DoD Opportunities Update #58

Curated rollup of eye-catching DoD RFIs and RFPs from the previous two weeks, geared towards government and private sector leaders across A&D and defense tech.

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Today’s Issues at a Glance

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UxS & C-UxS

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1. Portable Counter-Drone Swarm Defeat for SOF Teams — USSOCOM (Special Notice / RFI)

2. Multi-Vendor Autonomy Integration Architecture — DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (Special Notice / CSO)

3. Government-Owned Collaborative Autonomy Software Framework — AFLCMC/WISJ (Sources Sought / RFI)

4. Common / Open-System Launchers for Launched Effects — Army CPE Aviation / UAS Project Management Office (Special Notice / CSO Call)

5. Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels for Containerized Logistics — PAE RAS (Presolicitation)

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AI, SOFTWARE, CYBER & BMC2

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6. Brigade-Level Integrated EW Capabilities — U.S. Army V Corps / Defense Innovation Unit (Sources Sought)

7. Next-Gen Distributed C2 — AFRL Information Directorate (Presolicitation / BAA)

8. Guam IAMD BMC2 — PAE Fires / GDS Joint Project Office (Updated Special Notice / RFSB)

9. AI-Native Adaptive Tactics Engine — DARPA Strategic Technology Office (Solicitation)

10. Engineering + Software Support for Battle Management Portfolio — NSWC Dahlgren H40 Division (Sources Sought)

11. Malware Intelligence Triage Tool (Platform Support) — DCSA Counterintelligence Cyber Mission Center (Intended Sole-Source RFQ)

12. Automated Cryptography Inventory for Post-Quantum Migration — NIWC Atlantic RCO (CSO AOI / Solicitation)

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SPACE & GEOINT

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13. Privately Financed Small/Medium Launch Site at Vandenberg — U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 (RFI / Special Notice)

14. Global Foundation GEOINT Change Detection — NGA (Solicitation / CSO)

15. University-Led Research Institute for Space Cyber-Cognitive Warfare — USSF / AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate (Solicitation)

16. Advanced Gravity Modeling for Navigation Products — NGA Geosciences Division / Office of Geomatics (Solicitation)

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ADVANCED R&D

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17. EUCOM Defense Industry Forum — Theater Strategy and Tech Focus Areas — U.S. European Command (Special Notice)

18. Reducing Variability in Industrial-Scale Materials Processing — DARPA (Special Notice / RFI)

19. Ground-Based / Ground-Launched Sensors for Army Fires — DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center (Sources Sought)

20. Modular Chip Designs for Defense Systems (Chiplets on Intel 18A) — SAF/AQ (Solicitation / BAA Call)

21. Compact Inertial Navigation for GPS-Denied Missions (PINPOINT) — DARPA Defense Sciences Office (Special Notice / Proposers Day)

22. Advanced Sensor Packaging (PERRSEUS) Proposers Day — DARPA Multi X Office (Special Notice)

23. Optimizing Shipboard Power for Advanced Weapons + Sensors — Office of Naval Research (Solicitation)

24. RF Architectures Applying Photonic Timing and Routing (RAAPTR) — DARPA Multi X Office (Solicitation)

25. Shelf-Stable Blood Substitute (TA-3) — DARPA/BTO (Solicitation / Program Announcement)

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PLATFORMS, WEAPONS & SUSTAINMENT

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26. Resilient Dismounted-SOF Team Radios — USSOCOM PEO-TIS (Special Notice)

27. Securing and Arming Sea-Based Strategic Deterrent (NG-USI) — PAE Strategic Systems Programs (Sources Sought)

28. B-2 Mission Planning Support Tool Support — 72nd Test & Evaluation Squadron (Sources Sought)

29. F/A-18 Supply Chain Readiness Analysis + Reporting — NAVSUP WSS F/A-18 Integrated Weapon Systems Team (Solicitation)

30. Common Very Low Frequency Receiver Increment 2 (CVRi2) Modernization — Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center NC3 VLF Enterprise Program Office (Solicitation / FOPR)

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INDUSTRIAL BASE & INFRASTRUCTURE

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31. Regional Defense Innovation OnRamp Hubs — Defense Innovation Unit (Sources Sought)

32. Private-Capital Energy Resilience Consortium — USAF Installation & Mission Support Center (Solicitation)

33. University-Led Manufacturing S&T Center — Army (Solicitation)

34. Secure Space Campus Design at Al Udeid — USACE Southwestern Middle East District / USAF Requirement (Special Notice)

35. Group 3 UAS & Munitions Wiring Harnesses / Connectors — DoD Industrial Base Policy / Defense Industrial Base Consortium (Solicitation / RFS)

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ENTERPRISE IT, R&D, & OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES

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36. SOF Enterprise Professional Services Support (SEPS) II — USSOCOM (Sources Sought)

37. Medical Workforce Readiness Platform (ARMOR) — Defense Health Agency (RFI / Special Notice)

38. SaaS Platform for Technical Workforce Skills Assessment & Upskilling — USASOC (Sources Sought)

39. Apparel Product Lifecycle Management for Military Clothing — U.S. Army Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment (Combined Synopsis/Solicitation / OT Call for Solutions)

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UxS & C-UxS

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1) PORTABLE COUNTER-DRONE SWARM DEFEAT FOR SOF TEAMS

USSOCOM | Special Notice / RFI | Response Due: 14 Jul 2026 | Event: 08 Sep 2026–18 Sep 2026

What’s Being Sought

TRL 6+ man-portable / manpackable counter-UAS systems for dismounted SOF teams — detect, track, classify, and neutralize swarms of up to 10 Group 1–2 autonomous drones in denied, wooded terrain from static positions under day/night conditions.

USSOCOM wants a singular system or fully configured system-of-systems that provides both detection and neutralization. Solutions without both will not be considered.

