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DARPA Lift Challenge
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
About this archived opportunity
Help transform heavy-lift aviation. Submit your drone design that can carry a payload more than four times its own weight. Help DARPA design small, unmanned aircraft with exceptional payload-to-weight performance. This will help the agency redefine vertical lift aviation.
Historical details
- Status
- Closed
- Deadline
- May 1, 2026
- First captured
- March 27, 2026
- Award
- $6,500,000
- Publisher reference
- https://www.usa.gov/challenges/darpa-lift
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DARPA Lift Challenge
by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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