Department of War SBIR/STTR FY27 Release 2 Topics

All 83 Department of War SBIR and STTR topics from the FY27 Release 2 BAA, with BW&CO commentary on each one. Pre-release opened November 4, 2026.

Quick answer

The Department of War pre-released 83 topics for FY27 Release 2 (60 SBIR, 23 STTR) across seven components. 33 of them are Direct-to-Phase II only. Topics open in DSIP on December 2, 2026 and proposals are due January 6, 2027 at 12:00 PM ET. You can talk directly with topic authors only until December 2, so that is the date to plan around.

Talk to topic authorsNov 4 to Dec 2, 2026

Opens in DSIPDec 2, 2026, 8:00 AM ET

Proposals dueJan 6, 2027, 12:00 PM ET

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83 of 83 topics shown

Topic	Title	Service	Award
DON27BZ02-DV026	AI Detection of LPI/LPD Waveforms General Defense	Navy	Direct to Phase II
DON27BZ02-DV027	Ultra-Low Latency 5G Audio Obscuration General Defense	Navy	Direct to Phase II
DON27BZ02-DV028	Multi-User Signal Separation for Tactical Waveforms General Defense	Navy	Direct to Phase II
DON27BZ02-DV029	Modular Software Reference Waveform Implementation General Defense	Navy	Direct to Phase II
DON27BZ02-NV006	Mobile Vehicle Forensics Device General Defense	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV007	Portable Expeditionary Nitrogen Generator General Defense	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV008	Multi-Spectral ACV Periscope Camera Quantum & Photonics	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV009	Event-Driven Neuromorphic Sensing General Defense	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV010	Automated Linux OS Cyber Hardening Cybersecurity	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV011	Direct-Bond MWIR FPA Fabrication Quantum & Photonics	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV012	Agentic SI Swarm and Guardrails Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV013	EO/IR Tactical Decision Aid Quantum & Photonics	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV014	ASW Acoustic Reasoning Agent Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV015	High-Sensitivity TMR Magnetometers General Defense	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV016	D-Region Ionosphere Specification for HF Propagation General Defense	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV017	Expeditionary Water Quality Sensors General Defense	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV018	Thermoplastic Patching for Thermoset Airframes Aerospace & Spacetech	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV019	Rotating Detonation Combustor on Diesel Fuel General Defense	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV020	Rapid Training Imagery Creation for Navy General Defense	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV021	SI Maintenance Associate for Naval Maintainers General Defense	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV022	Collapsible Low-Cost Fixed-Wing ISR sUAS Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV023	Attritable Low-Cost Turbine Engine (ATLAS) Advanced Materials & Manufacturing	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV024	Robotic MK 45 Magazine Ammunition Loader Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Navy	Phase I
DON27BZ02-NV025	SWIR High Energy Laser and Range-Gated Imager Quantum & Photonics	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV001	Co-Packaged Optics for Cryocooled EO/IR Sensors Quantum & Photonics	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV002	Explainable, Lean Alternative to Deep Neural Networks Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV003	As2S3 Waveguides for Brillouin RF Photonic Amplifiers Quantum & Photonics	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV004	Modular Autonomy for Undersea Multi-Vehicle Coordination Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV005	Portable Wave Energy Charger for Ocean Drones Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV006	Compact UAS for Marine Mammal Monitoring Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV007	Multi-Modal Luminescent Paint for Underwater Diagnostics General Defense	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV008	Membranes to Purify and Store CO2 from Seawater General Defense	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV009	Domestic Manufacturing of Large Raman Laser Crystals Advanced Materials & ManufacturingQuantum & Photonics	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV010	Seafloor Geochemical Power for Arctic ISR General Defense	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV011	Agentic AI Control of Heterogeneous Drone Swarms Robotics & Autonomous SystemsArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV012	Mission-Specialized LLMs for Navy Training Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV013	ICME-Designed Wire Feedstock for Naval DED Advanced Materials & Manufacturing	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV014	Conformal Printed Antennas for Composite Airframes Aerospace & SpacetechAdvanced Materials & Manufacturing	Navy	Phase I
DON27TZ02-NV015	Near-Infrared PCSEL Power Scaling Quantum & Photonics	Navy	Phase I
DAF27BX02-NV501	Space BDI/BDA Data Fusion and Analytics General Defense	Air Force	Phase I
