22 August 2026

DARPA issues a solicitation for compact cold-atom devices and ultra-high Q MEMS and photonics using microscale ultra-high-vacuum systems. DARPA also solicits proposals to build a target-agnostic platform for programmable editing of endogenous proteins under the Protein ENGineering program. The U.S. Army seeks white papers on biotechnology approaches to control polymicrobial environments, focusing on phage-impregnated wipes for urinary tract infections. The Department of Defense requests complete unmanned ground vehicle systems for the GroundBreaker 1 demonstration at Camp Grafton, North Dakota. The Defense Health Agency asks for AI/ML solutions for autonomous coding and automated appeals and denials management in military medical billing.