Deadline: April 20, 2026

Funding Award Size: Est. $500K to $5M

Description: Funding for development of small, low-cost unmanned aircraft systems capable of autonomous, high-speed, long-range operations in contested environments for asymmetric warfare missions.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop robust autopilot flight control for heterogeneous manned/unmanned formation “wake surfing,” enabling precise station-keeping in vortex upwash for 10–20% fuel savings with minimal added hardware and low/zero datalink dependency.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $1.5 Million (Estimated)

Description: Develop software and firmware enhancements for software-defined radios to enable ad-hoc networking and synchronization across heterogeneous RF systems. The solution will improve interoperability among communication, C2, EW, and SAR platforms while maintaining primary mission functions.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop an integrated metal-ceramic matrix infusion for high-strength steel landing gear components to replace hard chrome and HVOF, improving wear/corrosion resistance, durability, readiness, and lifecycle cost while reducing hazardous processes.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop RF photonic front-end technologies that enhance the resilience, bandwidth, and interference resistance of communications and navigation systems, enabling reliable wireless connectivity and assured position, navigation, and timing (PNT) in contested electromagnetic environments.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop scalable multiphysics modeling tools that predict frontal polymerization cure behavior (front temperature/velocity/cure) and resulting distortion/residual stress, while optimizing resin additives and preventing front self-extinguishing.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop a lightweight, rugged, low-power device that converts seawater to safe drinking water for downed naval aircrew. Must fit NACES survival kit constraints, minimize human effort, deliver ≥1 gallon/day, and achieve ≥95% salt rejection across harsh environmental and ejection conditions.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $2 Million (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop a portable AI/ML-enabled diagnostic module that integrates with optical reflectometry tools to detect, classify, and troubleshoot faults in military avionics fiber-optic networks with centimeter-level precision, improving maintenance efficiency, predictive diagnostics, and aircraft mission readiness.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to design a reduced-cost, multi-frequency helicopter dipping sonar that expands ASW inner/middle-zone coverage and adds aviation mine countermeasures (AMCM) capability in a single, retrofit-compatible transducer system.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $250,000 (Estimated)

Description: Develop modular payload technologies for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) compatible with the Picatinny Common Lethality Interface Kit (CLIK) standard. Solutions may include EO/IR sensing, communications relay, electronic warfare, signals intelligence, or cargo delivery payloads integrated across multiple UAS platforms.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $250,000 (Estimated)

Description: Develop a real-time logistics tracking system that integrates distributed ledger technology, sensor data, and enterprise systems to provide commanders with secure, near-real-time visibility of in-transit military assets, enabling predictive logistics management, improved situational awareness, and faster operational decision-making.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop and demonstrate a cryogenic liquid hydrogen storage and delivery system for Navy/USMC UAS that achieves high mass fraction and low boil-off, improving endurance, range, and continuous payload power.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Develop nonlinear optical dyes embedded in sol-gel glass that act as optical power limiters to protect EO/IR sensors from frequency-agile lasers and dazzlers while maintaining high infrared transmission and fast response times.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $2 Million (Estimated)

Description: Develop and demonstrate a 10-inch air-launched rocket motor integrating Highly Loaded Grain (HLG) propulsion to increase total impulse and extend operational range by ~30%. The effort advances propulsion performance, thrust shaping, and manufacturing readiness for next-generation tactical rocket systems.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Develop a universal, non-invasive hold-up battery (HUB) tester and low-voltage alert device for Type 1 encryption systems to prevent battery-related software loss, reduce depot returns, improve readiness, and simplify battery interval tracking for long-term storage conditions.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop low-cost, lightweight, flexible printed organic thermoelectric cooling films (tight bend radius <1”) for personal warfighter cooling or conformal cooling of curved military-platform surfaces.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $2 Million (Estimated)

Description: Develop a U.S.-based pilot manufacturing process to produce high-purity zirconium and hafnium metal-organic precursors (e.g., TDMAZ, TDMAH) used in semiconductor, microelectronics, and advanced ceramic manufacturing via ALD, CVD, and CVI deposition processes.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Develop an AI/ML-enhanced optical fire detector capable of operating in aircraft engine nacelles up to 400°F, enabling rapid fire detection, reduced false alarms, and reliable performance in high-temperature environments.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to build an M&S tool that generates validated, high-fidelity EO/IR virtual clutter models (weather-explicit 3D clouds and/or debris fields) with thermal/optical/physical attributes for real-time scene generation (60 Hz–1 kHz) to test missile warning, IR countermeasure, and ISR systems in high-clutter environments.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Develop robotic systems to automate or assist the assembly of Expeditionary Airfield matting in austere environments, enabling autonomous navigation, heavy mat handling, and precise alignment to improve deployment speed, reduce manual labor, and enhance operational safety.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Develop a low-SWaP, open-architecture airborne software-defined radio using MOSA and MBSE to support multi-band communications, secure waveforms, and interoperability across Navy and Marine Corps aircraft platforms.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $2 Million (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop a passive structural health monitoring system that detects, locates, and characterizes ship hull cracks in real time, providing automated severity/criticality insights beyond strain-gauge inference methods.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop an A-size deployable low-frequency vertical line array of vector sensors for long-range passive ASW detection, directional sensitivity, and STANAG 4718 compliant communications in deep-water operations.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Development of a portable induction welding system that enables in-situ repair of thermoplastic composite aircraft components on naval aviation platforms, reducing downtime and scrap rates by allowing field maintenance without removing damaged material.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Develop a modern, modular tropical cyclone forecasting software suite with containerized architecture that integrates legacy and new models, data sources, and APIs to automate storm analysis, prediction, and dissemination for operational forecasting centers.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $2 Million (Estimated)

Description: Develop and integrate Highly Loaded Grain (HLG) propellant into a 2.75" Mk66 rocket motor to increase total impulse and extend weapon range by ~30% while maintaining compatibility with existing rocket motor materials, systems, and operational environments.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Develop a high-speed telemetry antenna system for reentry test bodies that transmits encrypted inflight data via K/Ka-band links to geostationary satellites, enabling real-time communication and improved data capture during ballistic missile flight testing.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop a high-power (10W CW) blue laser (425–475 nm) with long coherence length (>10 m) and high pulse repetition (>100 MHz) for reliable continuous operation in demanding Navy environments.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop passive, thermal-equilibrium alkali atom sources (Rb/Cs) with synthetically controlled vapor density to simplify thermal management and improve stability/SWaP for practical atom-based quantum sensors.

Deadline: April 29, 2026 (Estimated)

Funding Award Size: $240,000 (Estimated)

Description: Funding to develop a throttleable solid-fuel rotating detonation ramjet by integrating a controllable gas generator for precise fuel regulation, enabling stable detonation operation and efficient high-speed propulsion across varied mission profiles.