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DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY

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Solicitation number
DARPA-PS-26-137
Notice ID
DARPA-PS-26-137
Opportunity Type
Solicitation
Agency
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Sub-Agency
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
Office
DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
Posted Date
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Response Deadline
Nov 9, 2026
NAICS Code
541714 - Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
PSC Code
AC12
Set-Aside
Full & Open Competition
Status
Active
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Description

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: 1) development of components enabling dynamic rastering/scanning of the incoming coherent optical signal to target multiple regions of interest and 2) 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.

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Contact
Dr. Pedro Irazoqui, BTO/DARPA
Email
Firefox@darpa.mil

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    Firefox

    Solicitation: DARPA-PS-26-137

    Publication: 182eab6ca77d465f931c6dc118b939ca

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    Initial information

    Firefox

    Solicitation: DARPA-PS-26-137

    Publication: 182eab6ca77d465f931c6dc118b939ca

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