TTO Office-Wide Solicitation 2026
DARPA seeks proposals for research and development that accelerate new military platforms and weapons for U.S. defense advantage.
⚑ Federal contract solicitation; eligibility is governed by the solicitation and DARPA contract rules rather than a grant competition. · Aimed at defense technology development; likely procurement-style award with no stated ceiling.
This is a DARPA applied-research solicitation aimed at platform and weapons development, which is far outside IPPRA’s social-behavioral, survey, risk, and policy-evaluation lines. The team might touch national security as public-opinion researchers, but not at the level of pursuing a PI-led TTO weapons program.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-09-01
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 90 strong | technical depth: central; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 45 partial | portfolio topic: national_security_defense (primary); social/behavioral work is none; funds applied research; capped at 45 (limited social-science role) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 45 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
TTO seeks to redefine warfare to provide overwhelming advantages to the United States by accelerating the development of new classes of platforms and weapons that dominate existing battlespaces and define new ones at a velocity that adversaries cannot match.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Solicitation. Organization: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) / DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY.
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