Priority capability areas:

• Drone-swarm defeat — low-flying UAS, FPV systems, fiberoptic-controlled UAS, cooperative Group 2 / Group 1 architectures, EW/EM-hardened and autonomous threats.

• Integrated sensing + effects — early warning, active radar, optics with ATR/tracking in clutter, low-collateral kinetic / non-kinetic effectors, RF-based cyber takeover, autonomous / semi-autonomous defeat.

• SOF usability — low SWaP, man-portable/operator-worn options, waterproof / rugged designs, stationary and mobile team operations.

• Interoperability — existing C2 integration, SCCA compatibility preferred, OMNI, PLI, FMV, Cursor on Target, modular / software-agnostic architecture.

• Contested-environment performance — EM hardening, EMI detection / characterization / geolocation, jam-resistant GPS or alternative PNT.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: N/A.

POP: N/A

CONTRACT TYPE: RFI / experimentation nomination; no procurement vehicle stated.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: TRL 6 minimum C-UxS system (RFI Purpose states “TRL 6+”; goal is to validate to TRL 7 at the event), must provide both detection and neutralization, unclassified submissions only, RF-emitting devices require frequency authorization / status, selected vendors self-fund travel and experiment costs.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Submit via Vulcan Scout Card + mandatory supplemental form. USSOCOM expects to invite nominees NLT 17 Jul 2026. Authority to radiate due 24 Jul 2026. Risk assessments for invited respondents due 08 Aug 2026. REPTILE 26-1 event at Gulfport, MS, 08–18 Sep 2026.

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2) MULTI-VENDOR AUTONOMY INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE

DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center | Special Notice (CSO) | Initial Award Consideration: 01 Aug 2026

Update: Amendment 23 posted 09 Jul 2026 — added Unified Combat Teaming plus two related mission-autonomy / common-control AoIs under Ground Vehicle Robotics.

What’s Being Sought

Open, modular control / integration capability that lets heterogeneous, multi-vendor unmanned ground, air, surface, and subsurface systems operate as one controllable combat team — not a proprietary autonomy stack, control station, or standalone platform.

Six interlocking workstreams:

• Open architecture / MOSA: Vendor-independent, severable architectures allowing platforms, software, or components to be replaced without re-engineering the full team.

• Common control / data standards: Cross-vendor command, status, sensor-data exchange, and shared operational picture using standards such as JAUS, DDS, TAK, and STANAG-aligned protocols — including EW-contested / GPS-denied operations.

• Platform onboarding: Tooling, SDKs, capability abstraction, service discovery, interface translation, validation, and secure access mechanisms that make third-party integration repeatable rather than bespoke.

• Autonomous mission execution: Dynamic task allocation, mission planning, coordinated multi-agent behaviors, fault-tolerant execution, and graceful rebalancing as platforms join, fail, or lose communications.

• Human-machine teaming: Interfaces and adaptive autonomy enabling one Soldier or small crew to direct increasing numbers of autonomous agents without proportional workload growth.

• Experimentation / evaluation: Instrumentation, scenario control, event injection, metrics, replay, and live/virtual/constructive or hardware-in-the-loop testing for repeatable comparison of competing teaming approaches.

Solution briefs may address one or more workstreams; multi-workstream and integrated system proposals spanning the full capability are strongly encouraged.

Demonstrated capability prioritized — including integration of platforms the offeror did not build.

Solutions should prove behavior on a small number of physical systems, use simulation to establish a credible path to larger formations — including 50+ heterogeneous agents and potentially hundreds for the scalable multi-agent teaming workstream — and support hardware-in-the-loop or live evaluation within 6–12 months of award.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: None — all listed AoIs currently unfunded; no dollars reserved for awards under this CSO.

POP: Generally should be no greater than 12 months, unless otherwise specified in the AoI.

CONTRACT TYPE: CSO. Fixed-price awards; instruments may include, but are not limited to, commercial-item contracts, other transactions, or cooperative agreements.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: N/A — no set-aside, clearance, or vehicle-membership gate stated. Foreign-owned businesses may submit independently or via teaming with U.S.-owned businesses; ability to obtain a resulting agreement may depend on obtaining clearances/approvals for proscribed information.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: AoI remains open; initial award(s) based on white papers received by 01 Aug 2026. Phase 1 solution brief → Phase 2 presentation if invited (demonstration may be requested) → Phase 3 CSP; Government may forgo Phase 1 and/or Phase 2 or move expeditiously through the phases.

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3) GOVERNMENT-OWNED COLLABORATIVE AUTONOMY SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC/WISJ) | Sources Sought (RFI) | Response Due: 24 Jul 2026

Update: SAM.gov (published 10 Jul 2026) lists a 24 Jul 2026 response date; the RFI attachment (dated 23 Jun 2026) states 14 Jul 2026. Conflict unresolved in the source — verify before responding.

What’s Being Sought

Primary software developer for a Government-owned, open-architecture autonomy framework enabling collaborative, autonomous capabilities across a variety of crewed / uncrewed systems.

Baseline evolves multi-agent swarming architectures previously developed under AFRL initiatives; scope covers continuous development, applied research, testing, integration, and maturation under the DoDI 5000.87 Software Acquisition Pathway.

Core capabilities (T=Threshold, O=Objective):

• Develop, code, maintain, and evolve complex collaborative / swarming autonomy logic (T); RFI also seeks demonstrated experience taking over, maintaining, and evolving pre-existing Government-owned autonomy baselines (such as AFRL or ONR).

• Development driving toward MOSA; release SDKs / APIs enabling external developers to write modular capabilities while preserving Government ownership and third-party vendor insertion (T).

• Integrate and test software across a variety of platforms, including Group 1–5 UAS, plus ground-station integration (T); air / land / maritime software and hardware integration and multi-UAV autonomous flight testing (O).

• Operate mature, secure DevSecOps / CI/CD infrastructure with continuous, real-time Government access to Agile management tools, code repositories, and digital models (T).

• Possess TS/SCI-cleared personnel and facilities to handle unclassified and classified autonomy software and support secure development / testing (T).

