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Energy-aware machine learning
New program aims to strike the balance between energy usage and performance.
Energy-aware machine learning
New program aims to strike the balance between energy usage and performance.
Energy-aware machine learning
New program aims to strike the balance between energy usage and performance.
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Accelerating heavy vertical lift aviation
The DARPA Lift Challenge aims to shatter the heavy lift bottleneck, seeking novel drone designs that can carry payloads more than four times their weight, which would revolutionize the way we use drones across all sectors.
By offering $6.5 million in prize money, the Challenge seeks to incentivize university researchers, independent innovators, and industry to set a new standard in vertical lift performance.
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DSO Pitch Day solicitation
The Defense Sciences Offices aims to create strategic surprise by pushing technology toward its fundamental scientific limits, thereby expanding the art of the possible. In addition, DSO looks for transformative trends at the global scale and their potential impact on our nation.
DSO will host a Pitch Day for engagement with prospective proposers and to catalyze future efforts.
Abstract package deadline: Oct. 27, 2025.
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Find the bleed
The Medics Autonomously Stopping Hemorrhage (MASH) program aims to develop robotic systems to autonomously find and stop life-threatening bleeding inside the body, giving injured warfighters a much better chance of survival in combat situations.
In large-scale conflicts, many warfighters die from injuries that could be survivable if they could get to a surgeon quickly. The biggest challenge is finding and stopping severe bleeding in the torso – what doctors call non-compressible torso hemorrhage (NCTH).
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Our program managers work closely with partners and stakeholders of all kinds. Together, we create technological surprise for U.S. national security.
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From startups to traditional defense contractors, private industry serves a vital role in our mission as research performers and transition partners.
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Small businesses
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Small businesses exemplify the innovative, entrepreneurial spirit we seek. See how we support the SBIR/STTR journey.
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Defense and government
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To accelerate adoption, we collaborate with partners across the Department of War and federal agencies.
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Academia
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Much of our research explores fundamental scientific breakthroughs. Explore opportunities tailored for faculty, postdocs, and university labs.
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Our Embedded Entrepreneur Initiative seeks the best minds in business to transition our technologies to commercial markets.
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Our six technical offices put DARPA’s mission into action.
Their leaders and program managers plan and execute a constantly evolving portfolio of research programs, challenges, and transition activities.
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DARPA pursues research that leads to transformational change rather than incremental advances. It does so collaboratively as part of a robust innovation ecosystem that includes academic, industry, and defense and government partners from diverse disciplines and approaches.
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