4 September 2026

DARPA's Defense Sciences Office is soliciting innovative research on targeted neuroplasticity through a Disruption Opportunity, offering prototype agreements with awards up to $2 million. DARPA also issued a Research Solutions Opening to fund independent academic work that tackles its hardest technical challenges. The Biological Technologies Office hosted a HUBBLE Proposers Day to brief potential participants on a program aimed at high-throughput mapping of biological interactomes. Homeland Security is gathering market information for recoverable small unmanned aircraft systems to support frontline awareness, surveillance and disaster response. The Department of the Army seeks quotations for a Group 3 UAS for its embassy in Quito, Ecuador, and also posted separate notices for educational drones and robotics for the 2BDE unit.