# Firefox

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/darpaps26137

- Solicitation number: DARPA-PS-26-137
- Notice type: Solicitation
- Status: Open. Offers due November 9, 2026
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Contracting office: Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy (HR0011)
- NAICS: 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC12 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Applied Research
- First posted: September 16, 2026
- Last posted: September 16, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/182eab6ca77d465f931c6dc118b939ca/view

## Description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a non-invasive coherent optical system capable of recording neural signals in humans. To expand this foundational technology and enable the development of revolutionary, non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), DARPA's Firefox program is soliciting approaches to overcome key technological hurdles: 1) development of components enabling dynamic rastering/scanning of the incoming coherent optical signal to target multiple regions of interest and 2) development of new data processing architectures beyond the digital domain to handle the high data rates and computational burden inherent to scaling the amount of neural data recorded by the optical system. The ultimate goal of the Firefox program is to use these innovations to develop a 100-channel, non-invasive BCI with 50-micron spatial and 100-microsecond temporal resolution.

## Attachments

- [DARPA_PS_26_137_Firefox_Attch_A_Abstract_Summary_Template.pptx](https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/903b111dbb2d4e0e89c24c5fb4706031/download)

## Publications

- September 16, 2026: Solicitation, due November 9, 2026. Notice 182eab6ca77d465f931c6dc118b939ca. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/182eab6ca77d465f931c6dc118b939ca/view

## Points of contact

- Dr. Pedro Irazoqui, BTO/DARPA, Firefox@darpa.mil

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