• Execute large swarm-level simulation with SIL/HIL integration (T) and applied research to mature next-generation collaborative autonomy behaviors (T).

Responses should address proposed SDK structure, protocols, security / authentication, lifecycle management, backward compatibility, and representative developer documentation.

RFI also requests a five-year ROM cost estimate and staffing profile — for Government budgetary planning and capability assessment purposes only — and whether the capability is available under an existing contract vehicle.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not stated. POP: Not stated — a 5-year period of performance is referenced only as the basis for the requested ROM estimate.

CONTRACT TYPE: Not stated.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: None stated — U.S. and non-U.S. firms permitted to respond.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Government may pursue clarifications, site visits, or demonstrations with respondents; information may inform its acquisition strategy and PWS. No award from this notice.

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4) COMMON / OPEN-SYSTEM LAUNCHERS FOR LAUNCHED EFFECTS

Army CPE Aviation / UAS Project Management Office | Special Notice (CSO Call) | Initial Evaluation Cutoff: 13 Aug 2026

What’s Being Sought

Existing commercial launcher, interface, and launched-effect integration approaches — not a procurement of launched effects themselves — to help Army Aviation determine how different vendors’ unmanned effects can be carried, armed, and launched from common ground- and air-based systems. Responses may address one or more areas:

• LEDGR interoperability: Mature launched effects compatible with the Government-owned, tube-based / rocket-assisted Launched Effects Dispenser for Ground & Rotorcraft.

• Common launch approaches: Carry-and-launch tubes or systems able to accommodate multiple launched-effect variants / vendors.

• MEL interoperability: Hardware and launch mechanisms capable of interfacing with the Government-owned Modular Effects Launcher, including complete launched-effect rounds.

• Software / arm-fire integration: MOSA architectures, standardized interfaces / APIs, and a feasible pathway to integrate vendor systems with the Navy BMS and a Government fire-control application.

Offerors must provide or be capable of providing relevant ICD, form-fit-function, and operations / maintenance / installation / training data. Government objective: at least Government Purpose Rights for data and software governing key external interfaces, enabling future interoperability and competitive hardware / software upgrades.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not stated.

POP: Not stated.

CONTRACT TYPE: One or more FFP BOAs anticipated. Alternate OT, FAR-based contract, or interagency contract may be used for future procurements.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Demonstrably innovative / commercially available solution, Section 848-compliant supply chain. Base effort is unclassified; no classified access is required to obtain a BOA, although individual orders may require appropriate facility and personnel clearances.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Initial evaluation cutoff 13 Aug 2026; later submissions evaluated continuously. Step 1 technical white paper; selected vendors may advance to a Government lab demonstration using MEL or LEDGR, followed by an FY27 test-range “LE Rodeo.” BOA establishment does not guarantee an order or production award.

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5) MEDIUM UNMANNED SURFACE VESSELS FOR CONTAINERIZED LOGISTICS

PAE RAS | Presolicitation | Response Due: N/A

What’s Being Sought

Announced as the next marketplace opening for the Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) family of systems (FoS) program under the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Robotic and Autonomous Systems (PAE RAS).

High-capacity Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel solutions for logistics support / transport of containerized payloads.

MUSV applies modular design principles to create adaptable, resilient solutions intended to counter evolving threats. Navy invites interested parties with expertise in:

• Vessel construction

• Autonomy

• Perception systems

• Complex maritime problem solving

Effort is intended to focus on relevance, maturity, feasibility, performance, and affordability of proposed vessel solutions. Formal RPP will include detailed requirements for high-capacity MUSV solutions and will be posted to SAM.gov.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: TBD.

POP: TBD.

CONTRACT TYPE: Prototype OT

ELIGIBILITY GATES: N/A.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Navy intends to release the formal RPP by 01 Aug 2026; solicitation intended to result in one or more prototype project awards demonstrating operational capability suitable for rapid fielding.

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AI, SOFTWARE, CYBER & BMC2

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6) BRIGADE-LEVEL INTEGRATED EW CAPABILITIES

U.S. Army V Corps / Defense Innovation Unit | Sources Sought | Response Due: 31 Jul 2026 | Projected Event: 02 Nov 2026–06 Nov 2026

What’s Being Sought

Mature, integrable EW capabilities for a Mobile Brigade Combat Team operating across the contested electromagnetic spectrum on Europe’s Eastern Flank.

Not isolated technology demonstrations — interoperable capabilities forming a brigade-level system that non-EW personnel can operate, with reliability / availability / maintainability demonstrated in realistic contested multi-domain conditions.

The event: a projected five-day Fort Knox experiment where selected technologies will be integrated, stressed, and evaluated through operationally relevant scenarios.

Focus areas identified in the attachment:

• Electromagnetic support / surveillance — wideband detection, classification, direction-finding, and precise geolocation of communication / non-communication emitters; LPI / frequency-hopping signal detection; onboard signature libraries; AI/ML signal processing; precision location in DDIL network environments; SWaP-C suitable for vehicles, personnel, and attritable unmanned systems.

• Common services — open architectures; automated PACE management; self-healing mesh networks; edge processing; cloud-to-edge synchronization; low-latency sensor-to-shooter links; MOSA / SOSA / CMOSS compliance; spectrum visualization / deconfliction; automated target handoff; BDA reporting; remote node management.

• Electromagnetic attack — distributed, reprogrammable payloads targeting tactical radios, commercial radar, Group 1–2 UAS, and NAVWAR; DRFM / protocol / precision jamming; precision directional jamming / variable power; remote operation; operator retasking, with existing or future automated / cognitive retasking capability and jam-on-energy execution.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not stated.

POP: Not stated.

CONTRACT TYPE: TBD.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: N/A.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Some vendors may receive a pre-event onsite review before the projected Fort Knox IV&V; participants receive Letters of Observation. Government intends to select technology from Spectrum Proof for follow-on USAEUR in-theater experimentation in 3QFY27; no award guaranteed from this notice/event, though “awardable” submissions may be eligible for further research, prototyping, experimental-procurement, or production awards.

