Broad Agency Announcement: Anesthetics for Battlefield Care (ABC)
Office: Biological Technologies Office (BTO)
Abstract Due Date: 30 June 2023 by 1600 (ET)
Full Proposal Due Date: 21 August 2023 by 1600 (ET)
Description: DARPA is soliciting innovative proposals that will generate anesthetics that can be used safely in cases of traumatic injury without physiological collapse. The envisioned approach will represent a paradigm shift, moving away from the administration of anesthetics with intense monitoring by highly-trained personnel to operational settings where such capabilities do not exist or cannot be afforded. A successful proposal will pursue the discovery of unappreciated anesthetic mechanisms, achieve anesthesia leveraging novel drugs or drugs as components of cocktails, and produce a formulated end product that exhibits increased safety compared to state-of-the-art drugs.
SEE ATTACHED ANNOUNCEMENT AND LINK BELOW.
Link: https://sam.gov/opp/1b6d92cd55fe477eb1d00508b8b2750f/view
Updated Special Notice: Anesthetics for Battlefield Care (ABC) Proposer’s Day
Office: Biological Technologies Office (BTO)
Event Date: 16 June 2023
Registration Deadline: 14 June 2023 by 1200 (ET)
Registration Website: : https://events.sa-meetings.com/ABCProposersDay
Description: The Biological Technologies Office (BTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is hosting a Proposers Day for the potential proposer community in support of the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the ABC (Anesthetics for Battlefield Care) Program. The Proposers Day will be held on June 16, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM virtually. Advance registration is required. The deadline for registration has been extended to 14 June 2023.
SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS AND LINK BELOW.
Link: https://sam.gov/opp/9da4fa3e38274cdaa031bfd413aa07f2/view
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Request for Information: Compact Pulsed High-Energy Sources for Macro-Scale Object Inspection
Office: Microsystems Technology Office (MTO)
Proposal Due Date: 7 July 2023 by 1600 (ET)
Description: This Request for Information (RFI) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) seeks to identify technology investment opportunities that may significantly expand next-generation inspection through advances in high-energy source technology and motion-based signal processing, which are expected to play a major role in future civilian and military systems.
Please see attached amendment for updated response date.
SEE ATTACHED ANNOUNCEMENT AND LINK BELOW.
Link: https://sam.gov/opp/a7887d59b83f45dfba59f03ca9d0ada4/view
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Updated Solicitation: Principles of Undersea Magnetohydrodynamic Pumps (PUMP)
Office: Defense Sciences Office (DSO)
Abstract Due Date: 13 June 2023 by 1600 (ET)
Questions Due Date: 21 July 2023 by 1600 (ET)
Full Proposal Submission Due Date: 31 July 2023 by 1600 (ET)
Description: The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of electrode material solutions for high performance magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) pumps. The Principles of Undersea Magnetohydrodynamic Pumps (PUMP) program will develop and demonstrate MHD pumps that match the efficiency, reduce the noise generation, and exceed the reliability of conventional impeller-based pumps. Additionally, the program will develop multi-physics modeling and simulation capabilities for use in design and analysis of magnetohydrodynamic pumps.
The attached amendment contains the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI Guide) to assist in proposal development.
SEE ATTACHED ANNOUNCEMENT AND LINK BELOW
Link: https://sam.gov/opp/8c4e63e9cad347289e148dda36f30ac7/view
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Updated Solicitation: High Operational Temperature Sensors (HOTS)
Office: Microsystems Technology Office (MTO)
Abstract Due Date: 22 June 2023 by 1400 (ET)
Questions Due Date: 1 August 2023 by 1400 (ET)
Full Proposal Due Date: 15 August 2023 by 1400 (ET)
Description: The High Operational Temperature Sensors (HOTS) program will develop high-bandwidth, high-dynamic-range analog sensor microelectronics technologies that operate at high temperature. HOTS will demonstrate a pressure sensor module consisting of integrated transducer and signal-conditioning microelectronics.
SEE ATTACHED BAA, FAQ UPDATE AND LINK BELOW.
Link: https://sam.gov/opp/edfcba232c104ebc897741df52d4a6ba/view
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Request for Information: Rapid Part Qualification
Office: Defense Sciences Office (DSO)
Responses Due: 14 July 2023 by 1600 (ET)
Description: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is requesting information on areas of research and new approaches to simultaneously decrease design margins and accelerate manufacturing qualification of structural hardware for DoD systems. This RFI and subsequent workshop seek to initiate a focused discussion on new ideas and breakthrough future directions to reimagine and accelerate hardware qualification and reduce design margins for critical metallic structural components. DARPA believes that recent advances in high-fidelity data collection during manufacturing will fundamentally change the way qualification and engineering design are conducted. If fully successful, the future state will be defined by two new realities: (1) on-the-fly qualification of critical structural hardware conducted during manufacturing in a way that is decoupled from upstream details (i.e., feedstock characterization, machine specifics, etc.) and that is not reliant on extensive post-process inspection and (2) systems designed and operated with minimal margin (e.g., is 1.01X possible?) enabled by manufacturing-derived information to ensure part performance and service life. New approaches to structural health monitoring to track the behavior of individual parts in service is also of interest as a means to bolster the lean design and aggressive manufacturing stance described here.
SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS AND LINK BELOW.
Link: https://sam.gov/opp/bc5c3d4a79414d768421201181e16f28/view
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Updated Solicitation: Defense Sciences Office Office-wide
Office: Defense Sciences Office (DSO)
Executive Summary Due Date: 31 August 2023 by 1600 (ET)
Abstract Due Date: 31 August 2023 by 1600 (ET)
Questions Due Date: 17 August 2023 by 1600 (ET)
Full Proposal Due Date: 31 August 2023 by 1600 (ET)
Description: The mission of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is to identify and create the next generation of scientific discovery to fuel innovation throughout the Agency and beyond. DSO serves as “DARPA’s DARPA” by developing and executing an aggressive and forward leaning portfolio that expands the art of the possible across a broad set of technical areas. DSO aims to create strategic surprise advantage for the DoD by pushing science towards its fundamental limits. We look to prevent technological surprise by understanding the path commercial R&D is taking, anticipating that our adversaries will exploit what’s available to develop new capabilities in the coming decades. In addition, the office looks for changes at the global scale and the impact they may have on our nation. In support of this mission, the DSO Office-wide BAA invites proposers to submit innovative basic or applied research concepts or studies and analysis proposals that address one or more of the following technical thrust areas: (1) Novel Materials & Structures, (2) Sensing & Measurement, (3) Computation & Processing, (4) Enabling Operations, (5) Collective Intelligence, and (6) Global Change. Each of these thrust areas is described below and includes a list of example research topics that highlight several (but not all) potential areas of interest. Proposals must investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances. DSO is explicitly not interested in approaches or technologies that primarily result in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.
SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS AND LINK BELOW.
Link: https://sam.gov/opp/eb3cff04a6c44463a860fb4eded24473/view