12 September 2026

DARPA solicits proposals for compact cold-atom devices and ultra-high Q MEMS and photonics built on microscale ultra-high-vacuum systems. DARPA's Biological Technologies Office will hold an Industry Day to attract competitors for the DARPA Surgical Competition. The Air Force Research Laboratory seeks industry input on small-scale radar electronic attack technologies for Group 2-3 unmanned aircraft. The Army requests production of its Shank 2.0 payload, a training warhead and a pre-packed anti-personnel warhead for sUAS platforms. The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issues quotations for a liquid handling robot and for Freefly Astro Max drones to support ARS operations.