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7) NEXT-GEN DISTRIBUTED C2

AFRL Information Directorate | Presolicitation / BAA | BAA Closes: 30 Aug 2028

Update: Posted 01 Jul 2026 — Amendment 13 added Technical Area 11 for integrated kinetic / non-kinetic effects planning and orchestration. No other changes.

What’s Being Sought

AI + distributed C2 R&D for Joint All-Domain C2 — technologies that help DAF assess the battlespace, generate / select plans, direct and monitor forces at pace and scale, manage deployed AI, and operate across distributed / contested C2 nodes.

Current technical-area attachment spans:

• TA1 — Battle management / lifecycle control of AI — mission-tailored AI COAs, AI model production / deployment workflows, AI COP, drift monitoring.

• TA2 / TA4 / TA6 — Federated AI toolbox, generative AI + C4I learning — composable AI/ML components, federated model / data / tool sharing, generative-AI C4I use cases for aggregate / reason / assess / react functions, and interactive learning for planning, intelligence tipping / queuing, COA generation, image / spectrum analysis, and other DAF C4I applications.

• TA7 / TA5 — Distributed C2 + complexity dominance — software-defined orchestration of ACE / distributed C2 nodes, plus non-cyber ways to impose operational complexity on adversary human and AI agents.

• TA8 / TA9 — Tactical AI + autonomous platforms — TAK-based distributed signal detection / geolocation; on-board A2M2 software for ACP retasking after attrition or dynamic events; A-GRA compatibility; TRL-4 target by end of A2M2 effort.

• TA10 / TA11 — AI decision support + effects orchestration — Air RAID assistant for dispersed BMC2 / long-range kill-chain management; new TA11 prototype planning system converging EW, cyber, information warfare, and kinetic effects into integrated COAs.

NOTE: TA3 Advanced Wargaming Agents has been removed; no new white papers accepted under TA3.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Approximately $99M total BAA; individual awards normally $200K–$20M.

POP: Individual awards normally not to exceed 48 months.

CONTRACT TYPE: Open two-step BAA; FAR-based procurement contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or OTs under 10 U.S.C. §§ 4021–4023 (§ 4023 also authorizes FAR-based contracts and assistance instruments); possible follow-on production contract or transaction after successful prototype OT.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Closed to foreign participation, with fundamental-research / FOCI-mitigation exceptions; U.S. citizens required for USAF base / AFRL facility / Government IT network access; FFRDC / Government entity direct-competition limitations; facility clearance may be required depending on work.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Step 1 white paper only; Step 2 technical / cost proposal by invitation. FY28 funding-alignment date: 15 Mar 2027. White paper / proposal evaluation notice expected within 45 days of submission; no debriefings for white papers.

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8) GUAM IAMD BMC2

PAE Fires / GDS Joint Project Office | Updated Special Notice / RFSB | Response Due: 15 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

TRL 6+ battle-management software prototype for Guam’s IAMD architecture — C2 layer that fuses existing DoD C2 data, displays a common operational picture, and supports shot recommendations against ballistic + non-ballistic threats.

Full solution required; no partial solutions.

Focus Areas

• BMS on edge / cloud-edge hardware: COP, Battle Management Aids, stochastic shot recommendations, primary / backup capability, read-only cloud instance for situational awareness + training.

• Interfaces / data: rapid JREAP-C and JTMC-B configuration, ATO / ACO file display, weapon inventory + mission-capable status from land / air / sea platforms.

• Decision support: threat propagation, defended-area determination, CombatID assistance, duplicate-track resolution, unknown JU reporter assistance.

• GDS Planner: accept Government source, maintain / extend it, integrate more tightly with BMS, keep blue / red-force models aligned with tactical-system development.

• Execution model: unclassified + classified Agile development in AzureGov, JIAMD domain experience, CLS, distributed / continuous training; BMS fieldable within one year.

Data rights are scored inside the top evaluation factor (Technical Approach), not a side note. Offerors must affirmatively assert every use / release / disclosure restriction in the brief — or state “none” — covering subcontractors and suppliers. Fewer restrictions may score better.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: TBD — ROM cost requested; award subject to availability of funding.

POP: Up to 12-month base + 4×12-month options.

CONTRACT TYPE: Prototype OT; preferred FFP milestone arrangement; possible follow-on production OT or FAR contract without further competition.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: No set-aside stated, U.S. companies only, ability to process/store SECRET information and hardware, CAGE / facility-clearance validation for PWS access, and more.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES:

• 30 Jun 2026 — CAGE code due for clearance validation / PWS access; missed CAGE submission does not extend questions or brief deadlines.

• 01 Jul 2026 — CUI PWS release to cleared offerors.

• 08 Jul 2026 — Questions due.

• 07 Aug 2026 — Demonstration invites; demonstrations 17–21 Aug 2026.

• 28 Sep 2026 — RFPP release; RFPP responses due 27 Oct 2026; pOTA award estimated 1QFY27 / OTA award date TBD.

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9) AI-NATIVE ADAPTIVE TACTICS ENGINE

DARPA Strategic Technology Office | Solicitation | Response Due: 29 Jul 2026

Update: Amendment 1 posted 05 Jun 2026 — extended the abstract deadline from 11 Jun to 18 Jun 2026 and the written-proposal deadline from 09 Jul to 29 Jul 2026. No scope change.

What’s Being Sought

AI-native tactics engine combining live sensor feeds with high-fidelity simulation to rapidly generate a portfolio of diverse tactical options — rather than a single optimized solution. System is intended to continuously adapt as operational conditions change, produce outcomes commanders can understand and validate, and preserve freedom to apply human judgment in ways adversaries cannot poison, stymie, or accurately predict.

