Firefox
Updated
Solicitation from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Due Nov 30, 2026, 23 days left.
| Solicitation number | DARPA-PS-26-137 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) |
| Office | Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy |
| Notice type | Solicitation |
| Set-aside | None |
| Trade (NAICS) | Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714) |
| Product or service code | AC12 |
| Posted | Nov 6, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 30, 2026 (23 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Bid documents (9)
- Bid document 849 KB
- DARPA PS 26 137 Firefox Attach C Model OT for Prototype 167 KB
- DARPA PS 26 137 Firefox Attach D Cost Proposal Spreadsheet 102 KB
- DARPA PS 26 137 Firefox Attch A Abstract Summary Template 426 KB
- DARPA PS 26 137 Firefox Attch B Abstract Template 52 KB
- DARPA PS 26 137 Firefox Attch E Milestone and Payment Schedule 33 KB
- DARPA PS 26 137 Firefox Attch F OPP Guidelines and Instructions 44 KB
- DARPA PS 26 137 Firefox Attch G Risk Matrix 286 KB
- Amendment 1 581 KB
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Description
UPDATE: The purpose of Amendment 1 to DARPA-PA-26-137, the Firefox Program Solicitation (PS), is to update the deadlines for OPP submissions and presentations. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a non-invasive coherent optical system capable of recording neural signals in humans. To expand this foundational technology and enable the development of revolutionary, non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), DARPA's Firefox program is soliciting approaches to overcome key technological hurdles:
- development of components enabling dynamic rastering/scanning of the incoming coherent optical signal to target multiple regions of interest and
- development of new data processing architectures beyond the digital domain to handle the high data rates and computational burden inherent to scaling the amount of neural data recorded by the optical system.
The ultimate goal of the Firefox program is to use these innovations to develop a 100-channel, non-invasive BCI with 50-micron spatial and 100-microsecond temporal resolution.
Contracting contact
- Dr. Pedro Irazoqui, BTO/DARPA · [email protected]
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Is your business small enough?
For NAICS 541714, a business counts as small if it has no more than 1,000 employees (SBA size standard, with exceptions in the notes). This notice is not set aside, but the size decides your small business status on it. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.
Notice history
- Sep 16, 2026: Solicitation Due Nov 9, 2026
Companies that win this kind of work
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- The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. $9.8 million in this trade
- Raytheon Company $6.7 million in this trade
- Regents Of The University Of Michigan $6.0 million in this trade
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC $5.6 million in this trade
- The Johns Hopkins University $4.9 million in this trade
About the buyer
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded $1.2 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Lockheed Martin Corporation, Securigence LLC and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC. See what DARPA is buying now.
Research and Development in Biotechnology contracts right now
There are 35 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 541714), 4 posted in the last 7 days; 49% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are National Institutes of Health, Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and Defense Health Agency (DHA). Most of the work with a stated place is in Maryland, New Mexico and District of Columbia. A notice in this trade gives a median of 61 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 24 days.
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