Marketplaces
Marketplace pathways for faster government discovery and engagement.
RAM supports marketplace approaches that help government buyers discover, assess, and engage award-ready capabilities across mission areas and technology domains.
Marketplace Ecosystem
A model supporting multiple government marketplace pathways.
Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace
Focused on AI, machine learning, data, analytics, and digital capabilities.
Explore SolutionsDARPA ERIS Marketplace
Designed to accelerate discovery and acquisition of disruptive research and breakthrough technologies.
Explore SolutionsPlatform One Marketplace
Supports software, digital, and operational capability pathways.
Explore SolutionsDEV-X Autonomy
An Army Applications Laboratory pathway focused on autonomy capabilities and related mission needs.
Explore SolutionsIARPA Solutions Marketplace
Focused on breakthrough technologies that advance intelligence capabilities and address critical Intelligence Community challenges.
Explore SolutionsFrom discovery to engagement to award.
Marketplace pathways help move solutions from discovery to engagement to award using applicable acquisition authorities. Government users can search, view, compare, and engage qualified solutions, then move toward potential award through the available acquisition pathway.
Proven Across Government
Built for use across government mission environments.
Government organizations use RAM-enabled marketplaces to discover and engage capabilities, while sponsoring organizations apply the model to specific mission and technology needs.
Marketplace sponsors
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office
Department of the Air Force
Army Applications Laboratory
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
Recognition
Recognized for innovation in government acquisition.
Gov Forum Impact Award: Disruptive Program of the Year
ARI RAM
2025 Forum Innovation Award
DARPAConnect & ERIS Marketplace
2026 FORUM Innovation Awards
Jen Thabet, for her leadership of DARPAConnect and ERIS; Evelyn Kent, for her work leading DoD SciTechConnect
2025 IT100
Jason Preisser and Jess Resig
2026 Warfighting Acquisition University (WarU) Innovation in Action Award
Simon Klink, Prototypes Division Director and Contracting Officer, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Creativity in Contracting Award
Presented by the Office of the Undersecretary of War, June 22, 2026