Public solicitation identifies the following approaches:

• Physics-based reduced-order modeling — abstraction of physics-based models for rapid tactical-option generation.

• AI-driven simulation with edge compute — AI-driven simulation using edge-computing capabilities.

• Continuous prediction + learning — model-predictive control and online dynamics learning that update tactics as new information arrives.

• Recurrence / behavior analysis — recurrence quantification analysis, game theory, and theory of behavior.

• Simulation with live sensor data — simulations continuously informed by real-world sensor data.

The solicited effort is CUI.

Publication / presentation outside the program requires DARPA DISTAR release review; no fundamental-research exemption.

Part of Ender’s Foundry, one of several Department of War warfighting Pace-Setting Projects intended to accelerate AI-enabled simulation to stay ahead of AI-enabled adversaries.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not publicly specified.

POP: 24 months.

CONTRACT TYPE: Prototype OT.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Written proposals by government invitation only.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Abstracts closed 18 Jun 2026; written proposals due 29 Jul 2026 by government invitation. Program structured as two 12-month phases; multiple performers anticipated.

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10) ENGINEERING + SOFTWARE SUPPORT FOR BATTLE MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIO

NSWC Dahlgren H40 Division | Sources Sought | Response Due: 13 Aug 2026

What’s Being Sought

Engineering support to NSWCDD’s H40 Division — currently the Battle Management System (BMS) portfolio — combat management systems for air, surface, and ground applications.

Platforms supported include Armada, Armed Overwatch, Combatant Craft Medium (CCM), Denied Area Sprinter–Hellfire (DASH), Expeditionary Launcher Module (ELM), UAS, Killchain Automation, LCS Surface-to-Surface Missile Module, Precision Strike Package PGW/GWS, Rapid Dragon, Rotorcraft, SOPGM Dev, Surrogate, Swarm Carrier, and Tactical Visualization.

Sponsorship spans SOCOM, Department of the Air Force, AFSOC, Department of the Navy, Naval Special Warfare PMS 340, USMC, PMA-207, and the Army.

Industry Day tentatively planned for Aug 2026, location TBD and subject to change.

Core work:

• Systems / hardware engineering — requirements, architectures, mechanical / electrical design, platform and weapon integration, drawings / BOMs, producibility, obsolescence, configuration management, and technical documentation.

• Software / digital engineering — DevSecOps aligned to Battle Management Open Architecture requirements; mobile applications; AI / ML and intelligent automation across weapon-system kill chains and ISR; AR/VR, modeling / simulation, data management, and software build / release management.

• Test / field support — laboratory, shipboard, ground, flight, and OCONUS testing; hardware / software verification; tactical-system RMF / cybersecurity compliance; operator training, technical publications, and deployed troubleshooting.

All products developed under the software-development requirement must be Government-owned.

The primary supporting facility would have to be within 60 miles of NSWC Dahlgren.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not stated.

POP: 12-month base + 4×12-month options.

CONTRACT TYPE: Anticipated SeaPort-NxG CPFF level-of-effort task order.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Current SeaPort-NxG IDIQ MAC holder.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Formal solicitation anticipated 05 Apr 2027, with anticipated closing 14 May 2027; award anticipated 28 Jul 2028; incumbent SCCI task order is scheduled to run through 09 May 2029; the formal solicitation will supersede this notice.

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11) MALWARE INTELLIGENCE TRIAGE TOOL (PLATFORM SUPPORT)

DCSA Counterintelligence Cyber Mission Center | Intended Sole-Source RFQ | Response Due: 27 Jul 2026

NOTE: This is an intended sole-source procurement, not an award already made. DCSA plans to solicit and negotiate only with Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. (GTARC), but other responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation by 27 Jul 2026 for consideration; whether those responses justify opening the requirement to competition is solely at the contracting officer’s discretion.

What’s Being Sought

Continued SaaS support / maintenance for the existing Joint Cyber Intelligence Suite Malware Intelligence Triage Tool (JMITT) — ingests suspicious emails forwarded by cleared contractors, conducts automated real-time analysis of suspicious attachments for malicious content, keeps malware off DCSA networks.

Government takes unlimited rights to all documents/materials produced.

Required solution is the existing Malware Relationship Triage Tool (MReTT), built on the Apiary platform and fully integrated with JMITT:

• Integrate Apiary malware analysis tool — repository of 288M+ malware samples, automated analysis and threat reporting; SaaS instantiation of Apiary (MReTT), fully integrated into JMITT.

• Custom algorithms, frameworks, visualizations for detection of targeted malware / sophisticated threats.

• Analytics on malware and threat-actor behavior — analysis may include machine learning, semantic analysis, big data analytics, graph analytics, statistical trending; information sourced via open internet collection, malware analysis, or sponsor-provided.

• Scale to 10,000 suspicious email submissions/day; automated response in under 30 minutes, no later than end of business day.

• Information Security Analysis Trend Report (ISATR, CDRL A002) — trending malware topics, AV vendor malware-name linking, threat actor communications analysis, rare/unique sample identification.

• Maintain isolated on-premises infrastructure (limited Government Owned–Contractor Operated) in Atlanta, GA.

• Deliverables (CDRLs): Quality Control Plan (A001), ISATR (A002), OPSEC training certificates (A003), monthly help-desk incident/bug log (A004), phase-in plan (A005), phase-out plan (A006).

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not stated.

POP: 6-month base + 4×12-month options.

CONTRACT TYPE: Sole-source FAR Part 12 supply contract.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: N/A.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: DCSA intends to solicit / negotiate only with Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp.; other responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation by 27 Jul 2026 for agency consideration. Base performance scheduled to begin 01 Aug 2026.

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12) AUTOMATED CRYPTOGRAPHY INVENTORY FOR POST-QUANTUM MIGRATION

NIWC Atlantic RCO | CSO AOI / Solicitation | Response Due: 07 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Commercial prototype for automated cryptographic asset discovery across Navy / Marine Corps networks — baseline inventory needed to plan migration to post-quantum cryptography before quantum-capable computers can break today’s vulnerable encryption.

