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Intrinsic Market Resilience (IMR)

Department of Defense · DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) · Solicitation · DARPA-PS-26-138

posted 25 September 2026 · closes 7 December 2026 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC12 · 2 postings

Summary

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting proposals to develop the Intrinsic Market Resilience (IMR) program, which will create automated tools that model market designs, identify hidden weaknesses, and generate repairs to protect essential economic sectors from disruptive attacks. The effort emphasizes using large‑language‑model based automation combined with formal modeling to prove market resilience or produce counterexamples, aiming to safeguard both civilian and military resources that depend on modern electronic markets.

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