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DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCYDEPT OF DEFENSE / DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) / DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY

Posted
Apr 23, 2026
Response deadline
May 21, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT
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Category
R&D — Physical, Engineering & Life Sciences
NAICS
541715
PSC / Class
AC12
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Place of performance
Solicitation #
DARPA-PS-26-05
Archive date
Nov 12, 2026

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DARPA is soliciting innovative approaches to address challenges in the following technical areas: autonomous undersea vehicle (AUV) and pressure vessel (PV) designs, materials science, manufacturing techniques, embedded AUV subsystems and payloads, and supporting mission engineering and digital engineering capabilities. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in uncrewed access to the full-ocean depths at a fraction of the size of current state-of-the-art AUV systems.