Smash Program Announcement

Department of Defense · DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) · Solicitation · DARPA-PA-26-04

posted 18 February 2026 · closed 24 April 2026 · NAICS 541715 · PSC AC12 · 7 postings

Summary

DARPA is issuing a solicitation for the Smash program to develop innovative materials processing technologies that enable efficient, scalable separation of elements across the periodic table. The effort aims to create a new technological basis for domestic resource independence by improving yield, energy utilization, and scalability, but no further detail beyond the description is provided.

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