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General Information

  • Contract Opportunity Type: Presolicitation (Updated)
  • Updated Published Date: Aug 30, 2023 05:01 pm EDT
  • Original Published Date: Aug 09, 2023 11:41 am EDT
  • Updated Response Date: Aug 09, 2024 01:00 pm EDT
  • Original Response Date: Aug 09, 2024 01:00 pm EDT
  • Inactive Policy: Manual
  • Updated Inactive Date: Sep 09, 2024
  • Original Inactive Date: Sep 09, 2024
  • Initiative:
    • None

Classification

  • Original Set Aside:
  • Product Service Code: AC11 - NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; BASIC RESEARCH
  • NAICS Code:
    • 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
  • Place of Performance:

Description

The Microsystems Technology Office at DARPA seeks fundamental research proposals for disruptive ideas in information and communication technologies (ICT) addressing the grand challenges for a data-driven future. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. The goal of the Forward-Looking Experimentation (FLEX) program is to identify the direction and timing of key disruptive advances in ICT, accelerate technology exploration and generate intellectual property, develop next-generation researchers for the U.S. workforce, and build the foundation for future research programs.

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  • 675 NORTH RANDOLPH STREET
  • ARLINGTON , VA 222032114
  • USA

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