TTO Office Wide (OW) BAA
The TTO Office Wide grant aims to fund innovative proposals advancing national security through cutting-edge technology in areas such as Platform Innovation and Missionized Autonomy.
This grant is no longer accepting proposals
DARPA - Tactical Technology Office has archived this opportunity.
Funder: DARPA - Tactical Technology Office
Due Dates: July 31, 2024 (Proposers Day) | April 18, 2025 (Executive Summary) | June 20, 2025 (Full Proposal)
Funding Amounts: Multiple awards anticipated; no specified ceiling or floor; award size and duration vary by project scope.
Summary: Funds innovative research to advance national security through disruptive technology in platform innovation, autonomy, complexity management, manufacturing, and emergent tech.
Key Information: Executive summaries are strongly encouraged before full proposals; all responsible sources (including non-U.S.) may apply.
Description
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office (TTO) seeks innovative research and development proposals that can create technological surprise and provide new options for national security. This opportunity is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) that supports revolutionary platforms and systems, with a focus on demonstrating compelling hardware and managing complexity to reduce risk and cost. The BAA is open to a wide range of performers and encourages submissions that address at least one of the following focus areas:
- Platform Innovation: Design and demonstration of new, innovative platforms at credible scale, including nontraditional systems engineering for rapid innovation.
- Missionized Autonomy: Application of autonomy as a force multiplier, emphasizing trustworthiness, security, heterogeneous platform cooperation, and scalable human-systems interfaces.
- Managing Complexity: New methods for design space exploration and high-capacity computing to improve system architecture insight, risk reduction, and efficient testing.
- Freedom’s Forge 2.0: Innovations in manufacturing, maintainability, and testing to enable portable, affordable, and responsive processes, supporting rapid evolution from concept to production.
- Disruptive Emergent Technology: Exploration of emergent technologies with the potential to disrupt the tactical battlefield in unexpected ways, laying the groundwork for future DARPA programs.
Proposals should aim for revolutionary advances rather than incremental improvements. The BAA supports a variety of award instruments, including contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions.
