Jane Edwards
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has issued a solicitation for research proposals for the Improv program that aims to build prototypes designed to pose security threats to potential adversaries through commercially available products.
A broad agency announcement posted Friday on FedBizOpps stated that DARPA will select the proposals that will enter the feasibility study phase following the submission of abstracts.
The program’s second phase will focus on the development of prototypes and the third phase will evaluate the selected prototypes that might be considered for future follow-on efforts.
“Improv is being launched in recognition that strategic surprise can also come from more familiar technologies, adapted and applied in novel ways,” John Main, Improv program manager, said Friday.
“In Improv we are reaching out to the full range of technical experts to involve them in a critical national security issue,†Main added.
DARPA will hold a two-day Proposers Day webinar that will kick off March 29 and accept abstracts through April 13, according to the BAA.
Research proposals are due May 25.
