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DARPA STO Innovation Solutions Opening for AI and Autonomy is sponsored by DARPA. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.
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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 Architecture and advanced systems engineering Applied artificial intelligence Autonomy and control algorithms Communications and networking, virtual and adaptive Critical infrastructure defense Decision aids and C2 technology DevOps and novel software development and integration Distributed autonomy and teaming (machine-machine, human-machine) 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 Integration and reliability technologies Microwave and millimeter wave communications and sensing Non-kinetic effects (EW, DE, cyber) Radio technologies (especially software-defined and novel waveforms and processing) Radar and adaptive arrays Scaled directed energy (DE) Seekers and other expendable sensors and processing Space sensors, communications, autonomy, and architectures (especially supporting proliferated low earth orbit constellations) Strategy analysis technology Undersea and seabed technology Tactics development technology Testing and data collection Very low earth orbit (VLEO) technology Very low frequency (VLF) technology Office-wide Announcement – STO Innovation Solutions Opening – DARPA-PS-26-09 You may be also interested in ...
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Applications for DARPA STO Innovation Solutions Opening for AI and Autonomy are due October 31, 2027. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
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