Intrinsic Market Resilience (IMR)
Key Takeaways
- Full and open competition - all businesses eligible to bid
- Work to be performed in ARLINGTON, VA
- Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Contract Details
- Notice ID
- DARPA-PS-26-138
- Opportunity Type
- Solicitation
- Agency
- DEPT OF DEFENSE
- Sub-Agency
- DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
- Office
- DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
- Posted Date
- Friday, September 25, 2026
- Response Deadline
- Monday, December 7, 2026
- PSC Code
- AC12
- Set-Aside
- Full & Open Competition
- Place of Performance
- ARLINGTON, VA, 222032114
- Status
- Active
Description
The evolution of markets from physical trading floors to interconnected, electronic venues has introduced new speed, transparency, and efficiency, but has also created new attack surfaces and systemic risks. Modern markets, which host trading for everything from equities and bonds to energy and cloud computing resources, can be manipulated in ways unanticipated by their designers. The 2010 United States Equity market "flash crash" and the 2000-2001 California energy crisis demonstrated how weaknesses in a market's public interfaces could have dramatic consequences. Similar design issues in today's complex, interacting market systems could be used to cause economic damage, which the IMR program technology seeks to prevent. The IMR program aims to develop repair methods to protect essential
Why This Opportunity Matters
The Department of DEFENSE is actively seeking qualified contractors for research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology) in ARLINGTON, VA.
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