HORCREX: Higher-Order Composite Resonators for Extra resilience

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is issuing a Disruption Opportunity (DO), inviting submissions of innovative basic or applied research concepts in the technical domain of novel micromechanical oscillators for applications toward precision positioning and navigation systems. 

This DO is issued under the Program Announcement for Disruptioneering, DARPA-PA-24-04. All awards will be made in the form of an Other Transaction (OT) for Prototype project. 

The total award value for the combined Phase 1 base (Proof-of-concept) and Phase 2 option (Prototype) is limited to $2,000,000. This total award value includes Government funding and performer cost share if required or proposed.