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Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
650 opportunities published since January 1, 2024, 19 open now. 1,017 awards on USAspending in the same window, $4,120,719,156 obligated, 49% of them under full and open competition.
Hear about each solicitation Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy posts, the day it is posted.Follow it
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19 solicitations are accepting responses.
- High-throughput Unmasking of Biological Interactomes with Binding Landscape Emulators (HUBBLE)SolicitationNAICS 541714Anywhere in the USDARPA-PA-27-01Closes in 6 daysNov 5
- FirefoxSolicitationNAICS 541714Anywhere in the USDARPA-PS-26-137Closes in 10 daysNov 9
- Solid-State Energy Conversion from Heat to Electricity Request for Information (RFI)Sources soughtNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-SS-27-01Closes in 24 daysNov 23
- Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Topic (QBIT) Stage ASolicitationNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-PA-26-02-02Closes in 31 daysNov 30
- Intrinsic Market Resilience (IMR)SolicitationNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-PS-26-138Closes in 38 daysDec 7
- Liquid SurgeSolicitationNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-PA-25-07-05Closes in 45 daysDec 14
- Strategic Technology Office-wide Innovation Solutions Opening AnnouncementSolicitationNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-PS-26-09Closes in 49 daysDec 18
- Atomically Precise Molecules (APM)SolicitationNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-PS-26-141Closes in 49 daysDec 18
- Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) 2026 AnnouncementSolicitationNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-PA-26-02Closes in 61 daysDec 30
- QBI Topic Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)SolicitationNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-PA-26-02-01Closes in 61 daysDec 30
Contracts ending soon
Awards Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy made whose performance ends in the next 19 months, by published end date. Each one is a recompete to prepare for.
- Ending
- 281
- Obligated so far
- $1,352,570,141
- Soonest
- October 30, 2026
The 281 contracts, who holds each one and the dates are in the workspace. See them
Who wins here
Vendors by dollars obligated.
| The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC | $621,104,868 |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | $468,039,347 |
| Securigence LLC | $352,899,370 |
| Strategic Analysis, Inc. | $158,678,236 |
| Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. | $144,746,550 |
| Mantech SRS Technologies, Inc. | $110,442,906 |
| Ecs Federal, LLC | $110,439,616 |
| Systems & Technology Research LLC | $98,683,929 |
| Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation | $97,263,283 |
| System High Corporation | $91,244,395 |
What it buys
Industries by dollars obligated.
| Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)NAICS 541715 | $2,666,329,969 |
| All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesNAICS 541990 | $597,361,421 |
| Custom Computer Programming ServicesNAICS 541511 | $353,554,370 |
| Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)NAICS 541714 | $134,855,983 |
| Other Computer Related ServicesNAICS 541519 | $111,336,713 |
| Other Scientific and Technical Consulting ServicesNAICS 541690 | $95,014,053 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesNAICS 541712 | $45,383,337 |
| Administrative Management and General Management Consulting ServicesNAICS 541611 | $40,893,805 |
| Research and Development in NanotechnologyNAICS 541713 | $31,629,164 |
| Security Guards and Patrol ServicesNAICS 561612 | $23,219,983 |
How it buys
Awards by competition and by set-aside.
| Full and Open Competition | 492 |
| Not Competed | 170 |
| Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources | 169 |
| Competed Under SAP | 169 |
| Not Available for Competition | 7 |
| Small Business Set Aside - Total | 121 |
| 8(A) Sole Source | 2 |
| Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business SET-ASIDE | 1 |
| Women Owned Small Business | 1 |
| 8A Competed | 1 |
Recently published
- Request for Information (RFI): Verification and Compliance Checking for Natural-Language Network Requirements (FastVacc)Special noticeNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-SN-27-13Posted Oct 29
- High-throughput Unmasking of Biological Interactomes with Binding Landscape Emulators (HUBBLE)SolicitationNAICS 541714Anywhere in the USDARPA-PA-27-01Closes in 6 daysNov 5
- Future Announcement: Quantum Computing – Applications Workshops (QC-AW)Special noticeNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-SN-27-14Posted Oct 28
- Atomically Precise Molecules (APM)SolicitationNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-PS-26-141Closes in 49 daysDec 18
- Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2027SolicitationNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPARA2701Closes in 75 daysJan 13, 2027
- Protein Palace Proposers DaySpecial noticeNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-SN-27-01Posted Oct 232 publications
- Cattle Run Proposers Day AnnouncementSpecial noticeNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-SN-27-03Posted Oct 233 publications
- Solid-State Energy Conversion from Heat to Electricity Request for Information (RFI)Sources soughtNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-SS-27-01Closes in 24 daysNov 23
- RFI for Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise MissilesSpecial noticeNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-SN-26-93Posted Oct 215 publications
- Unison Proposers Day AnnouncementSpecial noticeNAICS 541715Anywhere in the USDARPA-SN-27-05Posted Oct 20
Recently awarded
- Multi X Office (MXO02) Program Support ServicesAward noticeNAICS 541990Arlington, VAHR
Awarded to Ecs Federal, LLC for $162,654,574
Posted Oct 19 - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) Support ServicesAward noticeNAICS 541715MarylandHR001127DE001
Awarded to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC for $499,800,000
Posted Oct 19 - HR001124C0315 DARPA JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITIONJustificationNAICS 541714Ann Arbor, MIHR001124C0315
Awarded to Regents of the University of Michigan for $11,463,003
Posted Oct 162 publications - HR001124C0378 DARPA JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITIONJustificationNAICS 541714Boston, MAHR001124C0378
Awarded to Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. for $6,022,626
Posted Oct 162 publications - HR001127CE008-Surveillance and Prediction from Research-Industrial Signatures: Part II (SurPRISE Part II) seedlingAward noticeNAICS 541715Location not publishedHR001126S0001-HR001127CE008
Awarded to Two Six Labs, LLC for $1,491,023
Posted Oct 9 - HR001126CE092 Biological TechnologiesAward noticeNAICS 541714Anywhere in the USHR001126S0003-HR001126CE092
Awarded to Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration, Inc. for $1,249,397
Posted Oct 5 - Multi X Office (MXO01) Operations Support ServicesAward noticeNAICS 541990Arlington, VAHR001126FE052
Awarded to Guidehouse Inc. for $61,322,022
Posted Sep 3 - Biosecurity Working Group Generative OptogeneticsAward noticeNAICS 541714Emeryville, CADARPA-SN-26-27
Awarded to Engineering Biology Research Consortium for $1,249,695
Posted Jun 233 publications
Notice types
- Special notices294
- Award notices148
- Solicitations125 (18 open)
- Presolicitations52
- Sources sought15 (1 open)
- Justifications12
- Combined synopses and solicitations4
Set-asides
Where this agency buys
- Anywhere in the US448 (18 open)
- At a site in one state196 (1 open)
- Location not published6
Place of performance
- Product and service codes
- AC13 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Experimental DevelopmentR499 Other Professional ServicesAC12 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Applied ResearchAC11 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Basic ResearchD301 AC15 National Defense R&D Svcs; Department Of Defense - Military; R&D Facilities & Maj Equip
- Awards seen
- January 2, 2024 to June 5, 2026
- Data as of
- October 31, 2026