Unison Proposers Day Announcement

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Strategic Technology Office is hosting a Proposers Day for the Unison program on November 5, 2026, at the System Planning and Analysis Research Collaboration Center in Arlington, Virginia. This event, identified by solicitation number DARPA-SN-27-05, serves as an informational forum to discuss the program objectives and facilitate teaming partnerships. Registration is required by October 29, 2026, and is limited to the first 90 registrants, with a maximum of two representatives per organization. All attendees must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Persons. The Unison program aims to develop collaborative-autonomy approaches that allow autonomous teams to adapt decision-making and communications in complex, degraded, or constrained environments. The technical scope is divided into two primary areas: TA-1 focuses on developing software for coordinated decision-making and joint co-adaptation, while TA-2 involves creating a statistically robust, faster-than-real-time modeling and simulation environment for training and evaluation. While the program is unclassified, prime contractors must be capable of accessing and storing Controlled Unclassified Information and complying with DoD 5200.48 and DFARS 252.204-7012, 7019, and 7020. This announcement is a special notice and does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals.