Strategic Technology Office-wide Innovation Solutions Opening Announcement

Department of Defense · DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) · Solicitation · DARPA-PS-26-09

posted 19 December 2025 · closes 19 December 2026 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC13 · 2 postings

Summary

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office is issuing an Innovation Solutions Opening to fund a limited number of revolutionary research proposals that advance science, devices, or systems beyond incremental improvements. The solicitation seeks breakthrough ideas across a wide range of topics such as artificial intelligence, autonomy, directed energy, space sensors, and advanced computing, encouraging proposers to avoid duplicating existing DARPA efforts.

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