What US defense is buying this week.
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ATI issued a Request for Solutions under the Training and Readiness Accelerator II (TReX II) OTA for a training device that replicates the effects of 5.56mm and 7.62mm drone-killer rounds against UAS in force-on-force training, using the soldier's issued weapon.
Kessel Run posted an RFI on the Air Operations Center Weapon System: a 24/7 command-and-control system-of-systems that mixes hardware, software, third-party apps, and web services.
Defense Innovation Unit’s LC-ISR prize challenge wants inexpensive aerial ISR that can collect and send multi-int data over land, littoral, and maritime areas without leaning on vulnerable airfields.
NIWC Atlantic intends to issue RFP N6523626RE073 for C5ISR Acquisition, Engineering, and Integration (CAEI) production, with a virtual pre-solicitation conference on 22 Oct 2026 (registration by email required).
Sources sought for cooperative R&D partners (industry, national labs, UARCs, FFRDCs) to transition DoW lab technology in hypersonic infrared target sensing (HITS-TO).
The Missile Defense Agency is issuing this solicitation for the Space Force Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) program office covering battle management, command, control, communications and space integration work.
Air Force market research to decide whether the Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) IDIQ will be full and open or a small-business set-aside; covers modeling and simulation development, integration and test.
AFLCMC posted Call 001 against its Small UAS & Asymmetric Capabilities commercial solutions opening.
The Federal Highway Administration posted a sources-sought notice titled “AI-Enabled Incident Response System with sUAS and Human Copilots (AIRS-COP).” The public SAM.gov page does not reprint the statement of work; it points to an attachment.
NIWC Atlantic is soliciting a prototype demonstration of a flight-certified, aero-optically resilient dual-turret optical communications and optical time-transfer system for ground, littoral, and airborne use.
V Corps is inviting companies — large and small, U.S. and allied — to apply for Project FLYTRAP 6.0, a US/UK c-UAS experimentation exercise in EUCOM in May 2027.
S. small businesses. You pitch a novel technology (new or a new use of an old one), not a solution to a single Army program of record. Concept papers are due 19 Oct 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET. Up to 50 semifinalists get $5,000; later rounds add $20,000 and a $200K/$100K/$50K finish, plus a path to a Phase I Army SBIR or STTR up to $300,000.
PMS 435 (Submarine Electromagnetic Systems) released a competitive Area of Interest for a Low Profile Mast and Rotational Module component prototype under Other Transaction authority. Some attachments are CUI and need a terms-of-use agreement.
ARM26BX06-NV012 wants a schema-driven decision-management layer that turns messy requests into signer-ready, auditable Decision Packages.
ARM26TX06-NV003 is the STTR counterpart to NV012: the same schema-driven, auditable decision-package problem, with a research-institution partner required.
DAF26BX06-DP027 asks for low-cost C-sUAS detection and recognition sensors, set up as a perimeter network for early warning of low-flying drones, including ones that do not emit RF.
DAF26BX06-DV026 is a Direct-to-Phase-II open topic.
DAF26BX06-DV511 (TAPPAS) is Direct-to-Phase-II work on a low-SWaP-C on-board sensing payload for local space-domain awareness — detect, track, and characterize nearby objects for self-protection and a shared tactical picture.
DAF26BX06-NV510 is about AI/ML for missile detection, warning, tracking, and reporting across GEO, MEO, and LEO.
DAF26BZ06-DV037 asks for a complete multi-function Ku-band RF system for prompt-strike weapons, designed to Critical Design Review maturity, fitting a 6-inch interior diameter.
DAF26BZ06-NV036 is listed on the DoW SBIR FY26 Release 6 index as “Flightline Radio Network.” We have the official title, not the full topic body.
DAF26TZ06-DV008 is listed on the DoW SBIR FY26 Release 6 index as “Counter Adversarial GPS Jamming.” We have the official title, not the full topic body.
DAF26TZ06-NV006 is an STTR for an AI performance-evaluation tool — reliability, robustness, and related metrics — with a path into a 42 TW test environment.
DAF26TZ06-NV007 asks for automated combat assessment that can run on field equipment and UAVs, not only in a rear cell.
DPA26BZ06-DV023 is a hardware-heavy RF-sensing topic: kW-class transmit, antennas that survive ~400 knots / ~40,000 ft, thermal control, and no EMI into the host aircraft.
DPA26BZ06-DV026 is listed on the DoW SBIR FY26 Release 6 index as “Influence Benchmarks for AI Systems.” We retrieved the official title, not the full topic body from SBIR.gov or DSIP.
OSW26BZ06-DV025 wants a 100% receive-only, small-form-factor X-band passive radar with SAR and GMTI.
