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DSIP / SBIROSD · Open

5G Signature Tracking Mitigation via Cyber Deception

OSW26BZ06-NV028

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

DoW SBIR 2026 BAA Digital Signature Management, Digital Exhaust, Operating on untrusted networks The objective of this effort is to develop an advanced digital signature management and deception system that obfuscates cellular metadata ("digital exhaust") to protect personnel, small units, and critical facilities from adversarial surveillance, tracking, and pattern-of-life analysis on 3rd-party commercial networks.

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / SBIROSD · Open

Agentic AI Based Cognitive Radar for GEOINT Mission

OSW26BZ06-DV033

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

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.

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / STTROSD · Open

Architected Energy Dissipation Structures with Tunable Rigid-flexible Behaviors

OSW26TZ06-NV010

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

DoW STTR 2026 BAA Conformable structures, Lightweight armor, Soldier protection, Metamaterial, Architected Material, Additive Manufacturing Develop and demonstrate architected energy dissipation structures with rigid responsiveness at large tensile, compressive, and shear strains, but capable of conformability to surfaces of complex topographies and other fluid-like behaviors in response to small strains.

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / STTROSD · Open

Bio-inspired Underwater Teams

OSW26TZ06-NV008

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

DoW STTR 2026 BAA Biological propulsion; unmanned underwater vehicle teams; biologically-inspired design Utilize the fundamental understanding of hydrodynamic benefits from underwater vehicles swimming in proximity to each other to develop and demonstrate a design for an underwater vehicle team optimized for range, endurance, speed and quietness. The design should be based on rigorous analysis and leverage results from recent computational and experimental fluid dynamics investigations that have shown signifcant gains in efficiency resulting from group swimming. The design should also leverage new vehicle design spaces that result from the p…

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / SBIROSD · Open

Compact Passive Radar

OSW26BZ06-DV025

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

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.

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / SBIROSD · Open

Defect Metrology and Charge Trapping Dynamics in Transfer-Doped Diamond Transistors

OSW26BZ06-NV026

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

DoW SBIR 2026 BAA Diamond Transistors, Charge Trapping, Current Collapse, Semiconductor Metrology, Ultra-Wide Bandgap (UWBG), RF Power Electronics, Defect Dynamics, Surface-Channel Devices, Hydrogen-terminated Diamond. Develop an innovative, non-destructive diamond semiconductor defect metrology technique and laboratory-scale apparatus to identify, quantify, determine location in the device, and energetically characterize charge traps that cause current collapse in surface-channel diamond transistors.

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / STTROSD · Open

Design of RoomTemperature THz and Infrared Sensing Devices Using Non-Toxic, Supply-Chain Secure Material Platform

OSW26TZ06-NV006

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

DoW STTR 2026 BAA Thz infrared sensing; Long-wavelength infrared; Oxychalcogenide films; THz spectroscopy; Room temperature THz detection, low SWAP-C, supply chain fragility, high speed electronics Design a chip-scale oxychalcogenide film (non-toxic, supply-chain-secure material platform)-based room temperature THz and infrared sensors.

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / STTROSD · Open

Development of Ultrafast Nonvolatile Memory Based on Sliding Ferroelectricity in Moiré Polar Homostructures

OSW26TZ06-NV005

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

DoW STTR 2026 BAA Sliding ferroelectricity; moiré superlattice; van der Waals materials; nonvolatile memory; twistronics; two-dimensional materials; ferroelectric domains; graphene field-effect transistor; transition metal dichalcogenides; low-power memory; high-endurance memory; polar homostructures. Develop ultrafast, high-endurance, nonvolatile memory technology based on sliding ferroelectricity in polar moiré van der Waals homostructures.

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / SBIROSD · Open

Engineered Microstructures for Enhanced IR Aperture Performance

OSW26BZ06-NV024

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

DoW SBIR 2026 BAA composite ceramic; infrared transparent; nanoscale microstructure; ceramic scale-up; IR window; nanocomposite; thermal stability; thermal shock resistance The objective of this topic is to spur research into industrially scalable production methods for an IR-transparent composite ceramic exhibiting sub-100 nm microstructural features in all phases on samples larger than 2" x 4" x 0.5", porosity below 0.1%, microstructural and optical stability to 1200 degrees C, and a thermal expansion to thermal conductivity ratio (alpha/k) at or below 1.0 micrometers/W at 1000 degrees C.

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / STTROSD · Open

Expeditionary Solar Refinery for Direct Synthesis of Methanol Feedstock from Water and Air

OSW26TZ06-NV009

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

DoW STTR 2026 BAA Photocatalysis, Water-Splitting, Hydrogen, Nanomaterial, Semiconductor, Fuel, Portable Generate a minimally viable component system with solar, water, and carbon dioxide inputs which generates >66% methanol/water fuel at a rate of 0.5L/hr with a total system weight <90 lb.

