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TTO Office-Wide Solicitation 2026

Active

DARPA-PS-26-123Federal

Response Deadline06/17/2027, 12:00:00 PM UTC

Contract Overview

Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.

General Info

Agency

Department Of Defense → Defense Advanced Research Projects AgcyView Agency

NAICS

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

Place of Performance

VA

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

(4)

DARPA-PS-26-123-Attachment-A-Abstract-Instructions.docx

DOCX

DARPA-PS-26-123.pdf

PDF

DARPA-PS-26-123-Attachment-B-Full-Proposal-Instructions-and-Template.docx

DOCX

DARPA-PS-26-123-Attachment-C-Classified-Submission-Instructions.docx

DOCX

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PhaseSolicitation

PostedAug 31

Solicitation

Response DeadlineJun 17

Submission deadline

Response Deadline

06/17/2027, 12:00:00 PM UTCin 10 months

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Organization & Contact Information

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AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Defense Advanced Research Projects Agcy

Contacts1 person available

OfficeARLINGTON, VA, 222032114, USA

Organization / Agency

Department Of Defense → Defense Advanced Research Projects Agcy

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Office AddressARLINGTON, VA, 222032114, USA

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Full Description

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TTO seeks to redefine warfare to provide overwhelming advantages to the United States by accelerating the development of new classes of platforms and weapons that dominate existing battlespaces and define new ones at a velocity that adversaries cannot match.

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