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Navy SBIR DON27BZ01-NV002: Fire Resistant Joiner Bulkhead
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $315k
Description: Navy Phase I topic for a lightweight, fire-resistant joiner bulkhead that improves compartment fire containment on ships. See funding fit, constraints, and how to apply via DSIP.
Navy SBIR DON27BZ01-NV001: Cleaner for the Time Domain Reflectometer Tank Level Indicator
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $315k
Description: Navy Phase I topic to clean fouled TDR tank level sensors in place on DDG 51 destroyers without defueling. See funding fit, phases, and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF STTR DAF27TZ01-DV003: Fusion of Cooperative Information Sharing for Uncrewed Air Systems (FOCISAUS)
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $2m
Description: Air Force STTR Direct to Phase II topic for cooperative perception and sensor fusion across uncrewed air systems under tight bandwidth. See funding fit and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF STTR DAF27TZ01-DV002: Cyber Resiliency for Fog and Edge Computing Devices
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $2m
Description: Air Force STTR Direct to Phase II topic to make fog and edge computing devices resilient to cyber attack in contested environments. See funding fit and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF STTR DAF27TZ01-DV001: AI-Enabled Computed Vision Air-to-Air Refueling Performance Assessment and Automated Pilot Debrief System
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $2m
Description: Air Force STTR Direct to Phase II topic for AI computer vision that scores aerial refueling performance and automates pilot debriefs. See funding fit, tasks, and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF SBIR DAF27BZ01-NV006: High Speed, Low Temperature Hyperspectral Imager for High Enthalpy Ground Testing
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k
Description: Air Force Phase I topic for a fast, low-temperature hyperspectral imager to measure surface temperature and emissivity in high enthalpy testing. See funding fit and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF SBIR DAF27BZ01-NV005: Hypersonic Paint
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k
Description: Air Force Phase I topic for a luminescent paint technique that measures pressure and temperature in nitrogen hypersonic wind tunnels. See funding fit, phases, and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF SBIR DAF27BZ01-NV004: Long Rod Delivery System
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k
Description: Air Force Phase I topic for a precise launcher that fires long rod projectiles at 1,400 to 2,300+ m/s with controlled orientation for live fire testing. See funding fit and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF SBIR DAF27BZ01-NV003: Multiple Telemetry Site Signal Source Synchronization
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k
Description: Air Force Phase I topic to synchronize telemetry signal simulators across multiple range sites for end-to-end pre-flight checks. See funding fit, phases, and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF SBIR DAF27BZ01-NV002: Optimally Packaged Assembly for Laser Systems (OPALS)
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k
Description: Air Force Phase I topic for a rugged, compact beam control optical system for airborne high energy lasers. See funding fit, focus areas, and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF SBIR DAF27BZ01-NV001: Shallow Jet Spurt Engineering Model
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $300k
Description: Air Force Phase I topic for a fast, validated engineering model of hydrodynamic jet spurt to speed warhead design. See funding fit, phases, and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF SBIR DAF27BZ01-DV013: Advanced Reserve Power Source Technologies
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $2m
Description: Air Force Direct to Phase II topic for safe, long-storage weapon reserve power sources beyond today's thermal batteries. See funding fit, targets, and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF SBIR DAF27BZ01-DV012: Agile Autonomous Technical Data Package to Path Robotic Task Specification
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $2m
Description: Air Force Direct to Phase II topic for software that turns technical data packages into autonomous robotic inspection paths. See funding fit, benchmarks, and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF SBIR DAF27BZ01-DV011: Agile Wire Harness Manipulation and Installation for Unmanned Aerial Systems
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $2m
Description: Air Force Direct to Phase II topic for a single-arm robotic workcell that installs flexible wire harnesses in UAS and munitions. See funding fit, targets, and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF SBIR DAF27BZ01-DV007: Reusable Illumination System
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $2m
Description: Air Force Direct to Phase II topic for a reusable replacement for the obsolete PF300 flash bulb used on high-speed sled test tracks. See funding fit, requirements, and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF SBIR DAF27BZ01-DV008: Technical Data Package Modernization for Information Assurance and Secure Data Exchange
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $2m
Description: Air Force Direct to Phase II topic to modernize technical data packages with encrypted configuration management, MBD visualization, and Zero Trust data exchange. See funding fit, deliverables, and how to apply via DSIP.
DAF SBIR DAF27BZ01-DV009: US Production of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic-Yielding Preceramic Polymers
Deadline: November 25, 2026
Funding Award Size: $2m
Description: Air Force Direct to Phase II topic to scale U.S. production of an AFRL-patented UHTC preceramic polymer to 50 kg per month. See funding fit, deliverables, and how to apply via DSIP.
IARPA Solutions Marketplace (IARPAOT26001): Video Pitch Pathway for AI, Cyber, and IC Solutions
Deadline: Rolling monthly cutoffs through July 31, 2027
Budget: Not published (negotiated per award)
Description: IARPA and ARI invite five-minute video pitches for Intelligence Community solutions in AI security, agentic AI, secure comms, and more. See funding fit, focus areas, and how to apply.
DOE Quantum Genesis Q Competition
Deadline: October 19, 2026
Budget: $1.5m Phase I, plus shares of $200m in incentive pools
Description: DOE Office of Science (ASCR) is funding U.S. companies to build the first fault-tolerant, scientifically relevant quantum computer. See funding fit, focus areas, and how to apply.
Medical CBRN Defense Consortium (MCDC)
Deadline: Rolling
Budget: $3.2m - $47.8m
Description: JPEO-CBRND and DTRA fund prototype medical countermeasures, diagnostics, and delivery devices through the MCDC OTA consortium. See funding fit, focus areas, and how to join and apply.