DARPA is hosting an Industry Day for GUARDIAN Program

January 27, 2026
8:30 AM – 1:30 PM Eastern

Arlington, VA

Participation Options: IN PERSON or WEBINAR

Registration is required for attendance.
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Registration Deadline: Thursday, January 22, 2026, at 12:00 PM Eastern

Registration will close on the above referenced date or when capacity is reached, whichever comes first.

Free Event

The GUARDIAN program seeks to develop Gene Drive Technologies (GDT) that can reach fieldablility in 24 months targeting the controllable elimination of the Brown Tree Snake from Guam (BTS, located in Guam only).

Eradicating invasive species is a critical imperative for homeland security and agricultural resilience. Invasive species have already inflicted over $2.2 trillion in global damage in the past six decades. To combat this, the GUARDIAN project aims to develop and deploy advanced genome editing tools to precisely and controllably eliminate the invasive Brown Tree Snake (BTS) from Guam, while adhering to US Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulatory standards.

This adaptable toolkit will provide the Department of War and interagency partners with a vital resource for defending ecosystem health, potentially extending to a wide range of invasive species threats, focused on vertebrate control.

Industry Days are only open to registered potential proposers, i.e., the events are closed to the general public and media. For this particular program, Industry Day registration is open to potential proposers who are U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, and foreign nationals.

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