Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) RFPs

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) DoW 2026 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Release 6 Proposal Submission Instructions

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) soliciting Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposals for innovative research and development concepts across various technical domains for national security.

Eris Shopping Notice: High Duty Cycle High Energy Lasers (HEL) for Swap-Constrained Systems RFP

Moderate power (1-20 kW) high energy lasers that can be operated at high duty cycle in SWaP constrained systems such as Stryker vehicles or collaborative combat aircraft.

Future Announcement: Quantum Computing – Applications Workshops (QC-AW)

DARPA has issued advance notice of future Quantum Computing – Applications Workshops (QC-AW).

Future Announcement: Quantum Computing – Applications Workshops (QC-AW) RFP

DARPA has issued advance notice of future Quantum Computing – Applications Workshops (QC-AW).

Request for Information (RFI): Verification and Compliance Checking for Natural-Language Network Requirements (FastVacc)

DARPA seeks information on approaches, tools, and practices to reduce the time and cost of verifiable network compliance checking by two to three orders of magnitude.

Expedited Research Innovation System (ERIS)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), together with its marketplace manager, the Applied Research Institute, is seeking novel technology solutions for defense-related research, development, prototyping, experimentation, and adoption.

Non-Optical Methods for High Speed Protein Control

Non-optical methods for high speed protein control.

Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Topic (QBIT) Stage A

QBI will use a multi-stage approach to determine viable paths to building a USQC.

Strategic Technology Office-wide Innovation Solutions Opening Announcement

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office is soliciting innovative and disruptive technology proposals across multiple research areas (e.g., acoustic communication and sensing, advanced computing, additive manufacturing, AI, autonomy, and systems engineering).

Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Topic (QBIT) Stage A

QBI will use a multi-stage approach to determine viable paths to building a USQC.

DARPA Research Solutions Opening RFP

Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).

MXO Office-wide Innovative Solutions Opening

Provide MXO office-wide innovative solutions opening.

RFI for Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missiles

This is DARPA’s Request for Information, solicitation DARPA-SN-26-93, seeking industry input on a next-generation hypersonic cruise missile program.

Liquid Surge RFP

The solicitation seeks submissions for prototype metrology and predictive modeling to understand transient wave propagation and coupled behavior in compressible liquids.

Solid-State Energy Conversion from Heat to Electricity Request for Information (RFI)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Defense Sciences Office is requesting information on the state of the art and technological limitations of solid-state systems that convert heat directly into electricity.

Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missiles (Request for Information)

Next generation hypersonic cruise missiles.

Protein Palace Proposers Day

DARPA will host an in-person Proposers Day for the Protein Palace program on November 17, 2026, at the Executive Conference Center in Arlington, Virginia.

Atomically Precise Molecules (APM) RFP

Provide atomically precise molecules.

Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2027 RFP

Unison

DARPA seeks innovative proposals for Unison to develop and evaluate collaborative autonomy that jointly adapts team decision-making and communications during mission execution.