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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.
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Search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Open to U.S. and certain foreign performers including universities, large and small businesses, government laboratories, federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), and nonprofit organizations. Foreign participation subject to export control restrictions. Industry-academia partnerships encouraged for transition-ready research. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows funding amounts vary widely by project scope. DARPA TTO programs typically award $1,000,000 to $25,000,000 per project across 2-4 year base periods plus option years, with seedling efforts ranging from $250,000 to $1,000,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for DARPA Tactical Technology Office Office-Wide BAA for AI Autonomy and Tactical Weapons Systems are due June 22, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
DARPA Tactical Technology Office Office-Wide BAA for AI Autonomy and Tactical Weapons Systems is funded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office (TTO). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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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.
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.
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.
DARPA MTO opened six FY26 SBIR topics on May 27 with a June 24 deadline — nanopore proteomics, compact RF filters, 800°C ICs, passive thermal spreaders, radiation-hardened codesign, and low-resource computing. The topics read like a wishlist for the next decade of contested-environment microelectronics. Here is what each one is actually asking for, and how small businesses should triage the four-week window.
Read articleOn June 1, DARPA and NSF announced AI Forge — a jointly governed forum that will fund university-led research on three thrusts: AI interpretability, AI control, and adversarial robustness. The RFI on sam.gov closes June 22, 2026, at 5:00 PM ET. Project Ventures awards run roughly \$750K to \$3M with one-year durations and multiple awards expected annually. Administration runs through a nonprofit, intellectual property will be shared via open-source licensing, and CAISI at NIST is the third partner. Here is what the 15 priority research challenges look like and how U.S. universities should respond.
Read articleDARPA and NSF launched a joint program on June 1 to fund university work on AI interpretability, control, and adversarial robustness. Awards run $750K to $3M+ per project, the forum launches this summer, and the universities listed in the AI Forge repository will sit closest to the money. The Request for Information closes June 22.
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