The Demand Signal: DARPA

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Department of Defense · DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) · Solicitation · DARPA-PA-25-07-05

posted 14 October 2026 · closes 14 December 2026 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC12

Summary

DARPA's Defense Sciences Office is issuing a Disruption Opportunity for innovative basic or applied research concepts to develop novel metrology for understanding wave propagation in compressible fluids. The effort will be funded through other‑transaction prototype awards under the Disruptioneering program announcement.

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