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Smash Program Announcement

Key dates

Posted
Apr 28, 2026
Response deadline
Apr 29, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
Archive date
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Archive type
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Classification

Notice type
Solicitation
Base type
Solicitation
Set-aside
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Set-aside code
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PSC
AC12

NAICS

Issuing office

Department
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Sub-tier
DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA)
Office
DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
Office code
097.97AE.HR0011
Organization type
OFFICE
Office address
ARLINGTON, VA, 222032114, USA

Contacts

Description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative proposals around materials processing to enable efficient, scalable element separation across the periodic table. This capability would establish a new technological basis for domestic resource independence. Specifically, the Smash program aims to create technologies that leverage parallel processing to: (1) drive process yield across multiple elements; (2) maximize energy utilization in the intrinsic separation processes; and (3) ensure solutions are scalable across industrial processing operations. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice. Note: The referenced Attachment J: Smash Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Guide is under final review will be posted subsequently.

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Metadata

Notice ID
f69464f686f4437bae960c5484983f17
Full path
DEPT OF DEFENSE.DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA).DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
Office code
097.97AE.HR0011
Ingested
May 1, 2026
Updated
Jul 11, 2026