Challenges

Challenges are designed to accelerate the development of groundbreaking solutions for critical national defense and public safety needs, such as developing autonomous ground vehicles, self-driving cars, robots for dangerous environments, and automated cybersecurity systems.

DARPA Triage ChallengeSource: DARPA | Paul Flacks

Triage

Transforming how medical responders triage in mass casualty incidents. | Learn more

DARPA Triage ChallengeSource: DARPA | Paul Flacks

Lift

Seeking novel drone designs that can carry payloads more than four times their weight. | Learn more

Surgical Competition

This competition seeks to accelerate the development of autonomous robotic systems for trauma surgery. 

The goal is to assist human surgeons, creating a force multiplier that provides "infinite" surgical capacity on demand.

Surgical collaboration

D2 Sprint

Currently, 75% of pre-hospital combat casualty care is unrecorded.

This sprint will task teams to create AI tools capable of automatically assessing casualties, recommending treatments, guiding care, and seamlessly documenting the process.

Documenting medical treatment

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