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Strategic Technology Office-wide Innovation Solutions Opening Announcement

Description: 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). Proposers must submit an abstract prior to a full proposal; abstracts will be evaluated on scientific/technical merit, relevance to DARPAs mission, and price realism. The opportunity is intended to fund proof-of-concept mission systems and related research projects with estimated budgets in the range of $500,000 to $5,000,000.

Buyer: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Federal · VA, US
Released: Dec 19, 2025
Closes: Dec 18, 2026(96 days left)

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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

FederalVA

Posted

Nov 15, 2024

Closes

Dec 19, 2026

Strategic Technology Office-wide Innovation Solutions Opening Announcement

Research areas of current interest to STO include, but are not limited to, the following topics: Acoustic communication and sensing; Adaptability; Advanced computing; Additive manufacturing; Architecture and advanced systems engineering; Artificial intelligence; Autonomy and control algorithms; Combat identification; Command and control (C2); Communications and networking, virtual and adaptive; Complexity management; Critical infrastructure defense; Decision aids and C2 technology; DevOps and novel software development and integration; Directed energy (DE); Distributed autonomy and teaming (machine-machine, human-machine); Economic security; Effects chain functions (disaggregated find, fix, track, target, engage, assess); Electro-optic/infrared sensors; Electromagnetic warfare (EW); High-frequency (HF) communications and sensing; High voltage electric power systems and architecture; Human behavior modeling; Human-machine symbiosis; Industrial engineering; Integration and reliability technologies; Interoperability; Logistics; Modeling and simulation; Microwave and millimeter wave communications and sensing; Novel kinetic effects; Non-kinetic effects (EW, DE, cyber); Optical technologies; Photonics; Radio technologies (especially software-defined and novel waveforms and processing); Radar and adaptive arrays; Resilient systems; Robotics; Seekers and other expendable sensors and processing; Sensors and analytics; Signal processing; Space sensors, communications, autonomy, and architectures (especially supporting proliferated low earth orbit constellations); Strategy analysis technology; Supply chain analytics; System of systems; Undersea and seabed technology; Tactics development technology; Testing and data collection; Very low earth orbit (VLEO) technology; Very low frequency (VLF) technology.