OSW26BZ06-DV033 wants an agentic-AI cognitive radar for GEOINT: the system senses interference, clutter, and SNR, then chooses waveforms (frequency, bandwidth, PRF) without waiting on an operator.
OSW26BZ06-DV034 asks for a vision-language model that detects and classifies targets in synthetic-aperture radar imagery from sensor-independent complex data (SICD).
OSW26BZ06-NV028 is about 5G signature-tracking mitigation through cyber deception.
OSW26TZ06-NV008 is an STTR on bio-inspired underwater teams.
SOC26BZ06-DV006 (RIPTIDE) is Direct-to-Phase-II work on resilient integrated photonic transport in denied environments — optical links that carry timing and navigation across a formation when RF is ugly.
Call 03 under JADPACT II (FA238426SB007) is looking for human-machine teaming concepts that use AI/automation to support battle managers, aligned with ABMS decision functions.
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DISA seeks prototypes for a centralized, multi-tenant User Activity Monitoring capability to replace today's fractured UAM environment across the Department. CMMC Level 2 (self) is required.
The Army will host an industry day on Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense Increment 4, a vehicle-agnostic palletized air defense system against Group 1-3 UAS and aircraft using sensors, EW and kinetic defeat on a modular open architecture. Aimed at system integrators, with subsystem suppliers also invited.
Request for prototype proposals under the MATAC OTA: OSD wants a scalable framework of Prototypes and Experiments Rapid Fielding Sites (PERFS) to rapidly evaluate and transition maritime and border defense technologies to the field.
Air Force sources sought / RFI (market research only) on kinetic counter-small UAS capabilities to inform acquisition strategy and requirements.
AFLCMC’s ISR & SOF Asymmetric Warfare Division is asking industry how to provide agile, comprehensive contractor support for an operational fleet of small UAS.
PM Tactical Communications and EW is asking industry about Own Force Monitoring at Echelon: vehicle- or command-post-mounted systems that watch a unit’s own electromagnetic signature and plug into electromagnetic battle management.
The Navy's Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Robotics and Autonomous Systems announces a forthcoming Area of Interest for Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle Phase II integration and testing, seeking vessel construction, autonomy and perception expertise.
DARPA's Defense Sciences Office issues individual Disruption Opportunity topics under this announcement to start new unclassified research efforts in under 120 days.
Transformation and Training Command and Army Applications Laboratory posted DevX Autonomy (W911NF26S0040) as a long-term open call.
Air Combat Command sources sought for counter-small UAS delivered as a service. Details are in the attached notice.
NSWC Carderock is soliciting engineering and technical services to design, develop, integrate, test and maintain Synthetic Signature Generation simulation systems for Navy fleet training (submarine, navigation, surface, surveillance and on-board trainers).
DHS’s Program Executive Office for UAS and cUAS is doing market research for the Drone Development Program.
SOFWERX, with USSOCOM PEO Fixed Wing, is running a virtual Assessment Event on 15–17 Dec 2026 to find vendors who can integrate existing or new autonomy behaviors into the government-owned FANTOM stack using the FANTOM Core SDK.
DARPA RFI to shape a potential program solicitation for next-generation hypersonic cruise missiles, and to encourage teaming between traditional and non-traditional contractors and test providers.
The Joint Innovation Outpost will host a virtual industry day on 17 Nov 2026, 2:00–3:30 p.m.
FA2391-23-S-2403 (PACER) is AFRL/RA’s two-step open BAA, plus a BAA-with-calls, for aerospace study and technology-maturation work.
AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate posted STAR-FISH Call 017 for experimental work on a secure-by-design space vehicle (ARA FA9453-21-S-0001, 10 U.S.C. § 4023).
DAF27BZ01-DV011 is a manufacturing topic: agile, sensorized robotic installation of UAS (and similar) wire harnesses, including a retask between harness families in under eight hours.
DAF27BZ01-DV013 wants an inherently safe reserve power source for weapons: 20+ years of storage, then minutes of high pulse power, without thermal runaway.
DAF27BZ01-NV003 is about pre-mission checkout of multi-site telemetry.
DAF27TZ01-DV001 wants AI computer vision that assesses air-to-air refueling performance and builds a post-flight debrief for the receiver pilot.
DAF27TZ01-DV003 (FOCISAUS) is about cooperative information sharing among uncrewed air systems: pick what to send, live with bad radios, and fuse the rest into better perception.
DON27BX01-NP001 asks for existing, domestically sourced, low-cost heads-up displays — demonstration platforms, prototypes, or commercial products — for FPV drone pilots and for augmented-reality use by Forward Observers and JTACs.
OSW27BZ01-DV002 is posted alongside NV001 on the same C-UAS Rapid Maturation problem: portable detect/ID/defeat for Group 1–2 UAS, including silent targets, with on-platform processing.
