Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contracts
40 open notices from DARPA right now. It posted 90 since Aug 7, 2026.
What DARPA buys
Its notices by NAICS code, busiest first. Codes with steady volume link to their own page.
| Industry | Notices | Open now |
|---|---|---|
| Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) NAICS 541715 | 66 | 31 |
| Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) NAICS 541714 | 17 | 5 |
| Cloud and data processing NAICS 518210 | 2 | 2 |
| Architectural services NAICS 541310 | 2 | 0 |
| All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services NAICS 541990 | 1 | 1 |
| Parking Lots and Garages NAICS 812930 | 1 | 0 |
Latest notices from DARPA
Open notices first, soonest deadline first. Recently closed ones follow.
| Opportunity | Place | Posted | Deadline | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Request for Information (RFI): Verification and Compliance Checking for Natural-Language Network Requirements (FastVacc) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 29, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Pre-Award Synopsis Texas Shield DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 16, 2026 | Nov 15, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Resilient Ultra Short Pulsed Laser Sources - RFI DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 8, 2026 | Nov 20, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Solid-State Energy Conversion from Heat to Electricity Request for Information (RFI) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 23, 2026 | Nov 23, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Firefox DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Nov 6, 2026 | Nov 30, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Request for Information (RFI): Formal Learning and Abstractions for System Heterogeneity (FLASH) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Nov 3, 2026 | Nov 30, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Future Program: Laguna DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Nov 5, 2026 | Nov 30, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Anzio Industry Day DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Nov 9, 2026 | Dec 1, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Request for Information: Flexoelectric Future DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Nov 4, 2026 | Dec 4, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Unison DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Nov 2, 2026 | Dec 4, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Intrinsic Market Resilience (IMR) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 16, 2026 | Dec 7, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Liquid Surge DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 14, 2026 | Dec 14, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Atomically Precise Molecules (APM) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 27, 2026 | Dec 18, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| QBI Topic Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Aug 28, 2026 | Dec 30, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Future Announcement: Quantum Computing – Applications Workshops (QC-AW) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 28, 2026 | Dec 30, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| BEamspace Analog processing for Multi-functional Enhanced RF Systems (BEAMERS) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Nov 10, 2026 | Jan 8, 2027 | SAM.gov |
| Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2027 DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 23, 2026 | Jan 13, 2027 | SAM.gov |
| Fox Tail DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 24, 2026 | Jan 30, 2027 | SAM.gov |
| DARPA Research Solutions Opening DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 3, 2026 | Jun 1, 2027 | SAM.gov |
| MXO Office-wide Innovative Solutions Opening DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 23, 2026 | Jun 4, 2027 | SAM.gov |
| TTO Office-Wide Solicitation 2026 DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Aug 31, 2026 | Jun 17, 2027 | SAM.gov |
| Information Processing Techniques Office Office-Wide DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 5, 2026 | Jun 22, 2027 | SAM.gov |
| ERIS Shopping Notice: Distributed Decentralized Control & Estimation DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Aug 10, 2026 | Jul 31, 2027 | SAM.gov |
| Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Office-wide BAA DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 27, 2027 | SAM.gov |
| JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | MD 20723 | Oct 19, 2026 | Not listed | SAM.gov |
| HR001124C0315 DARPA JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Ann Arbor, MI 48109 | Oct 16, 2026 | Not listed | SAM.gov |
| HR001124C0378 DARPA JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Boston, MA 02210 | Oct 16, 2026 | Not listed | SAM.gov |
| Multi X Office (MXO01) Operations Support Services DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Arlington, VA 22203 | Sep 3, 2026 | Not listed | SAM.gov |
| Cloud Services - Microsoft Azure DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Arlington, VA | Aug 17, 2026 | Not listed | SAM.gov |
| Cloud Credit Services - Amazon Web Services DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Arlington, VA | Aug 17, 2026 | Not listed | SAM.gov |
| Protein Palace Proposers Day DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Nov 9, 2026 | Nov 9, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Notice of Intent to Award a Sole-Source Architect-Engineer Contract for 4th Floor Revised Drawing Package DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Arlington, VA 22203 | Nov 5, 2026 | Nov 5, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| High-throughput Unmasking of Biological Interactomes with Binding Landscape Emulators (HUBBLE) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 28, 2026 | Nov 5, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| RFI for Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missiles DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 21, 2026 | Nov 6, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Nassau Proposers Day DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 20, 2026 | Nov 7, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missile Industry Day DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Oct 9, 2026 | Sep 16, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Resilient DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 28, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| TTO Office-Wide Solicitation Proposers Day DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 28, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Disruptioneering Program Announcement DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 25, 2026 | Oct 31, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Precision Inertial Navigation & Positioning On an Integrated Tesseract (PINPOINT) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 10, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
Other Department of Defense buyers
- Defense Logistics Agency
- Department of the Navy
- Department of the Army
- Department of the Air Force
- Defense Health Agency
- Defense Information Systems Agency
- U.S. Special Operations Command
- Washington Headquarters Services
- Department of Defense Education Activity
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- U.S. Transportation Command
- Defense Commissary Agency
- Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Missile Defense Agency
- Defense Media Activity
Top contractors at DARPA
Contractors ranked by value obligated on DARPA awards.
| Contractor | Awards | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin Corporation UEI LXKGXB75YKY6 | 7 | $1.3B |
| The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC UEI C1HBCJ9RMBV3 | 91 | $763M |
| Securigence LLC UEI Q56SJRTSJSE4 | 1 | $628M |
| Raytheon Company UEI VTEWM5QSE598 | 8 | $564M |
| Guidehouse Inc. UEI N9NJK877QJK9 | 8 | $324M |
| Strategic Analysis, Inc. UEI CNFXLNJH4JH8 | 8 | $265M |
| System High Corporation UEI L6ALJCC5JF13 | 2 | $259M |
| Systems & Technology Research LLC UEI SA7ZWUEM9RG4 | 18 | $194M |
| Sri International UEI SRG2J1WS9X63 | 30 | $192M |
| Ecs Federal, LLC UEI XYB4JU4PA6T4 | 6 | $190M |
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How do I find Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract opportunities?
DARPA posts its solicitations on SAM.gov, the federal source of record. This page lists them as they post, open ones first, with a link to each official notice.
What does DARPA buy most?
By notice count since Aug 7, 2026: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology), Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology), Cloud and data processing.
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