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DoW FY 2026 Release 3 SBIR/STTR Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is sponsored by Department of the Navy (DoN). The Department of the Navy (DON) is issuing SBIR/STTR Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) with various topics. Release 3 includes 12 conventional SBIR topics and 1 Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Open Topic, focusing on innovative solutions to national security challenges.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Small businesses. Proposals must be submitted in response to a topic open for proposal submission under an active BAA or CSO. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Applications for DoW FY 2026 Release 3 SBIR/STTR Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) are due July 22, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
DoW FY 2026 Release 3 SBIR/STTR Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is funded by Department of the Navy (DoN). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The Department of the Navy pre-released FY26 Release 3 SBIR/STTR on June 3, 2026 — 12 BAA topics and one Commercial Solutions Opening for Counter-Unmanned Air Systems. Topics span adaptive sensor management, anomalous behavior detection, satellite imagery optimization, real-time zero-trust data for combat systems, and gun weapon systems modernization. Technical questions cut off June 23. Proposals open June 24 and close July 22. NAVAIR and NAVSEA co-host a Counter-UAS webinar June 16. Phase I funding tops out at $315,000. The CSO open topic for AI-powered drone defense is the structural news: it's the first time NAVAIR has used a CSO vehicle to fund counter-drone work outside the conventional Phase I/II structure, and it changes how small businesses can engage with the Navy's most urgent capability gap.
Read articleOn 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.
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