On December 19, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) issued a solicitation for innovative solutions at its Strategic Technology Office (STO). The response window closes on December 18, 2026.
DARPA anticipates funding a limited number of proposals under this solicitation. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems.
The STO at DARPA regularly publishes solicitations requesting responses to specific program topics. This announcement seeks revolutionary research ideas for topics not addressed by ongoing STO programs or other published DARPA solicitations.
To avoid proposals that duplicate existing activities or are responsive to other published STO solicitations, potential proposers are highly encouraged to review current STO programs and solicitations, respectively listed at http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/offices/sto and http://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunities. Contacting STO program managers to discuss their research interests is also encouraged. A current list of program managers is available at http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/people.
DARPA’s STO is a systems warfare office that seeks innovative and disruptive technologies for existing and future battlespaces. STO programs deliver solutions at speed and scale for today’s warfighters while developing the resilient “breakthrough” systems and technologies across all physical domains (Air, Space, Sea, and Land) and across the spectrum of competition. STO does not focus on one area of responsibility or phenomenology. Instead, STO programs capture the strategic, logistical, and tactical complexity of today’s national security environments. STO seeks to create new “proof-of-concept” mission systems.
Review DARPA’s STO solicitation.
Source: SAM
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