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Deep Thoughts

Response deadline: May 21, 2026; Exact time unavailable; check SAM.gov.
Set-aside: Not stated
Notice type: Solicitation
Posted on SAM.gov: Apr 23, 2026; Archives Nov 12, 2026

Description

DARPA is soliciting innovative approaches to address challenges in the following technical areas: autonomous undersea vehicle (AUV) and pressure vessel (PV) designs, materials science, manufacturing techniques, embedded AUV subsystems and payloads, and supporting mission engineering and digital engineering capabilities. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in uncrewed access to the full-ocean depths at a fraction of the size of current state-of-the-art AUV systems.

From SAM.gov’s daily data file, as published on Oct 24, 2026 (UTC).

Contacts

BAA Coordinator · primary
[email protected]

Attachments

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Attachment 1 on SAM.gov

Record dates

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First recorded by BidLookup: Oct 8, 2026: The UTC day of the first read of SAM.gov’s listings that stored this notice.
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Description as published: Oct 24, 2026 (UTC): The date of the daily data file this text came from.

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