The core deliverable is a machine-readable Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM): inventory of cryptographic protocols, algorithms, key lengths, certificates, modules, and implementations across enterprise IT, cloud, endpoints, mobile systems, OT, and tactical / embedded weapon platforms.

Compelling solutions must address:

• Multi-environment discovery — enterprise, commercial / government cloud, local networks, endpoints, embedded / tactical assets.

• Hybrid scanning — passive protocol sniffing plus active, authenticated, or agent-based scanning.

• Automated CBOM generation — structured reporting for each inventoried asset.

• Continuous monitoring — detects / alerts on changes to the cryptographic baseline.

• Security & compliance (must-address) — crypto-agile architecture, robust access controls.

• Highly desired — FIPS 203 / 204 / 205 recognition; GovCloud / multi-level enclave scalability; DIL tactical support; federation into DoN authoritative repositories.

Preference may go to quickly scalable TRL 7+ solutions. Proposers are also encouraged to highlight prior enterprise-scale experience in automated asset discovery, code-security analysis, or network vulnerability scanning.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: TBD.

POP: TBD.

CONTRACT TYPE: CSO; prototype agreement; potential follow-on production agreement without further competitive procedures.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: No set-aside, Secret Facility Clearance at Solutions Brief submission, prime CAGE code required, nontraditional business participation per CSO N65236-26-S-0001 para. 6.2 or explicit cost share.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Solutions Briefs via Vulcan only; emailed briefs not accepted. Government may downselect to Phase 2 pitch, tentatively 20–21 Jul 2026 in Charleston, SC. Phase 2 requires mandatory live unclassified demonstration and complete-solution pathway. Late submissions not considered.

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13) PRIVATELY FINANCED SMALL/MEDIUM LAUNCH SITE AT VANDENBERG

U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 30 | RFI / Special Notice | Response Due: 08 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

U.S. commercial launch provider to finance, design, construct, operate, and maintain a small/medium vertical-launch capability at undeveloped Space Launch Complex 9 — approximately 150 acres on an elevated coastal mesa in South Vandenberg Space Force Base. Launch / recovery infrastructure would support missions for the Department of War, other federal customers, and commercial entities under a real property use agreement. Outgrant terms may also require cash or in-kind rent equal to at least the property’s fair-market rental value.

Selected respondent bears all costs of developing the property and operating capabilities there, including any fair-market-value appraisal, metes-and-bounds survey, NEPA review (an EA or EIS plus a FONSI or ROD is expected on undeveloped land), Environmental Baseline Survey, and explosives site plan. Government is under no obligation to allocate the property and reserves the right to cancel the RFI and reject all respondents.

SLD 30 assesses a small launch vehicle as significantly better suited to SLC-9; a proven medium vehicle may fit current limits, while an unproven medium vehicle may face launch-azimuth and availability restrictions.

Proposed concepts evaluated on:

• Launch capability: Small vehicle under 2,000 kg to LEO or medium vehicle from 2,000–20,000 kg; intended vehicle(s) identified for SLC-9 operations.

• Financial maturity: Private capital available and at risk for site infrastructure, launch / recovery development, and continuing operations.

• Technical maturity: Proven flight history or vehicle-reliability plan; projected path to operations within approximately three years after outgrant issuance.

• Operational compatibility: Launch rate, flight azimuths, mass to orbit, fuels, explosive arcs / hazard areas, impacts on neighboring missions and transportation routes, and required modifications to base infrastructure.

• Broader utility: Distinctive capabilities such as re-use, payload return, survivability, or point-to-point delivery and resulting national-security / commercial benefits.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: N/A.

POP: Not stated.

CONTRACT TYPE: Non-FAR real property outgrant under 10 U.S.C. § 2667; RFI intended to satisfy § 2667(h) competitive procedures.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: U.S. Commercial Provider under 51 U.S.C. § 50101(7), current valid non-negotiable USSF Commercial Space Operations Support Agreement at response.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Deadline passed 08 Jul 2026; notice remains active through 15 Jul 2026. SLD 30 may select a respondent for outgrant discussions and alternate respondents if the initial selectee does not accept Government terms; Annex B, environmental review, and a favorable Launch Safety Analysis precede the final property transaction, with operations targeted within approximately three years of outgrant issuance.

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14) GLOBAL FOUNDATION GEOINT CHANGE DETECTION

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) | Solicitation (CSO) | Response Due: 21 Jul 2026

Update: Posted 09 Jul 2026 — response date changed to 21 Jul 2026 and replacement Q&A posted.

What’s Being Sought

NGA wants to know where Foundation GEOINT–relevant change has occurred so it can decide which mapping, charting, and Safety of Navigation products — and underlying data — may need updating. The ask: automated, recurrent, broad-area change detection at global scale, with little to no manual intervention. Deliverables are vector change indicators showing where and when change occurred, with source, areal extent, and confidence metadata — not identification of the changed features themselves.

No GFI is currently planned: offerors are expected to source their own open-source / commercial imagery and provide their own computing power.

Detect changes in land use / land cover; air, land, and sea transportation and navigation features and networks; urbanization indicators; and land / infrastructure affected by natural disasters — while filtering changes attributable to time of day, seasonality, pattern of life, and order of battle.

Required capability / outputs:

• Vector change indicators in open-standard formats; GeoJSON polygons cited as a desired format.

• Quarterly delivery of changes detected during the preceding three months + on-demand AOI analysis across user-defined date ranges from days to years. Q&A states periodicity for global-scale detection is yet to be determined, and describes annual / near-annual worldwide coverage as the ideal operating model. For the CSO, NGA expects a large AOI or series of smaller AOIs that together simulate a global business model.

• Ready access within two days to current and historical global data; detection of changes as small as 100 sq. meters.

