Resilient Ultra Short Pulsed Laser Sources - RFI
- Agency
- DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
- Office
- ARLINGTON, USA
- Solicitation number
- DARPA-SN-26-124
- NAICS
- 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Posted
- 2026-09-08
- Deadline
- 2026-11-20
Description
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Multi X Office (MXO) seeks information on compact, rugged millijoule class ultra-short pulsed lasers.The goals of this Request for Information (RFI) include, but are not limited to:
• Identify approaches to fieldable millijoule ultra-short pulsed lasers
• Identify approaches to maintain mode-locking under environmental challenges
Responses to this RFI will be used to inform future DARPA program research thrusts, goals, and performance targets.