• Breadcrumb Home News Join DARPA For An Office-wide Industry Day In Orlando In January Join DARPA for an office-wide industry day in Orlando in January D3 connects innovators with the agency to discuss game-changing capabilities DARPAâ s Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is hosting a Discover DSO Day (D3) gathering in Orlando, Florida, on Jan. • 13, 2026, to connect with the nationâ s science and technology community. • D3 Orlando follows similar outreach events in Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston held over the past two years. • DSO focuses on nascent and emergent technologies that could result in breakthrough capabilities for national security and seeks to demonstrate beyond-state-of-the-art technologies through targeted, high-risk/high-reward development efforts. • “DARPA is committed to high-risk, high-reward research with the potential to deliver transformative impact for our warfighters and our nation,â saidDSO Director Bart Russell. • â For D3 Orlando, weâ ve streamlined our program to give attendees more opportunity to hear from and engage with DARPA program managers.
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- DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office (DSO) will host a Discover DSO Day (D3) in Orlando, Florida, on January 13, 2026. The in‑person event aims to connect the agency with the U.S. science and technology community, focusing on high‑risk, high‑reward technologies that could yield breakthrough national‑security capabilities. Program managers will lead moderated panels on sensing, computation, energy, contracting, and rapid technology transition, and a poster session will showcase active research areas. Registration closes January 2, 2026, and the event is limited to researchers only, with no media participation.
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