Active DARPA SBIR & STTR Topics

Active DARPA SBIR & STTR topics — high-risk, high-reward research to create breakthrough technologies for national security — open for proposals and sorted by deadline.

19 open DARPA topics

Active DARPA SBIR & STTR topics

Topic	Agency / Component	Program	Topic #	Close date
Real-Time Pathogen-Host Interactome Prediction	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ03-DV014	2026-07-22
Expeditionary Closed and Air-Independent Power and Energy (ExCAIPE)	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ03-DV013	2026-07-22
Engineering Sleep for Cognitive Performance	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ03-DV012	2026-07-22
Manufacturing Technologies for Ryberg-based Atomic Sensors (MANTRAS)-SBIR XL	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ03-DV011	2026-07-22
Biomanufacturing of Hierarchical Biocomposites for High-Performance Thermal Interface Materials	DOW · DARPA	STTR	DPA26TZ03-DV002	2026-07-22
Fusion of Abstract Learning and Context-Optimized Neural-methods (FALCON)	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ04-DV016	2026-08-19
Non-Volatile Memory for Extreme Environments	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ04-DV017	2026-08-19
Art of Novel Signals: Predicting and Forecasting with High Confidence	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ04-DV015	2026-08-19
Hoboken - SBIR XL	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ05-DV018	2026-09-23
Commercialization of Ultra-High Payload-to-Weight UAS Subsystems	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ05-DV022	2026-09-23
Semantically-Aware ISR	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ05-DV019	2026-09-23
Scalable Platform for Enterprise Engineering and Deployment towards Mathematics for the Discovery of Algorithms and Architectures (SPEED DIAL)	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26TZ05-DV003	2026-09-23
Universal Cell Culture Platform for Rapid Establishment of Species-Agnostic Cell Lines and Autonomous Culture Operations	DOW · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ05-DV020	2026-09-23
Scalable Platform for Enterprise Engineering and Deployment towards Mathematics for the Discovery of Algorithms and Architectures (SPEED DIAL)	DARPA · DARPA	STTR	DPA26TZ05-DV003	2026-09-23
Commercialization of Ultra-High Payload-to-Weight UAS Subsystems	DARPA · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ05-DV022	2026-09-23
Open Architecture Platform for Underwater Vehicles for Rapid Adaptation, Collaborative Sensing, Navigation, and Autonomy	DARPA · NSIN	SBIR	DPA26BZ05-DV021	2026-09-23
Universal Cell Culture Platform for Rapid Establishment of Species-Agnostic Cell Lines and Autonomous Culture Operations	DARPA · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ05-DV020	2026-09-23
Semantically-Aware ISR	DARPA · NSIN	SBIR	DPA26BZ05-DV019	2026-09-23
Hoboken - SBIR XL	DARPA · DARPA	SBIR	DPA26BZ05-DV018	2026-09-23

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