Long Beach, CA – February 18, 2026 – DMC Technologies Inc (DMC), an early stage technology company revolutionizing aerospace engineering, today announced that its pitch video solution has achieved “Awardable” status through the DARPA Expedited Research Implementation Series (ERIS) Marketplace.
The DARPA ERIS Marketplace is a transformative digital platform designed to accelerate acquisition velocity and advance national security innovation. This repository houses 7-minute pitch videos of awardable solutions that have undergone rigorous assessment through competitive procedures and are available to Government customers with an ERIS Marketplace account.
DMC was founded by Dan Mueller (Boeing, SpaceX, Lilium, Relativity) to revolutionize the way manufactured hardware designs move from concept to manufacturing and optimize the engineering decision-making process in aerospace for commercial and government customers. Our vision is to a world where space and air vehicle development happens at command tempo; where engineers are freed to innovate and decision-makers get validated, manufacturable options in hours instead of months.
DMC’s solutions focus on accelerating the transition of advanced research into operationally relevant capabilities for the Department of Defense (DoD), including Space Force and NASA. Through structured innovative engineering frameworks and mission-aligned strategies, DMC supports government and industry Chief Engineering Officers and Chief Technology Officers, and other technical leaders, in reducing time and cost from concept to deployment.
“We are honored to have our RAPID (Reconfigurable Architecture for Parallel Intelligence-Driven Design) software development and automation solution recognized as Awardable by the DARPA ERIS Marketplace,” said Dan Mueller, Founder and Principal of DMC. “This designation reflects both the rigor of the ERIS evaluation process and the strength of our approach to accelerating innovation for national security and space tech missions. We look forward to engaging with Government customers to support rapid, mission-driven capability deployment.”
DMC’s 7-minute video: 10-25-1883 | RAPID, The Reconfigurable Architecture for Parallel Intelligence-Driven Design, is accessible exclusively to Government customers through the DARPA ERIS Marketplace. Our solution presents a practical use case demonstrating how RAPID delivers manufacturable space and air vehicle rapid prototyping concepts for repair, replacement, and development at command tempo in hours and weeks instead of months or years.
A critical engineering decision-making challenge for aerospace companies (such as SpaceX, Vast, and others) and government space programs is the difficulty of making timely, high-confidence design decisions when the underlying process to rapidly produce validated, manufacturable designs is slow, serial, and fragmented. For example, serial engineering cycles delay missions through slow triage, repeated handoffs, and late rework from fragile supply chains. These inefficiencies cause missed operational windows and constrain the growth of the aerospace and defense industries and substantially increase the time and money invested by space technology companies and government space programs to confirm the reliability of their engineering designs.
RAPID, our ERIS Marketplace awardable solution solves this challenge by transforming serial engineering workflows into parallel, intelligence-driven design. RAPID’s four patent-pending modules (Threat Planner, Engineering Organization in a Box, Production Fragility Detector, and Competitive Design Process) enable hundreds of AI-powered design threads to evaluate manufacturability and performance early, generating 100–500+ design options 100x faster than current methods.
We are grateful that DMC was recognized by DARPA among a competitive field of applicants to the ERIS Marketplace whose solutions demonstrated innovation, scalability, and potential impact on DoD and Space missions. Government customers interested in viewing the video solution can create an ERIS Marketplace account at:
www.darpaconnect.us/eris
About DMC Technologies, LLC
DMC Technologies is a specialized early-stage technology company revolutionizing aerospace manufactured hardware design and decision making workflows. Our team’s expertise and experience includes US Space Force launch certification, AIAA standards development, and CMH-17 materials work. The firm works with emerging space and defense technology companies and government stakeholders to align breakthrough capabilities with mission requirements and acquisition pathways.
For media inquiries, please contact:
Dan Mueller
dsm@danmueller.pro
+1 414-418-1351
About the ERIS Marketplace
The DARPA Expedited Research Implementation Series (ERIS) Marketplace is a transformative digital platform designed to accelerate acquisition velocity and advance national security innovation. All 7-minute awardable solutions housed in the repository have been assessed through comprehensive scoring rubrics and competitive procedures and are readily available for selection, negotiation, and award by Government customers with a Marketplace account. By streamlining the procurement process, the ERIS Marketplace empowers DoD organizations to rapidly acquire disruptive technologies that address evolving defense and security challenges. Industry and academia are encouraged to showcase their innovative solutions, connecting directly with DARPA and other Government customers seeking revolutionary research and technology. Learn more at: www.darpaconnect.com/eris.
For media requests related to DARPA, please contact outreach@darpa.mil. For ERIS Marketplace inquiries, please contact eris@darpa.mil.
