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DARPA-SN-26-57Federal

Submission Closed05/15/2026, 12:00:00 PM UTC

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) will hold an in-person Industry Day event on June 8-9, 2026, at the DARPA Conference Center in Arlington, Virginia. Attendance requires advance registration, as no on-site registration will be available, and the event will be conducted at the SECRET collateral level. The gathering will feature presentations by the STO Director and Program Managers, panel discussions, and opportunities for participants to engage in one-on-one sidebar meetings with Program Managers. The event aims to introduce attendees to STO’s vision, focus areas, and key Program Managers, while fostering technical discussions on innovative solutions addressing strategic national security challenges. STO’s mission centers on developing disruptive and innovative technologies to achieve total systems victory in complex battlespaces, particularly in the face of rapidly advancing peer competitors. The office’s technical focus areas include Multi-Domain Mission Systems, emphasizing AI-native planning and resilient architectures; Maritime capabilities to leverage U.S. asymmetric advantages; Space domain technologies exploiting commercial space industry growth; and Industry, Infrastructure, and Information efforts aimed at strengthening U.S. assets and accelerating capability development. The solicitation associated with this event is identified as DARPA-SN-26-57, with a response deadline of May 15, 2026. Interested parties can contact the BAA Coordinator via the specified email for further information.

General Info

DARPA STO Industry Day June 2026, secret-level, registration required, showcasing strategic technology focus areas.

Agency

Department Of Defense → Defense Advanced Research Projects Agcy

NAICS

541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Place of Performance

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

DARPA-SN-26-57 STO Office-wide Industry Day Announcement

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Uniform Contract Format

Timeline

PhaseClosed

PostedApr 10

event

Response DeadlineMay 15

Deadline has passed

Submission Closed

05/15/2026, 12:00:00 PM UTC

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Defense Advanced Research Projects Agcy

Contacts1 person available

OfficeARLINGTON, VA, 222032114, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Defense Advanced Research Projects Agcy

Office AddressARLINGTON, VA, 222032114, USA

Contacts

BAA Coordinator

contact@example.gov

Full Description

DESCRIPTION:
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) will host a STO Office-wide Industry Day event on June 8-9, 2026. The event will be held at the DARPA Conference Center (DCC) located at 675 N. Randolph St., Arlington, VA 22203. Advance registration is required. There will be no on-site registration. This event will be hosted in-person only. The event will include presentations by STO Director and Program Managers, panel discussions, and an opportunity for one-on-one engagement with STO Program Managers via sidebar meetings.
The purpose of the event is to (1) familiarize attendees with STO’s vision, problem spaces, Program Managers (PMs), and technology interests; and (2) facilitate technical discussion between STO PMs and attendees that explore innovative and impactful solution ideas for strategic national security challenges.

This meeting will be held at the SECRET collateral level.

STO MISSION AND FOCUS AREAS:
STO is DARPA’s systems warfare office pursuing innovative and disruptive technologies for existing and future battlespaces. STO’s mission is to enable total systems victory over America’s adversaries. With peer competitors able to develop and field new capabilities at speeds unmatched by prior U.S. adversaries, STO focuses on the ability to provide warfighters with systems that enable superior adaptation at speed and scale or that create new opportunities for deterrence and overmatch.

STO’s technical focus areas include:
• Multi-Domain Mission Systems – new systems and resilient architectures with the ability to sense and sense-make; includes AI-native planning systems to provide orchestrating effects
• Maritime – providing supporting capabilities in the maritime domain in ways that leverage U.S. asymmetric advantages and create novel operational dilemmas for competitors and adversaries
• Space – providing supporting capabilities in the space domain, including but not limited to those that can achieve great scale through America’s rapidly-growing commercial space industry
• Industry, Infrastructure, and Information – strengthening U.S. assets and ecosystems, creating complexity to stymie potential adversaries, and accelerating our own ability to field new capabilities