1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
"Asymmetric Collaborative Counter Swarm (ARM26BX04-NV008)" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
Asymmetric Collaborative Counter Swarm (ARM26BX04-NV008) is sponsored by Department of the Army (Army SBIR Program). This SBIR opportunity from the Department of the Army seeks proposals to develop and integrate distributed Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology that can collaboratively control a multi-agent Group 1 or Group 2 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) swarm to defend an area against a numerically superior attacking enemy swarm.
The focus is on decentralized AI and software algorithms that run on individual UAS platforms to continuously plan, communicate, and take optimal defensive actions under extreme size, weight, power, and cost constraints. The system must interface with existing platform autonomy and perception systems without relying on a centralized control node.
Get a weekly digest of new grants like this
A free weekly digest of new foundation and federal funding opportunities as they're added to Granted. Unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: U.S. for-profit small businesses. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $300,000 for Phase I. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was August 19, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Asymmetric Collaborative Counter Swarm (ARM26BX04-NV008) is funded by Department of the Army (Army SBIR Program). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
Past winners and funding trends for this program
After SBIR reauthorization, the U.S. Army released five new small-business topics under Army FUZE — Ka-Band metamaterial radar, a Li-ion 6T battery open topic, in-transit-visibility blockchain, modular UAS payloads, and the xTech|Phantum prize competition. Awards run from $150K to $300K per Phase I. But the bigger story is the Army's shift from funding parts to funding whole systems. Here is what each topic funds and how to compete.
Read articleDARPA transferred its first autonomous-ready H-60Mx Black Hawk to the Army on March 20, capping a decade of ALIAS research. Now the same technology underpins an SBIR XL opportunity for small businesses building wildfire autonomy.
Read articleOn September 2, 2026, SBA published an updated commercialization benchmark: firms with more than 25 Phase II awards in five years must derive at least 33 percent of total revenue from non-SBIR sources in FY2027, and 50 percent from FY2028 onward. It takes effect November 15, 2026. Because the measurement window looks backward three completed fiscal years, the first test is already decided — and the second is two-thirds decided. Here is the arithmetic, the history, and what firms near the line should do.
Read article