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Air Force SBIR topic DAF26BZ03-DV020 seeks advanced AI-driven solutions for a scalable fleet management platform coordinating humanoid, mobile, and industrial robots performing aircraft maintenance and sustainment. Requirements include autonomous AI-based task allocation, real-time monitoring, human-robot collaboration workflows, dynamic scheduling, multi-modal sensor fusion for situational awareness, and operational optimization.
Solutions must scale across mixed robotic fleets in active Air Force maintenance environments and contested logistics scenarios.
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Search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: U.S. for-profit small business concerns under SBA size standards (fewer than 500 employees). At least 51% U.S.-owned and independently operated. Direct-to-Phase-II requires demonstrated Phase I-equivalent work. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $2,000,000 USD per Phase II award under the Direct-to-Phase-II SBIR pathway. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Air Force SBIR DAF26BZ03-DV020 AI-Driven Humanoid Robotic Fleet Management for Aircraft Maintenance and Sustainment are due July 22, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Air Force SBIR DAF26BZ03-DV020 AI-Driven Humanoid Robotic Fleet Management for Aircraft Maintenance and Sustainment is funded by U.S. Department of the Air Force (AFWERX SBIR). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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Air Force SBIR topic DAF26BZ03-DV019 seeks AI-driven solutions for fall detection, impact mitigation, and autonomous recovery technology for humanoid robots in military maintenance, logistics, and hazardous operations environments. Goals include reducing damage from falls, improving robot reliability under unstructured operational conditions, enabling safe human-robot collaboration in mixed teams, and developing predictive ML models that anticipate failure modes before they occur. Applicable to aircraft maintenance, ground sustainment, and contested logistics use cases.
Air Force SBIR DAF26BZ03-DV019 Safe Falling and Failing for AI-Enabled Humanoid Robots in Maintenance and Logistics is sponsored by U.S. Department of the Air Force (AFWERX SBIR). Air Force SBIR topic DAF26BZ03-DV019 seeks AI-driven solutions for fall detection, impact mitigation, and autonomous recovery technology for humanoid robots in military maintenance, logistics, and hazardous operations environments.
NSF TechAccess AI-Ready America is a major new initiative to establish AI-ready Coordination Hubs in every U.S. state and territory to expand access to AI knowledge tools training and capacity building. Announced March 25 2026 the initiative is a joint effort of NSF USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Department of Labor and Small Business Administration (SBA). Each Hub will connect local partners and coordinate AI deployment scale proven approaches based on state and local priorities and address three key gaps: workforce AI literacy small business and local government AI adoption and hands-on learning pathways. Up to 56 Hubs will be funded at up to $1 million per year for three years selected through three rounds of competition. An informational webinar is scheduled for April 14 2026. This is distinct from NSF ExpandAI which focuses on institutional AI research capacity building and from NSF Expanding AI Career which targets skilled technical workforce opportunities.
The DARPA Tactical Technology Office (TTO) Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcement seeks revolutionary research ideas in autonomous systems, AI-enabled mission systems, advanced weapons, ground systems, maritime systems, and space systems. The BAA uses a two-step process: researchers first submit Executive Summaries by April 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET, and DARPA responds with either encouragement or discouragement before inviting full proposals on a rolling basis until June 22, 2026. Research thrusts include AI for autonomous platforms in contested tactical environments, human-machine teaming for warfighting applications, AI-enabled autonomy for unmanned ground vehicles and maritime systems, AI for collaborative space operations, and AI-enabled mission planning and battle management. Programs span basic research through prototype demonstrations.
The xTech Kinetic Reach Competition (topic ARM26BX03-DP007) funds small businesses developing AI-powered autonomous logistics, power generation, casualty recovery, and sustainment solutions for contested military environments where traditional supply chains are denied or degraded. Funded scope includes AI route planning under denial conditions, autonomous resupply UxVs, predictive maintenance and prognostics for tactical platforms, AI-enabled energy management for forward operating bases, and autonomous casualty extraction systems. Awards proceed through the prize-competition-to-SBIR-Phase-II pipeline with rapid award timelines.
On June 3, the Department of the Navy pre-released FY26 Release 3 SBIR/STTR — 12 conventional BAA topics and a Counter-Unmanned Air Systems Commercial Solutions Opening. Topics span adaptive sensor management, anomalous behavior detection, satellite imagery optimization, real-time zero-trust data for combat systems, and gun weapon systems modernization. The proposal window runs June 24 to July 22, 2026. The technical questions cutoff is June 23. NAVAIR and NAVSEA are hosting a Counter-UAS webinar on June 16. Here is what the topic mix actually signals about Navy priorities and how small businesses should position.
Read articleDARPA DSO pre-released four FY26 SBIR XL topics on June 3 — Rydberg sensor manufacturing, cognitive sleep wearables, expeditionary closed-cycle power, and host-pathogen interactome prediction. Proposals open June 24 and close July 22. Here is the strategy.
Read articleED/IES released its FY2026 SBIR solicitations on April 30, 2026, with Phase IA and Phase IB closing June 29 at 11AM EDT for \$250,000 nine-month feasibility awards, and Direct-to-Phase-II closing the same day at 2PM EDT for \$1,000,000 two-year commercialization awards. The program funds edtech for special education, general education, and education research tools — a structurally underserved category that most SBIR-active founders never consider. Direct-to-Phase-II requires evidence-based innovations originally developed by universities or non-profit research organizations, which makes it one of the cleanest IP-licensing-to-commercialization paths in the federal portfolio. Here is the eligibility analysis, the phase structure, the question deadline that already closed, and how to position for the June 29 windows.
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