ERIS Special Topic Area � Industrial Base Research and Experimentation Events
DARPA · DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation DARPA-PS-25-05-AC01 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
ERIS Special Topic Area: Industrial Base Research and Experimentation Events The DARPA Adaptive Capabilities Office (ACO) bridges DARPA's advanced research and real-world application, accelerating the transition of groundbreaking technologies and providing strategic insights to prevent surprise and maintain technological advantage. ACO seeks organizations to support two complementary efforts: Industrial base research (basic, applied, and advanced research), and Design and facilitation of stakeholder experimentation events in support of industrial base research Proposals may address either or b… (show all)
oth areas. Organizations specializing in one domain are encouraged to apply individually or partner with others. This Special Topic Opportunity Page provides the content requirements and instructions for your submission. The actual submission, must be made through the ERIS Marketplace located here: https://www.darpaconnect.us/eris. After navigating to the ERIS Marketplace Page, click on the �Request ERIS Account� button to register for an ERIS account. Once registered, click on the �Access ERIS� button to begin the correct submission workflow. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) long-term, open call for new and novel technology solutions entitled the �Expedited Research Implementation Series� seeking solutions or capabilities that deliver breakthrough technological advancements. This Special Topic Area (STA) is a supplementary, limited period announcement to solicit, collect, and assess disruptive solutions, and make those solutions available through rapid acquisition pathways. This STA will be open for submissions from 1 May 2025 through 30 June 2025. The ERIS long-term, open call Solicitation can be found here: https://sam.gov/opp/1e287185b7694348881c2d99dcf0e8bf/view
Who won similar work
57 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY), same NAICS 541715.
Single-winner award sizes (57): middle half $3.6M to $7.3M, median $5.2M; range $300K to $499.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC | 4 | $21.0M | Nov 4, 2025 |
| Two Six Labs, LLC | 3 | $27.4M | Oct 9, 2026 |
| SRI INTERNATIONAL | 3 | $23.6M | Mar 5, 2025 |
| RTX BBN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 3 | $20.1M | Aug 11, 2025 |
| SRI INTERNATIONAL Menlo Park CA 94025 USA | 3 | $16.0M | Sep 2, 2025 |
| KITWARE INC | 2 | $17.7M | May 22, 2025 |
| LEIDOS, INC. · $LDOS · $15.3B | 2 | $14.3M | Feb 18, 2025 |
| STEALTH SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 2 | $13.6M | Jul 25, 2025 |
| HRL LABORATORIES, LLC | 2 | $12.8M | May 1, 2026 |
| HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. | 2 | $9.4M | Mar 21, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $LDOS reported $15.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 57 past awards, $5.2M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 19, 2026THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC$499.8MJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) Support Services
- Oct 9, 2026Two Six Labs, LLC$1.5MHR001127CE008-Surveillance and Prediction from Research-Industrial Signatures: Part II (SurPRISE Part II) seedling
- May 11, 2026RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Fairfax VA 22033 USA$735KHR001126CE068 Code-to-model Analysis Ready for Verification Engines (CARVE)
- May 1, 2026HRL LABORATORIES, LLC$3.9MHR001121C0043 High Enthalpy Aperture Technology (HEAT)
- Feb 23, 2026LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$4.7MSecuring Artificial Intelligence for Battlefield Effective Robustness (SABER)
- Feb 6, 2026BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION & ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC$3.9MSecuring Artificial Intelligence for Battlefield Effective Robustness (SABER)
- Nov 4, 2025SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LLC$5.7MHR001121C0212 Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-wide
- Sep 2, 2025SRI INTERNATIONAL Menlo Park CA 94025 USA$10.7MMicrosystem Induced CAtalysis (MICA)
- Sep 2, 2025CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION$6.6MMicrosystem Induced CAtalysis (MICA)
- Aug 27, 2025Perspecta Labs Inc.$2.4MHR001120C0012 Guaranteeing AI Robustness against Deception (GARD)
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) job
- $319K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 2 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.