# Request for Information (RFI): Formal Learning and Abstractions for System Heterogeneity (FLASH)

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/darpasn2717

- Solicitation number: DARPA-SN-27-17
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was November 30, 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
- Who can bid, by location: Anywhere in the US. Location does not limit who can bid: a product shipped to the buyer, research at the performer's facility, or work at the contractor's site. A state shown is the delivery point.
- First posted: November 3, 2026
- Last posted: November 3, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e4ea14eef4df480ea295f13b6b2159ea/view

## Description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) seeks information on research related to Formal Learning and Abstractions for System Heterogeneity (FLASH). Specifically, this RFI seeks information on (i) national-security applications that could benefit in terms of robustness and other operational properties resulting from heterogeneous engineering solutions; and (ii) potential techniques, informed by current research and practice, for the automated synthesis and understanding of high-assurance cyber-physical engineering systems from formal specifications.

## Open now in the same industry

130 open in NAICS 541715.

- SBIR FY26 Phase I Broad Agency Announcement (68HERW26R0102), due November 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/68herw26r0102
- Area of Interest: OSW Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) Modeling and Simulation (HQ003427AOI5), due November 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/hq003427aoi5
- System of systems Technology Integration Tool Chain for Heterogeneous Electronic Systems (STITCHES) Sources Sought (STITCHES_001), due November 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/stitches001

## Publications

- November 3, 2026: Special notice, due November 30, 2026. Notice e4ea14eef4df480ea295f13b6b2159ea. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e4ea14eef4df480ea295f13b6b2159ea/view

## Points of contact

- RFI Coordinator, FLASH@darpa.mil

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