Sensors and electronic warfare: funding and government opportunities

Open and planning notices

• Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA)

  Grants.gov · Posted notice · Closing 2026-12-14 · Observed 2026-10-13

  The Boosting Innovative GEOINT-Science and Technology (BIG-ST) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) invites proposers to submit innovative concepts to address hard GEOINT problems that align to one or more of the following technical domains: (1) Foundational GEOINT, (2) Advanced Phenomenologies, and (3) Analytic Technologies. BAA Process and Topic Call Publication: The BIG-ST BAA is a general announcement of NGA’s research interest, including criteria for selecting proposals and soliciting the participation of all offerors capable of satisfying the Government’s needs. The requests for abstracts

• NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research

  Grants.gov · Posted notice · Closing 2026-12-30 · Observed 2026-10-13

  Amendment 0008 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. -------------------------------------------------------------- Amendment 0007 The purpose of this amendment is to add Summary Topic 61-24-06 - AFFF ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM COMPATIBILITY OF FLUORINE-FREE FOAM (F3) WITH NON-ASPIRATING SPRINKLER NOZZLES to Appendix 1 in it’s entirety. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. -------------------------------------------------------------- Amendment 0006 The purpose of this amendment is to e

• Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for NSWC Crane

  Grants.gov · Posted — date requires source check · Closing not reported · Observed 2026-10-13

  This announcement seeks revolutionary research ideas, and technology demonstrators that offer potential for advancement and improvement of NSWC Crane’s primary mission areas.NSWC Crane is a field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command. NSWC Crane supports a wide range of government agencies in the interest of national security. NSWC Crane may publish BAAs and other solicitations in response to specific needs. This BAA is issued to seek innovative solutions and ideas for topics not covered via other means. It is strongly encouraged that potential proposers review existing NSWC Crane solicita

• xTech|Kinetic Reach Competition

  DSIP · Pre-Release · Closing 2026-12-23 · Observed 2026-10-13

  DoW SBIR 2026 CSO xTech; Autonomy; Robotics; Uncrewed Ground Vehicles (UGV); Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS); Teleoperation; Contested Environments; GPS-Denied Navigation; Communications-Denied, Degraded, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) Environments; Electronic Warfare (EW) Resiliency Force Sustainment, Contested Logistics; Point-of-Need Delivery The U.S. Army is seeking innovative force sustainment solutions from eligible small businesses across the U.S. through the xTech Kinetic Reach competition. This platform offers participants the opportunity to engage with the Department of War (DoW), ea

• G-TEAD USAREUR-AF ACE 27-02: Spectrum Enabled Warfare Powered by xTech

  DSIP · Pre-Release · Closing 2027-05-07 · Observed 2026-10-13

  DoW SBIR 2027 CSO Electromagnetic Support, Autonomous Network Management, Electromagnetic Environment Visualization, Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations, Distributed RF Systems The U.S. Army is seeking innovative electromagnetic spectrum operations solutions from eligible small businesses across the U.S. through the Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate (G-TEAD) U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) Accelerated Capability Event (ACE) 27-02: Spectrum Enabled Warfare Powered by xTech. This platform offers participants the opportunity to engage with the Department of War (DoW), earn pri

• OPEN - Proliferated Low-Altitude Detection for C-sUAS

  DSIP · Open · Closing 2026-10-21 · Observed 2026-10-13

  DoW SBIR 2026 CSO sensor network, sensors, acoustic, optical, radio frequency, C-sUAS, sneaky drone, RF-silent dark drone, base defense Innovations in Counter-UAS sensor technologies, data processing, and networking to solve the "sneaky drone" problem by improving the detection, tracking, and identification of small, low-altitude, terrain-masked, and RF-silent Group 1-3 UAS. The system must detect targets from 1 meter up to 300 meters (threshold), 500 meters (objective) off the ground, with individual sensor nodes detecting targets at a horizontal range of at least 100 meters. The nodes must i

• Low SWaP-C Tactical Awareness Payload for Proliferated, Agile Satellites (TAPPAS) for Space Domain Awareness

  DSIP · Open · Closing 2026-10-21 · Observed 2026-10-13

  DoW SBIR 2026 CSO Surveillance; Space Based Surveillance; Proliferation; Constellation; Resident Space Object; Space Domain Awareness; Geostationary Orbit; GEO Belt; visual magnitude; Electro Optical; Infrared; Radio Frequency; Free Flyer; GEO SDA; Low Size Weight and Power; own-ship awareness; Local Area Sensor The objective of this Direct to Phase II (D2P2) effort is to provide a production representative article of flight qualifiable hardware to be flown in the GEO space environment. The modern space domain requires a layered sensing architecture to ensure resilience. This D2P2 effort is fo

• Low-Cost Multi-Function Ku-Band RF System for Prompt Strike Weapons

  DSIP · Open · Closing 2026-10-21 · Observed 2026-10-13

  DoW SBIR 2026 BAA Seeker; Seekers; AESA; Multifunction RF; Radar; Software-defined RF The Department of the Air Force has a high priority requirement for much lower-cost long-range air-launched prompt strike weapons that operate in the very high supersonic flight regime. Towards that requirement, the objective of this topic is to develop a Ku-band multi-function RF seeker system that can be manufactured at scale, supporting RF modes including radar, passive direction-finding, and line-of-sight datalinks. Low unit production cost and high-volume manufacturability are key goals of this topic.

