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Department of Defense · DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) · Solicitation · DARPA-PS-26-137

posted 16 September 2026 · closes 9 November 2026 · NAICS 541714 · PSC AC12

Summary

DARPA is soliciting approaches to advance its Firefox program, which aims to develop a non‑invasive coherent optical brain‑computer interface capable of recording neural signals with high spatial and temporal resolution. The effort focuses on overcoming key technical hurdles in optical scanning and data processing to enable a 100‑channel BCI, representing a core research push in advanced neurotechnology.

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