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Revolutionizing Industrial Scale Materials Processing

Department of Defense · DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) · Special Notice · DARPA-SN-26-81

posted 25 June 2026 · closed 24 July 2026 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC13 · 2 postings

Summary

DARPA issued a request for information seeking industrial producers of metals, ceramics, and composites to engage in developing a future program that will improve large‑scale materials processing through quantitative, physics‑informed techniques. The notice highlights the need to reduce process uncertainty and increase yield by applying material informatics and advanced data analysis, but provides no further detail beyond this description.

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