• Continuous computer-vision / AI/ML improvement + transparent QA/QC metrics. Q&A clarifies stand-alone data delivery at this time, compatible with standard government GIS formats and environments; no implementation or operational-support services are currently required. No prescribed sensor, resolution, hardware, or numerical accuracy threshold; NGA expects offerors to achieve high industry standards on accuracy.

Teaming among commercial companies is encouraged to provide a holistic end-to-end solution from data collection through exploitation.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: TBD

POP: TBD

CONTRACT TYPE: CSO under 10 U.S.C. § 3458 / DFARS Subpart 212.70. Fixed-price commercial contract intended (DFARS 212.7002(b)); fixed-price OTA possible at NGA discretion (10 U.S.C. § 4022); OTA may support a follow-on production contract / OTA without further competition.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Unclassified commercial solution, shareable with international partners.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Solution Brief screened for conformance → rating across five factors (Possibility of Funding; Technical Feasibility; Responsiveness; Viability; Desirability) → possible pitch, full proposal, direct award negotiations, or termination; lower-priced solutions are favored. NGA has not determined whether an award will be made or established an award timeline.

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15) UNIVERSITY-LED RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SPACE CYBER-COGNITIVE WARFARE

USSF / AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate | Solicitation | Response Due: 13 Aug 2026 | Q&A Webinar: 15 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Institute intended to develop, test, demonstrate, and mature technologies across cyber defense, autonomy, human-machine teaming, distributed compute, quantum, EW, and digital-engineering focus areas for current and future USSF / U.S. Government space systems.

Focus areas:

• Threat sensing + adaptive response — access-vector analysis, trustworthy telemetry, data provenance, vulnerability mitigation, AI/ML-generated courses of action across space, ground, and links.

• Cyber hardening + supply chain security — zero trust, flight-software protection, hardware/software lifecycle security, software isolation, red-teaming, quantifiable hardening metrics.

• AI, autonomy + human-machine teaming — autonomous maneuver / dynamic operations, edge data triage, resilient AI models, operator trust, cognitive-load reduction.

• Distributed compute, quantum + EW — on-orbit processing / storage, cloud-edge architectures for contested environments, quantum-secure networks, cognitive EW, combined cyber-EW hardening.

• Digital engineering + T&E — flexible cyber-defense testbeds, MBSE, rapid architecture prototyping, high-fidelity disruption modeling with uncertainty quantification.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: $25M total federal funding anticipated under the call; individual award amounts vary; cost sharing not required.

POP: Up to 60 months — 57-month technical effort + 3-month final report.

CONTRACT TYPE: ARA with Calls under 10 U.S.C. § 4023; award instrument TBD — FAR contract, agreement, or assistance instrument such as a grant / cooperative agreement.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Domestic university-led team with at least 3 universities; additional domestic for-profit, nonprofit, state/local/tribal government, and small-business partners may participate. Lead university receives the award; at least 50% of funds go to supporting institutions. Foreign-owned organizations are barred; large businesses (>1,000 employees under NAICS 541715) and federal agencies are excluded; ITAR/EAR and non-U.S.-citizen AFRL facility / U.S. Government IT access waiver rules apply.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Questions due 10 Jul 2026; Q&A webinar 15 Jul 2026. Step 1 is white paper + ROM cost; selected white papers receive RFP with proposal due date TBD. DoD SAFE drop-off request must be requested no later than 3 business days before the white-paper deadline. Anticipated award date TBD through dialogue with offerors; one, multiple, or no awards possible.

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16) ADVANCED GRAVITY MODELING FOR NAVIGATION PRODUCTS

NGA Geosciences Division / Office of Geomatics | Solicitation | Response Due: 23 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Applied research + software development to modernize NGA’s Earth Gravitational Model (EGM) — geodetic model used in DoD navigation products and by industry/academia, with downstream benefits to INS-based gravity products supplied to DoD customers.

NGA wants a vendor that can review current EGM methodologies, develop optimized mathematical techniques, and improve the NGA-provided novel gravity simulator codebase (NGSC).

Core work areas:

• High-fidelity planetary models — Earth + fictitious / other bodies such as the Moon or Bennu; layered mass elements, triangulations, spatial/radial density variations, finer resolution in regions of interest.

• Analytic continuation code — integrate NGA-provided code into NGSC, improve / test new methods, assess parallel computation for operational use.

• Memory-efficient coefficient estimation — out-of-core inverse methods, including mini-batch stochastic gradient descent, to reduce large-scale matrix inversion burden for spherical harmonic expansion coefficients.

• NGSC modernization — code updates, high-precision numerical mitigation, parallel compute techniques, GPUs, new features / methods if better and approved by NGA.

Deliverables include documented code in an NGA-approved repository, white papers / technical documentation, ad hoc training, models/data, and Earth Taylor series + Spherical Harmonic Series coefficients out to degree/order 2,700, with the Earth SHE model measured against EGM2008 performance.

Data posture: generated/acquired/produced data treated as Government-owned; deliverable data/databases/finished products carry no less than Government Purpose Rights for five years, then unlimited rights.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: TBD.

POP: 1-year base + 2×1-year options.

CONTRACT TYPE: Single-award FFP commercial-products/services contract under FAR subpart 12.6.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: No set-aside, unclassified work / uncleared personnel authorized, foreign nationals require prior written CO/COR approval; NGA may require higher clearance levels later.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Questions due 09 Jul 2026; Technical Volume limited to 5 pages; Past Performance Volume may include up to three recent/relevant prime contracts only — subcontractor experience excluded; PPQs due with proposal; best-value tradeoff, with technical + past performance combined more important than price.

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17) EUCOM DEFENSE INDUSTRY FORUM — THEATER STRATEGY AND TECH FOCUS AREAS

U.S. European Command | Special Notice | Response/Registration Due: 28 Jul 2026 | Event: 30 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Industry awareness engagement, organized by USEUCOM J8 Capability Acceleration Division, on USEUCOM theater strategy, capability needs, exercise schedule, and technology focus areas. Web-based broadcast conference hosted from USEUCOM. Agenda: theater strategy, technology focus areas, allied burden sharing approach, transition programs/LNO, exercise schedule/EMTEC overview, AI strategy and priorities, service component summaries.

