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ERIS Shopping Notice: High Duty Cycle High Energy Lasers (HEL) for SWaP-Constrained Systems
Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy in the United States has published a notice (Special Notice) about “ERIS Shopping Notice: High Duty Cycle High Energy Lasers (HEL) for SWaP-Constrained Systems”. It is not a call for bids: no tender is open to bid on yet, or the buyer has already chosen a supplier.
The tender in brief
DARPA seeks designs for 100W-20kW high-energy lasers that run at high duty cycle on small platforms
DARPA's Strategic Technologies Office is searching for engineering designs for moderate-power high-energy lasers, 100W to 20kW, that can fire repeatedly for long periods in size-, weight- and power-limited systems such as armored vehicles and uncrewed aircraft. Submissions should cover scaling, cooling architectures, wavelength flexibility and beam coherence. Solutions are reviewed on a rolling basis under the ERIS marketplace.
Who can win it
- Teams with significant combined expertise in laser technology
- Solutions must be post-competitive and awardable through the ERIS marketplace
Key facts
- Procedure
- Special Notice
- How bids are judged
- Standard ERIS Master Solicitation criteria, with emphasis on problem definition, technical innovation, team capability and defense and commercial impact
- Published
- 04 Jun 2026
- Reference
- DARPA-SN-26-82
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