TTO Office-Wide Solicitation 2026 — R&D- Defense System: Aircraft (Applied Research/Exploratory Development)
Issued by DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY · via SAM.gov — US federal contract opportunities
- Published
- 31 Aug 2026
- Closes
- 17 Jun 2027, 16:00 UTC
- Reference
- DARPA-PS-26-123
- Location
- United States
- Sector
- Research, Studies & Evaluation
Details
DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY is soliciting TTO Office-Wide Solicitation 2026 — R&D- Defense System: Aircraft (Applied Research/Exploratory Development). Solicitation number DARPA-PS-26-123. Classified under NAICS 541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Product/service code AC12 — R&D- DEFENSE SYSTEM: AIRCRAFT (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT). Responses are due by 17 June 2027 16:00 UTC. Posted on SAM.gov, the US federal contract opportunities system; registration is required to bid.
TTO seeks to redefine warfare to provide overwhelming advantages to the United States by accelerating the development of new classes of platforms and weapons that dominate existing battlespaces and define new ones at a velocity that adversaries cannot match.
Context for bidders
We hold 6 notices from DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY, going back to August 2026 — 6 of them still open. There are 26 open Research, Studies & Evaluation tenders in United States. This one closes in 284 days.
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