DARPA’s Strategic Technology Office is seeking proposals for 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.
Abstract proposals will be accepted an assessed on a rolling basis until 31 October 2027.
Current Topic Areas of Interest
- Acoustic communication and sensing
- Adaptability
- Advanced computing
- Additive manufacturing
- Architecture and advanced systems engineering
- Applied artificial intelligence
- Autonomy and control algorithms
- Combat identification
- Command and control (C2)
- Communications and networking, virtual and adaptive
- Complexity management
- Contested logistics
- Critical infrastructure defense
- Decision aids and C2 technology
- DevOps and novel software development and integration
- 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
- 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
- Scaled directed energy (DE)
- 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
Document
Office-wide Announcement – STO Innovation Solutions Opening – DARPA-PS-26-09
