Special Notice
Resilient Ultra Short Pulsed Laser Sources - RFI
Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
From the noticeThe 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. Read more
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From the notice
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.
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Notice details
- Posted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Notice type
- Special Notice
- Office
- Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy, Arlington, VA
- Product/service code
- AC12 · National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense – Military; Applied Research
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541715)
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