DARPA-SN-26-118.pdf

DARPA-SN-26-

DARPA Documentation & Decision Support Sprint

(D2-Sprint) Virtual Industry Day

DARPA-SN-26-118

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office (BTO)

Posting Date: 09-11-2026 Special Notice (SN) DARPA-SN-26-118: DARPA Documentation & Decision Support Sprint Industry Day Date: September 22, 2026 Location: Virtual Classification: Unclassified Registration Deadline: September 20, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Registration Website: https://events.sa-meetings.com/D2IndustryDay E-mail: D2Sprint@darpa.mil Technical Point of Contact (POC): Jeremy Pamplin, BTO Program Manager

The Biological Technologies Office (BTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host an Industry Day for potential competitors in the DARPA Documentation and Decision Support Sprint (D2). The Industry Day will be held on Tuesday September 22, 2026 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM virtually. Advance registration is required.

Note: all times listed in this announcement and on the registration website are Eastern Standard Time.

The Industry Day goals include:

1. Introduce the DARPA D2 vision and goals to the research community;

2. Encourage and promote teaming arrangements among organizations that have the relevant expertise, research facilities, and capabilities for executing research and development responsive to the program goals.

The Industry Day will include brief overview presentations by government personnel as well as an information session to respond to questions from participants.

Participation in this virtual event is not a requirement for qualification as a competitor.

Information relayed during the Industry Day will be made available at:

https://www.darpa.mil/research/challenges/D2

COMPETITION OVERVIEW:

The goal of the D2 is to catalyze advancements in combat medicine through targeted prize incentives, specifically seeking autonomous solutions that enable hands-free DD Form 1380 documentation and Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)-aligned decision support.

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The D2 will rapidly accelerate the delivery of autonomous documentation and decision support for untrained persons to deliver tactical combat casualty care using passive sensor data competitors will be provided representative data sets from tactical combat casualty care scenarios, including audio, video, and accelerometry data from the first approximately 20 minutes of care rendered to simulated casualties by medics for training algorithms. The competition will be structured into two distinct lanes:

• Lane 1—Documentation: Participants will develop algorithms to autonomously and accurately populate a digital DD Form 1380 (TCCC Card) using passively collected data.

• Lane 2—Decision Support: Participants will create algorithms to provide accurate, real-time clinical decision support to non-medics based on established Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC) Guidelines and Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guidelines (JTS CPGs).

ELIGIBILITY AND SECURITY INFORMATION:

To be eligible to win a cash prize, a team representing an entity (e.g., company or academic institution) must be incorporated and maintain a primary place of business (e.g., located) in the United States. An individual(s) participating singly or in a team not representing an entity, must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. The winner will be required to provide a U.S. taxpayer identification number (TIN) or a social security number to receive the cash prize. Information on how to obtain a TIN is available on the U.S.

Internal Revenue Service website at www.IRS.gov.

The D2C will be conducted at the Unclassified level.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

PLEASE NOTE: Registration closes on September 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET.

Registration is limited by the videoconference capacity, and early registration is strongly recommended as attendance will be limited to the first 1000 registrants. The registration cutoff date is September 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET, or once attendance capacity is met, whichever comes first. There will be no same-day registration.

Participants must register in advance through the registration website. Interested parties are encouraged to coordinate attendance internally within their organizations prior to registration.

Individuals that are unable to register because the deadline has passed or capacity has been reached will be added to a waitlist. If slots remain open after registration closes or become available due to cancellations, the slots will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis from the waitlist. An online registration form and various other meeting details can be found at the registration website: https://events.sa-meetings.com/D2IndustryDay

Potential competitor teams are not required to attend Industry Day, although participation is strongly encouraged.

All registrants for the meeting must be U.S. Citizens.

All administrative and technical questions should be directed to D2Sprint@darpa.mil. Please refer to the DARPA Documentation and Decision Support Sprint Industry Day (DARPA-SN-http://www.irs.gov/ https://usg02.safelinks.protection.office365.us/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fevents.sa-meetings.com%2FD2IndustryDay&data=05%7C02%7Crebecca.mcfarland.ctr%40darpa.mil%7C333662e7432e4b3c234508df09b96bf5%7Cf84814b5f44e46909314553e36b5f585%7C0%7C0%7C639240364274269262%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uXzMxeSOaADd4nj5m4JFcUX82om8XCrAtG4g87ptFDg%3D&reserved=0 mailto:D2Sprint@darpa.mil

26-118) in all correspondence. This announcement is not a request for proposals; any sent to the Special Notice email address will be disregarded.

DARPA hosts Industry Days to promote teaming arrangements between researchers; provide potential performers with information on whether and how they might respond to the Government’s research and development solicitations; and to increase efficiency in proposal preparation and evaluation. Therefore, Industry Days are open only to registered potential competitors.

INDUSTRY DAY PARTICIPATION:

This Special Notice and Industry Day include an opportunity for prospective competitors to identify team members via teaming profiles.

Interested parties are invited to submit a one-page ‘teaming profile’ describing technical competencies, unique facilities and other capabilities, as they relate to the program, and desired technical/other competencies sought from other potential team partners. Teaming profiles should include, at a minimum:

• Contact information, to include name, organization, email, telephone number, mailing address, and website;

• Brief description of the competitors’ technical competencies and relevant facilities;

• Desired technical competencies and facilities from other potential team members, if applicable.

All conforming teaming profiles must be emailed to D2Sprint@darpa.mil no later than September 22, 2026. Profiles that exceed the one-page limit will not be accepted. Information contained in teaming profiles shall be publicly releasable – profile submitters consent to distribution amongst event registrants. After Industry Day, the teaming profiles will be sent via e-mail to all registrants on September 25, 2026. Specific content, communications, networking, and team formation are the sole responsibility of participants. Neither DARPA nor the DoW endorses any participating organization, nor does DARPA or DoW exercise any responsibility for improper dissemination of the teaming profiles.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The D2 Special Notice does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals or abstracts.

This announcement is issued solely for information purposes and is not a Request for Information (RFI). Since this is not an RFI, no submission against this notice is required or will be accepted by the Government. Attending the Industry Day webcast is voluntary and not required to participate in the DARPA Documentation and Decision Support Sprint.

mailto:D2Sprint@darpa.mil