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / SBIROSD · Open

Monolithic Graphene–CMOS Broadband (UV-LWIR) Focal Plane Arrays for target detection in low-light conditions

OSW26BZ06-DV027

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

DoW SBIR 2026 BAA Graphene; focal plane array; monolithic CMOS integration; two-dimensional materials; broadband imaging; night vision; wafer-scale manufacturing; uncooled detector; quantum-dot, metal oxide nanocrystal sensitization. Develop, fabricate, and demonstrate a wafer-scale, monolithically integrated graphene-on-CMOS image sensor that provides broadband imaging from 300 nm to 10,000 nm in a compact, low-power, uncooled focal plane array.

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / STTROSD · Open

Scalable Processing of Large Area, Oriented 2-Dimensional Polymer Films

OSW26TZ06-NV007

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

DoW STTR 2026 BAA 2-dimensional polymers, covalent organic frameworks, polymer processing, crystallization, roll-to-roll Develop a reliable, cost-effective method to produce large area films of mechanically robust 2-dimensional polymers where the individual sheets are highly orientated perpendicular to film plane for membrane applications.

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / SBIROSD · Open

Smart Manufacturing

OSW26BZ06-DV032

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

DoW SBIR 2026 BAA Smart Manufacturing, AI, Robotics, Smart Factories, Industry 4.0, 5G Connected Warehouse The objective of this Phase II effort is to design, validate, and demonstrate a fully open-source, private 5G network platform for smart manufacturing that integrates OCUDU, SD-Core, SD-RAN, and OSC components into a secure, vendor-neutral architecture. This platform will deliver highly reliable, low-latency connectivity to support autonomous robotics, machine vision, and connected-worker safety, providing a cost-effective, FutureG-ready solution for both commercial manufacturers and dual-use defense logistics facilities.

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / SBIROSD · Open

Smart Venues and Stadiums

OSW26BZ06-DV031

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

DoW SBIR 2026 BAA Smart venues and stadiums, Connected stadiums, 5G Stadiums The objective of this Phase II effort is to design, validate, and demonstrate a secure, high-density private 5G network platform for stadiums and large venues—integrating open-source OCUDU, SD-Core, SD-RAN, and OSC components—to deliver resilient, multi-service communication alongside a 6G-ready Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) architecture. This platform will be validated at a representative venue site to prove stable performance under extreme device congestion, enable native device localization for crowd analytics, and establish a cost-effective, vendor…

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / STTROSD · Open

Telecom Band Geometric Amplifier

OSW26TZ06-NV004

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

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

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

DSIP / SBIROSD · Open

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

OSW26BZ06-DV034

Source closing date: 2026-10-21. Source timestamp: 2026-10-21T16:00:00+00:00.

DSIP calendar date uses America/New_York. Check the topic page for separate question windows and amendments.

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)

Eligibility information: Not assessed — read the full SBIR/STTR solicitation.

Observed 2026-10-13T01:36:01.052262+00:00.

Grants.govDept of the Army -- Materiel Command · Posted — date requires source check

Low-Cost Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (LC CSAC)

W911NF-17-S-0003-SPECIALNOTICE-LC-CSAC

Source closing date: No single date reported — read the notice.

**READ FULL SPECIAL NOTICE FOR FULL INSTRUCTIONS**Per Special Notice, White Paper Submissions due via email to POCs in notice no later than 29 May 2020 at 11:59PM (EDT). For those invited to submit full proposals, full proposal submissions due via grants.gov no later than 14 July 2020 at 11:59PM (EDT).

**PLEASE REVIEW FULL SPECIAL NOTICE** Funding Opportunity Title: Low-Cost Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (LC CSAC) Funding Instrument Type: Technology investment agreement The aim of this Special Notice under the ARL BAA (W911NF-17-S-0003), under Grants.gov Opportunity W911NF-17-S-0003-SPECIALNOTICE-LC-CSAC, is to fund a team or multiple teams to design, manufacture, and deliver a battery-powered atomic clock that achieves identical (or better) size, weight, and power (SWaP) and performance to the commercially available chip-scale atomic clock (CSAC) with a selling price goal of < $300/unit in high volume.   Precise timing is critical for numerou…

Eligibility information: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).

Additional eligibility text

This special notice seeks proposals from one or more for-profit firms in accordance with 32 CFR 37.210. A consortium, led by a for-profit firm, is also encouraged.

Cost sharing: Listed as required

Observed 2026-10-13T01:27:48.184736+00:00.

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