Future Program: National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT)
SOL #: DARPA-SN-26-26Special Notice
Overview
Buyer
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa)
DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
ARLINGTON, VA, 222032114, United States
Place of Performance
Place of performance not available
NAICS
Research and Development in the Physical (541715)
PSC
National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense Military; Applied Research (AC12)
Set Aside
No set aside specified
Original Source
Timeline
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Posted
Jan 9, 2026
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Last Updated
Jan 9, 2026
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Action Date
Feb 28, 2026, 11:59 PM
Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
The National Security Economic Theory (NASCENT) program will establish a principled theoretical foundation for geoeconomics, enabling evidence-based economic statecraft and defining a rigorous scholarly field of quantitative geoeconomics. The program seeks to achieve the following objectives:
- Test the technical hypothesis that economic mechanism design, computer science formal methods, and experimental economics can be combined to construct a robust scientific framework for geoeconomics
- Prevent strategic surprise by building the methodologies and tools necessary to both anticipate and mitigate unintended consequences of economic warfare.
- Test the technical hypothesis that economic mechanism design, computer science formal methods, and experimental economics can be combined to construct a robust scientific framework for geoeconomics
- Prevent strategic surprise by building the methodologies and tools necessary to both anticipate and mitigate unintended consequences of economic warfare.
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