OSW27BZ01-NV001 (C-UAS Rapid Maturation) is a 27.1 topic, not yet in the current DSIP open window until 28 Oct 2026.
USSOCOM PEO SOF Digital Applications CSO (H9241525X0001) to quickly bring commercially derived software into deployable SOF capabilities.
NGA's Boosting Innovative GEOINT S&T BAA (HM047623BAA0001) takes concepts in foundational GEOINT, advanced phenomenologies and analytic technologies, with topic calls published under it.
Army CSO to adopt commercial solutions for advanced ammunition manufacturing, connected digital environments and a more resilient munitions industrial base.
DARPA Strategic Technology Office-wide solicitation for revolutionary research ideas not covered by current STO programs.
Naval Special Warfare Command CSO for unmanned systems, including a UxS-as-a-service model and First Person View (FPV) platforms, through FAR contracts or OTs.
DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center BAA covering power and mobility, autonomous systems, force projection, survivability, electronics and architecture, and cyber engineering for ground vehicles.
Air Force Advanced Battle Management System BAA. Calls (sensors, cyber/electromagnetic activities, and others) are posted under it with their own due dates.
ONR, ONR Global and the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab take long-range S&T proposals across a wide span of science and engineering. Open to all responsible sources.
Awards can be fixed-price contracts or prototype OTs.
AFRL Space Propulsion Research and Innovation for Neutralizing Satellite Threats (SPRINT) BAA takes white papers on space propulsion research.
AFRL Trusted and Elastic Military Platforms and EW System Technologies (TEMPEST) seeks tools and techniques to find and fix avionics vulnerabilities, defend against cyber attack, and simulate EW systems.
PM Electronic Warfare & Collection posted a Call for Solutions (REWSI) under the Army Open Solicitation for commercially available electromagnetic-spectrum operations equipment.
HR001126S0011 is DARPA IPTO’s office-wide BAA for revolutionary research that is not already covered by an IPTO program or another posted solicitation.
AFRL Multi-Spectrum Defensive Electronic Warfare advanced research announcement to develop EW sensors and systems for operating in contested environments.
DARPA's Expedited Research Innovation System, run with marketplace manager ARI, is a long-term open call for new, disruptive, DARPA-relevant technology solutions.
NIWC Pacific BAA for white papers and proposals advancing C4ISR, information operations, cyberspace operations and IT systems.
White paper and proposal procedures and focus areas are in the attached announcement.
DEVCOM C5ISR Center BAA for research and technology topics in C5ISR. The topic list is in Attachment 01.
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory combined BAA/FOA for foundational research proposals.
Army Applications Laboratory BAA for disruptive technologies in areas such as AI, robotics and autonomy, and power and energy.
AFRL Sensors Directorate multiple-authority announcement for Autonomous Decisions, Algorithms, and Modeling, from basic research through transition.
AFRL Directed Energy Directorate advanced research announcement (FA9451-21-S-0001) for directed energy technology experimentation research.
AFLCMC Special Operations and ISR Directorate CSO for small UAS and asymmetric capabilities. Specific requirements are announced as calls (Call-001 closes Oct 15).
AFLCMC Armament Directorate (Eglin) Rapid Response CSO. Requirements are posted as Spirals with their own calls to action.
AFLCMC's Joint All-Domain Command and Control CSO (FA8612-21-S-C001) is an umbrella announcement. Proposals go only against the specific calls posted under it.
FA8750-23-S-7006 is an open two-step BAA through 30 Aug 2028.
Air Force Research Lab’s M-FAT broad agency announcement (FA8750-25-S-7004) stays open through 4 Aug 2030.
The AFWERX Challenge CSO. Individual challenge calls are posted under this notice and on afwerxchallenge.com.
W9113M-25-S-C006 is a commercial solutions opening with three areas of interest: fixed-wing training, rotary-wing training, and unmanned aerial systems training.
PM UAS Drone Marketplace CSO, open until cancelled. Individual Calls for Solutions have their own deadlines and requirements.
W9128Z-25-S-A002 is the Army Open Solicitation: a perpetual vehicle to buy commercial and R&D solutions against Army mission areas, including the Software Acquisition Pathway.
DIA Needipedia CSO (HHM402-23-SC-0002) takes innovative ideas from traditional and non-traditional sources against DIA's published needs.
Invitation to join the new Department of War Drone OTA Consortium (10 U.S.C. 4022), a channel for rapid prototyping and fielding of drone systems.
Army Contracting Command–Redstone is calling for solutions under CSO W58RGZ-26-S-C001 to onboard commercial uncrewed-system payloads, software, components, and enablers/accessories onto the UAS Marketplace.
JIATF 401 CSO under DFARS 212-70 for rapid, competitive buys of critical technologies by DoW and interagency partners.