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Opportunity Summary:

The Innovative Systems for Military Missions opportunity is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), specifically its Tactical Technology Office (TTO). It is aimed at funding advanced research and development for system- and subsystem-level technologies that could deliver major, game-changing improvements in how effectively and efficiently the U.S. military can operate. Rather than incremental upgrades, the call is oriented toward novel concepts and unconventional approaches that could meaningfully shift capability, performance, survivability, logistics burden, cost, or operational flexibility across military missions.

The technical scope is organized around four major focus areas: Ground Systems, Maritime Systems, Air Systems, and Space Systems. In practical terms, this means DARPA is inviting ideas that could apply to land-based platforms and supporting technologies, naval and undersea environments, aircraft and airborne missions, and space-based systems and related enabling technologies. The announcement emphasizes technologies at the system or subsystem level, which usually implies integrated solutions or key components that can be matured toward demonstrable military utility, not just basic science. At the same time, because it is a DARPA BAA, the intent is typically to explore high-risk, high-reward R&D where successful outcomes could lead to outsized operational advantages.

Applicants are invited to submit executive summaries, white papers, and full proposals, and submissions are accepted on a rolling basis for as long as the solicitation remains open. This rolling submission structure is designed to encourage timely entry of strong ideas without waiting for a single fixed deadline window. Another important feature is that TTO may release modifications throughout the year that introduce groups of special topics, which effectively allows DARPA to steer attention toward emerging needs or particularly promising problem areas while keeping the overarching solicitation active.

From an award and administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed as discretionary funding under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category, with CFDA number 12.910 (Research and Technology Development). DARPA indicates multiple possible funding instruments under this BAA, including cooperative agreements, grants, other procurement contracts, and standard procurement contracts, which gives the agency flexibility to choose an arrangement that matches the nature of the work, the level of government involvement anticipated, and the maturity and risk profile of the proposed effort. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement stated, which generally lowers barriers for participation, especially for smaller organizations or teams proposing early-stage but high-impact concepts.

Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning the competition is broadly open to a wide range of entity types, subject to any clarifications in the full solicitation text. This typically includes universities, nonprofit research organizations, private companies (including small businesses and large defense contractors), federally funded research and development centers where applicable, and other qualified performers. As with most DARPA BAAs, teams and collaborations are commonly used, especially when proposals require multi-disciplinary expertise spanning hardware, software, autonomy, materials, sensing, communications, power, manufacturing, or operational analysis.

The funding opportunity number is DARPA BAA 13-22, titled Innovative Systems for Military Missions. The posting and creation date are April 9, 2013, with an original and current closing date of April 9, 2014, and an archive date of May 9, 2014, indicating the specific listing’s lifecycle in the grants system. For access issues with the full announcement, DARPA provided a point of contact: Chris Glista, reachable via the email address DARPA-BAA-13-22@darpa.mil.

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