Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contracts
28 open notices from DARPA right now. It posted 55 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 | 38 | 20 |
| Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) NAICS 541714 | 10 | 3 |
| Architectural services NAICS 541310 | 2 | 1 |
| Cloud and data processing NAICS 518210 | 2 | 2 |
| Parking Lots and Garages NAICS 812930 | 1 | 0 |
| All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services NAICS 541990 | 1 | 1 |
Latest notices from DARPA
Open notices first, soonest deadline first. Recently closed ones follow.
| Opportunity | Place | Posted | Deadline | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTO Office-Wide Solicitation Proposers Day DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 9, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Disruptioneering Program Announcement DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Aug 19, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Precision Inertial Navigation & Positioning On an Integrated Tesseract (PINPOINT) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 10, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| DARPA Modernization Project: Request for Qualifications for A&E Services DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Arlington, VA 22203 | Sep 22, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| RFI for Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missiles DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Aug 20, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Selective Harnessing of Intrinsic Neuroplasticity Engineering (SHINE) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 3, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Selective Harnessing of Intrinsic Neuroplasticity Engineering (SHINE) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Aug 28, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| DARPA "Venture Horizons" Request for Information DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 14, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Resilient DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 4, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Resilient DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Aug 21, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Protein ENGineering (PENG) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Aug 21, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Resilient DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Aug 20, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Protein ENGineering (PENG) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Aug 7, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Disruptioneering Program Announcement DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 11, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | SAM.gov |
| Firefox DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 16, 2026 | Nov 9, 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 |
| QBI Topic Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Aug 28, 2026 | Dec 30, 2026 | 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 |
| MXO Office-wide Innovative Solutions Opening DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 18, 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 | Sep 8, 2026 | Jun 22, 2027 | SAM.gov |
| Information Processing Techniques Office Office-Wide DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 2, 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 |
| 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 |
| Perrseus DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Perrseus DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| BEAMERS Industry Day Announcement DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Perrseus DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Firefox Proposers Day DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 10, 2026 | Sep 11, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Perrseus DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 10, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Atomically Precise Molecules (APM) Proposers Day DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 8, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Future Program: Firefox DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 11, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Perrseus DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| HUBBLE Proposers Day DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract - Parking Garage Services DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | VA 22203 | Sep 2, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026Closed | SAM.gov |
| Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missile Industry Day DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY | Not listed | Sep 2, 2026 | Sep 16, 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 | 86 | $759M |
| 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 | $193M |
| Sri International UEI SRG2J1WS9X63 | 30 | $191M |
| 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), Architectural services.
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