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DARPA Solicits Innovative Materials Analysis Solutions for MMoMA Program

DARPA's Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is seeking innovative solutions for the Multi Modal Materials Analysis (MMoMA) program. - Government Buyer: - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Defense Sciences Office (DSO) - OEMs and Vendors: - No specific OEMs or vendors are named in the solicitation - Products/Services Requested: - Research and development in materials analysis - Focus on surface and bulk analysis of molecular structure, elemental composition, trace elements, and isotope ratios - Analysis must be performed under ambient conditions without special sample preparation - Development of new analytical methods using a single configurable excitation source and multiple detection techniques - In-situ data fusion to maximize information extraction - Deliverables include written reports, software libraries, code, APIs, and design documents - Unique or Notable Requirements: - Revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems are required; incremental improvements are explicitly excluded - Analytical capabilities for parallel materials analysis and adaptive feedback for signature optimization - University proposers may include an optional task for supplementary funding for U.S. citizen graduate students or postdoctoral researchers (DSO Fundamental Defense Research Talent Award) - Awards may be procurement contracts, cooperative agreements, or Other Transaction Agreements for prototype development

Description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative solutions in materials analysis, focusing on surface and bulk analysis of molecular structure, elemental composition, trace elements, and isotope ratios under ambient conditions without special sample preparation. The research should enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems, excluding evolutionary improvements to existing practices. The program aims to develop a new parallel materials analysis paradigm using a single configurable excitation source and multiple detection methods with in-situ data fusion to maximize information extraction from samples. The solicitation anticipates multiple awards and includes procurement contracts, cooperative agreements, or Other Transaction Agreements for prototype development.

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