DAF27BZ02-DV017	Neuromorphic Edge Change Detection for sUAS Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27BZ02-DV018	Long-Endurance Group 2/3 VTOL UAS Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27BZ02-DV019	Collaborative UAS for Non-Kinetic Effects Robotics & Autonomous Systems	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27BZ02-DV020	Long-Range Expendable One-Way Attack Vehicle Robotics & Autonomous SystemsAerospace & Spacetech	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27BZ02-DV021	Reconfigurable Pod-Based Aircraft Survivability Suite General Defense	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27BZ02-DV022	MFP-RAM SOSA Hybrid Communications LRU General Defense	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27BZ02-DV023	Unified FinOps-MBSE Cloud Model General Defense	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27BZ02-DV024	Expeditionary 3D Concrete Printing Advanced Materials & Manufacturing	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27BZ02-DV025	Miniature Tunable Notch Filters General Defense	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27BZ02-DV026	Domestic LPE Growth of YIG Films General Defense	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27BZ02-NV014	Rydberg Quantum Sensing Analyzer Quantum & Photonics	Air Force	Phase I
DAF27BZ02-NV015	Propellant Aging Digital Twin Aerospace & Spacetech	Air Force	Phase I
DAF27TX02-DV502	Green Monopropellant Gas Generator Aerospace & Spacetech	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27TZ02-DV004	B-52 AI Performance Charts Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27TZ02-DV005	AI RF Spectrum Knowledge Sharing Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
DAF27TZ02-DV006	Wideband Antenna for RF Photonics Modules Quantum & Photonics	Air Force	Direct to Phase II
MDA27BZ02-DV001	Low Cost Infrared Seeker Quantum & Photonics	MDA	Direct to Phase II
MDA27BZ02-DV002	Rapid Aerial Interdiction Cluster General Defense	MDA	Direct to Phase II
MDA27BZ02-DV003	Low-SWaP Gbps Space RF Radios Aerospace & Spacetech	MDA	Direct to Phase II
MDA27BZ02-DV004	Dim Hypersonic Signature Modeling Aerospace & SpacetechQuantum & Photonics	MDA	Direct to Phase II
MDA27BZ02-DV005	Mobile Sea-Based Launch Platform Aerospace & Spacetech	MDA	Direct to Phase II
MDA27BZ02-DV006	SRM Upgrades for Existing Missiles Aerospace & Spacetech	MDA	Direct to Phase II
MDA27BZ02-DV007	Low-Cost SRM Booster Insulation Advanced Materials & Manufacturing	MDA	Direct to Phase II
MDA27BZ02-DV008	Kubernetes Bridge for Legacy VMs General Defense	MDA	Direct to Phase II
MDA27BZ02-DV009	Simulated Operator Decision Models Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	MDA	Direct to Phase II
MDA27BZ02-DV010	Multi-Fidelity Transfer Learning Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	MDA	Direct to Phase II
DTR27BZ02-NV001	UAS Precision Aim for Render Safe Robotics & Autonomous Systems	DTRA	Phase I
DTR27BZ02-NV002	Multi-UAS Stand-off X-Ray Imaging Robotics & Autonomous Systems	DTRA	Phase I
DTR27BZ02-NV003	AI Sensor Tasking for Buried Hazards Robotics & Autonomous Systems	DTRA	Phase I
DTR27BZ02-NV004	Blast Injury Model Validation Medtech	DTRA	Phase I
DTR27BZ02-NV005	Domestic Scintillator Precursor Materials Advanced Materials & Manufacturing	DTRA	Phase I
DTR27BZ02-NV006	Domestic Large-Format CZT Crystals Advanced Materials & Manufacturing	DTRA	Phase I
DTR27TZ02-NV001	Biolab Mirror AI Digital Twin Artificial Intelligence & Machine LearningCybersecurity	DTRA	Phase I
DTR27TZ02-NV002	AI Detection of Hardware Trojans Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	DTRA	Phase I
DTR27TZ02-NV003	Compact Capacitors for Pulsed X-Ray Advanced Materials & Manufacturing	DTRA	Phase I
OSW27BZ02-DV003	Dual-Use 5G/6G ISAC Prototypes Robotics & Autonomous Systems	OSW	Direct to Phase II
OSW27BZ02-DV005	Resilient Tactical Edge Networks General Defense	OSW	Direct to Phase II
OSW27BZ02-NV004	Robust ENZ Optical Modulators Quantum & PhotonicsAdvanced Materials & Manufacturing	OSW	Phase I
OSW27TZ02-NV001	Wafer-Scale Hyperbolic Thin Films Quantum & PhotonicsAdvanced Materials & Manufacturing	OSW	Phase I
DPA27BZ02-DV001	Neurosymbolic Cyber COA Planning Cybersecurity	DARPA	Direct to Phase II
DPA27BZ02-DV002	Metacognitive AI for ISR Collection Robotics & Autonomous SystemsArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning	DARPA	Direct to Phase II
DPA27BZ02-DV003	sEMG Human Universal Remote General Defense	DARPA	Direct to Phase II
ARM27BX02-NV002	CEMA CAMO Distributed RF Signature Management General Defense	Army	Phase I

How to use these pages

Each topic page has a quick answer, the solicitation details at a glance, BW&CO's take on who is a good fit, and the official topic text copied word for word from DSIP. Use the search box above with your topic number (for example, MDA27BZ02-DV001) to jump straight to it.

Frequently asked questions

When is the FY27 Release 2 deadline?

Proposals are due in DSIP by January 6, 2027 at 12:00 PM ET. Topics open for submission on December 2, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET.

Can I still contact the topic author?

Yes, until December 2, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET. After the topics open, questions must go through the DSIP Topic Q&A instead.

What does Direct to Phase II mean?

Direct-to-Phase II topics do not make Phase I awards. You must already have Phase I-type feasibility results and show them in your proposal.

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Official source: DSIP Topics app. Topics can be amended; always confirm the current version in DSIP before you submit. BW&CO commentary is our interpretation, not Government guidance.