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.