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.
Competitions
Sprints
Completed Sprints
- Bio-attribution Challenge
This virtual competition called on innovators to develop a new generation of tools capable of analyzing petabyte-scale datasets in near real-time, far exceeding the capacity of current systems. The challenge was completed in 2026. | Find a "needle in a haystack" - CIDAR
In the Computational Imaging Detection and Ranging Challenge, teams exploring the potential of computational imaging, machine learning, and artificial intelligence tools and techniques. The challenge was completed in 2026. | Learn about machine learning
- AI for Critical Mineral Assessment Competition
DARPA partnered with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to explore the potential for machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) tools and techniques to accelerate critical mineral assessments by automating key steps in the process. The challenge was completed in 2022. | See what we learned
