Firefox
DEPT OF DEFENSE
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- Posted
- Sep 17, 2026
- Closes
- Nov 9, 2026 (in 52 days)
At a glance
This is a government contract opportunity posted by DEPT OF DEFENSE in the research and development in biotechnology (except nanobiotechnology) category. The deadline is November 9, 2026, 53 days from now.
Classification and identifiers
- Industry (NAICS)
- Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714)
- Product or service (PSC)
- National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense - Military; Applied Research (AC12)
- Solicitation number
- DARPA-PS-26-137
- Contracting office
- DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
Who can apply
About this opportunity
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...