17 September 2026

DARPA is soliciting approaches to advance its Firefox program for a non-invasive coherent optical brain-computer interface. The National Science Foundation is seeking early-stage platform technologies that enable intelligent, adaptive AI systems interacting with the physical world under its X-Labs Initiative. The Department of the Air Force is issuing a firm-fixed-price contract for up to 54 lightweight Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems and related peripherals. The Army is looking for sources to produce the Shank 2.0 payload, training warhead and pre-packed anti-personnel warhead for small unmanned aerial system platforms.