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Leveraging Machine Learning for Advanced Passive Sonar Tracking (SBIR Topic DON26BZ01-NV025) is a grant from the Department of the Navy that funds small businesses developing machine learning solutions for advanced passive sonar tracking capabilities. This Phase I SBIR award supports research and development projects that apply AI and machine learning to improve passive sonar signal processing, target detection, and tracking performance for naval applications. Eligible applicants are U.S. small businesses with no more than 500 employees that qualify for SBIR Phase I funding from the Department of the Navy. Awards are estimated at $240,000 with a deadline of April 29, 2026.
NAVAIR & NAVSEA Open Topic for Counter Unmanned Air Systems (C-UAS) is sponsored by U.S. Department of the Navy (Navy SBIR/STTR Program). This SBIR Open Topic seeks innovative solutions for Counter-Unmanned Air Systems (C-UAS) that can detect, track, identify, and neutralize single and multiple UAS threats in complex operational environments. A passive acoustic sensor approach focusing on detect, track, identify, and assess would be considered responsive.
DoD Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI) is sponsored by Department of Defense (DoD) - Office of Naval Research (ONR). The Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI), administered by the Department of Defense Office of Naval Research, supports basic research in science and engineering at U. S.
SBIR SF254-D1206: Knowledge-Guided Test and Evaluation Frameworks for proliferated Low Earth Orbit Constellations is sponsored by U.S. Air Force. DOD SBIR topic SF254-D1206: Knowledge-Guided Test and Evaluation Frameworks for proliferated Low Earth Orbit Constellations. Component: U.S. Air Force. Command: SDA. Solicitation: DoD SBIR 2025.4. Phase(s): D2PII, II, SPII. Status: Pre-Release. Open date: 3/4/2026.
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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