# MXO Pitch Day 2026

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/darpapa2607

- Solicitation number: DARPA-PA-26-07
- Notice type: Solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was July 29, 2026
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Contracting office: Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy (HR0011)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC12 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Applied Research
- First posted: June 25, 2026
- Last posted: July 24, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ec6c307ffe074ae7a6633a416e47e045/view

## Description

DARPA’s MXO will host a Pitch Day for engagement with prospective proposers and to catalyze future efforts in the thrust areas listed within the solicitation. MXO Pitch Day will be hosted on November 2, 2026, in-person, in Chicago, Illinois. This Program Announcement DARPA-PA-26-07 constitutes the MXO Pitch Day solicitation. The goals of the MXO Pitch Day 2026 are to:

1) fund scientific discovery solutions for short-term efforts with the intent to advance scientific understanding, generate new concepts or methods, reduce technical uncertainty, and potential to catalyze future research efforts, and 2) employ an acquisition strategy to encourage participation by non-traditional organizations and small businesses that have not previously received a DARPA-funded award as prime performers and university teams whose Principal Investigators (PI) and Co-Principal Investigators (Co-PI) have not previously served as a PI or Co-PI under a DARPA-funded award. MXO Pitch Day 2026 aims to broaden DARPA’s goals to break down barriers of entry for performers new to DARPA and the national security space.

## Publications

- June 25, 2026: Solicitation, due July 29, 2026. Notice e4f82158e1f5476c9921fcf210a059a0. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e4f82158e1f5476c9921fcf210a059a0/view
- July 24, 2026: Solicitation, due July 29, 2026. Notice 90cd05928cb14b88af8fd943566f7e7d. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/90cd05928cb14b88af8fd943566f7e7d/view
- July 24, 2026: Solicitation, due July 29, 2026. Notice ec6c307ffe074ae7a6633a416e47e045. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ec6c307ffe074ae7a6633a416e47e045/view

## Points of contact

- Pitch Day Coordinator, MXO_PitchDay@darpa.mil

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