• Artificial Intelligence Performance Evaluation Tool

  DSIP · Open · Closing 2026-10-21 · Observed 2026-10-13

  DoW STTR 2026 BAA Artificial Intelligence; AI Performance Evaluation; Trusted AI; Autonomy; Explainability; AI Metrics; AI Validation; AI Systems; Sensor Technologies; Information Systems; Operational Testing; ABMS; 412TW; AFTC; DoD AI Standards; Test and Evaluation. The objective of this research effort is to design, develop, and demonstrate an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Performance Evaluation Tool that streamlines, standardizes, and enhances the evaluation of AI-enabled systems across various operational conditions. This Phase I STTR effort will focus on exploring innovative methodologies

• Novel Radio Frequency Sensing Technologies

  DSIP · Open · Closing 2026-10-21 · Observed 2026-10-13

  DoW SBIR 2026 BAA Ground Penetrating Radar, Subsurface Tomography, Standoff Radar, Void Detection, High-Power RF, Airborne Geophysics, Subterranean Imaging, RF Shielding, Critical Minerals. Develop, integrate, and flight-test a high-altitude (=40,000 ft), high-speed (~400 knots) airborne geologic sensing system. The system must be capable of providing rapid, stand-off 3D subsurface tomographic imaging to detect subterranean features such as metals and critical minerals.

• Compact Passive Radar

  DSIP · Open · Closing 2026-10-21 · Observed 2026-10-13

  DoW SBIR 2026 BAA Passive Radar, GMTI, SAR, Bistatics. Develop a low-cost, small form factor, attritable passive radar sensor capable of detecting and tracking targets using external RF signals for tactical unmanned and expendable platforms.

• Agentic AI Based Cognitive Radar for GEOINT Mission

  DSIP · Open · Closing 2026-10-21 · Observed 2026-10-13

  DoW SBIR 2026 BAA Agentic AI, Cognitive Radar, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Develop an agentic AI (artificial intelligence) based cognitive radar system for automatic selection of radar parameters, waveforms, and exploitation for resilient GEOINT applications.

• Vision Language Model (VLM) for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) target search and classification from Sensor Independent Complex Data (SICD)

  DSIP · Open · Closing 2026-10-21 · Observed 2026-10-13

  DoW SBIR 2026 BAA Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); Sensor Independent Complex Data (SICD), Metadata; single look complex (SLC) Develop VLM based SAR imagery search and classification from sensor independent complex data (SICD)

• Telecom Band Geometric Amplifier

  DSIP · Open · Closing 2026-10-21 · Observed 2026-10-13

  DoW STTR 2026 BAA Telecom Laser, Optical Amplification, Geometric Amplifier, Berry Phase The primary goal of this initiative is to design, build, and test a device that uses geometric phase (also known as Berry phase) to amplify laser light in the telecom band (wavelength ~ 1,550 nm). The device will use radio-frequency modulation of linear, lossy elements to produce optical amplification that outperforms existing technologies in parameter regimes of interest to DOW

• 84 Radar Evaluation Squadron (RADES) Support

  SAM.gov · Sources Sought — active notice · Closing 2026-10-27 · Observed 2026-10-13

• Sustainment for Resonant Sciences Adaptable Zonal Radar (RAZR)

  SAM.gov · Justification — active notice · Closing not reported · Observed 2026-10-13

• F-35 Radar Sustainment Support Follow-On

  SAM.gov · Award Notice — active notice · Closing not reported · Observed 2026-10-13

• Radar installation kits, management, warehousing/inventory management, and delivery of parts/materials used to overhaul multiple radar antenna systems and fire control systems.

  SAM.gov · Presolicitation — active notice · Closing 2026-10-30 · Observed 2026-10-13

• 58--PRIMARY RADAR ANTEN

  SAM.gov · Solicitation — active notice · Closing 2026-11-09 · Observed 2026-10-13

• 58--SUPPORT,RADAR SET

  SAM.gov · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation — active notice · Closing 2026-10-15 · Observed 2026-10-13

• FIRE CONTROL RADAR (FCR)

  SAM.gov · Solicitation — active notice · Closing 2026-11-30 · Observed 2026-10-13