Program Announcement…

Posted: Jan 30, 2026Due: Mar 31, 2026Due in 36d
Department of Defense

Photonic Integrated Circuit Architectures for Scalable System Objectives (PICASSO)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative proposals in the area of very large-scale photonic circuits. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in…

Posted: Jan 27, 2026Due: Mar 06, 2026Due in 11d

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