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Special notice

Grainy Day Proposers Day Announcement

DARPA-SN-25-73

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).

Response deadline

June 25, 2025

Closed 494 days ago. Posted June 4, 2025, first published June 4, 2025. Scheduled to archive June 26, 2025.

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127 like it are open now in research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)

All 127 open in research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)

Description

As published on SAM.gov.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative proposals to the Grainy Day program. Grainy Day seeks innovative approaches and new methods to address challenges in passive accurate placement of unattended sensors from Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and military aircraft. This Program Solicitation (PS) calls specifically for Abstracts to be submitted by July 31, 2025, by 5:00 PM ET.

The government will review Abstracts; if selected, the proposer will be asked to give an oral presentation to the government. Oral presentations will be evaluated by the government and, if selected, may result in a Phase 1 (Base) and Phase 2 (Option) award of an Other Transaction and eligibility to participate in future Phases of the program.

This PS encourages solutions from all responsible sources capable of satisfying the government’s needs, including large and small businesses, nontraditional defense contractors as defined in 10 U.S.C. § 3014, and research institutions as defined in 15 U.S.C. § 638.

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. June 4, 2025

    Special notice

    Due June 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice c9da8ac0fcd84ebea1798387a9f5e1ef

  2. June 4, 2025

    Special notice

    Due June 25, 2025. SAM.gov, notice fb0492be245e42a6863e3f1e6a220c17

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