Published Science & Technology Focus Areas span three categories:

• Kinetic and non-kinetic effects — low-cost attritable systems (rapid iteration, production scaling, teaming with legacy weapons); integrated air & missile defense; undersea sensing/effects/resilience; autonomous and cooperative systems; C-UAS (Group 1 and 2 threats); ground-based long-range large-area effects; new/developmental lethal and non-lethal effects; cyberspace sensing and effects; electronic attack resilience.

• Technology and data integration — OCONUS multi-level security cloud (Unclassified through Top Secret, contested environments, coalition security compliance, low-latency); all-domain planning and decision support; information superiority technology; resilient C4I under sustained attack.

• Logistics & sustainment (AI-enabled planning and execution of movement, supply, and maintenance) — one listed focus area: early-entry bulk fuel distribution in a contested environment.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: N/A.

POP: N/A.

CONTRACT TYPE: N/A.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: N/A.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Registration open via USEUCOM webpage until 28 Jul 2026; forum 30 Jul 2026. Intended as the first of a series — pre-event registration input and attendee feedback will be used to assess utility and determine the need for and focus of future events.

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18) REDUCING VARIABILITY IN INDUSTRIAL-SCALE MATERIALS PROCESSING

DARPA | Special Notice (RFI) | Response Due: 24 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Data science and physics-based modeling to explain why processed materials vary in final properties and performance from batch to batch. DARPA wants to hear from large-volume producers (more than 10 tons a year) of cast, rolled, and forged metals, bulk ceramics, and composites.

Today that variability is managed mostly through the hard-to-teach judgment operators build over decades — nearly impossible to copy or scale. DARPA wants to convert that know-how into durable models that outlast staff turnover, giving producers more consistent, higher-performing materials, less waste, and more value from existing assets — without building new facilities.

The catch: those models need years of a producer’s proprietary processing data. DARPA acknowledges that data is central to a producer’s competitive edge and offers tailored protections — NDAs, secure data enclaves, and competitive firewalls.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: N/A — no funding tied to this RFI.

POP: N/A.

CONTRACT TYPE: TBD — RFI shaping a future program; vehicle not stated.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: N/A.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: No award from this notice; shapes a possible future program (timing not stated). Survey responses via secure DoDSAFE transfer link available on request by the deadline. Information subject to change.

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19) GROUND-BASED / GROUND-LAUNCHED SENSORS FOR ARMY FIRES

DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center | Sources Sought | Response Due: 23 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

DEVCOM AvMC is identifying vendors for membership in a potential classified, Government-managed consortium OT (DS-26) — not soliciting proposals for a specific sensor project through this notice.

The technical domain covers ground-based / ground-launched sensor algorithms, software, hardware, subsystems, and systems enabling Army defensive, offensive, and integrated fires, including:

• Design / modeling / simulation.

• Experimentation / prototyping.

• Demonstration / assessment.

Project-specific requirements would be issued through future classified Requests for White Papers (RWPs).

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not stated.

POP: Not stated.

CONTRACT TYPE: Potential Government-managed consortium OT for prototype projects under 10 U.S.C. § 4022.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Current DEVCOM AvMC Secure Data Link (SDL) access. Current ability to prototype ground-based / ground-launched sensor algorithms, software, hardware, subsystems, and/or systems for Army fires. ICD 705 facility now, or fully operational within 24 months of this notice. Secret-cleared Engineer, Program Manager, and Security Officer on staff with SDL access; roles may overlap, but the Security Officer cannot also serve as Engineer or PM.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Multi-phase downselect; selected vendors execute a Consortium Member Agreement before receiving classified RWPs. Gate compliance does not guarantee membership; no award from this notice.

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20) MODULAR CHIP DESIGNS FOR DEFENSE SYSTEMS (CHIPLETS ON INTEL 18A)

SAF/AQ (Department of the Air Force) | Solicitation (BAA Call) | Response Due: 23 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Pilot projects to design advanced microelectronics using a “chiplet” approach — instead of relying on one large custom chip, divide functions among smaller chiplets integrated in a multi-chip package, mixing Intel 18A silicon where maximum performance is mission-critical with mature, trusted, non-SOTA or COTS silicon for standard functions.

Goal: cut engineering costs, reduce obsolescence, and reuse the same building blocks across missions (RF/electronic warfare, munitions, security, autonomy).

Pilots also serve as test runs for Secure Enclave — the DoD/Intel partnership providing a secure, onshore source of advanced chips.

Contractor SOW must address all three objectives:

Analyze — assess DoD demand for the proposed chiplet and its performance/SWaP benefits, project unit demand across the USG and Defense Industrial Base, identify what’s missing from the current Intel 18A process node (functional IP blocks, immature interconnects, military environmental qualifications), and justify which functions live on the new Intel 18A chiplet vs. external non-SOTA or COTS companion chiplets.

Design & Deliver — reusable multi-chip package architecture with at least one newly designed SOTA chiplet ready for tape-out; software models before tape-out; final GDSII/OASIS design file; electrical design data (IBIS models, eye diagrams, S-parameter files); prioritize open standards and Intel advanced packaging (e.g., EMIB) and, to the maximum extent practical, use mature open interfaces (e.g., UCIe); interoperability with third-party chiplets; “interface firewalls” so vendor-proprietary data doesn’t contaminate government data rights; full technical data package enabling third-party integration; workflows validated exclusively inside Secure Enclave.

Transition — test delivery through Intel’s Secure Enclave Customer Portal, if not already in place, formalize a business-to-business relationship with Intel, propose a licensing model and target unit price, map the design to multiple Programs of Record with PM-validated insertion timelines, and provide a detailed cost estimate and technical schedule for physical fabrication and initial testing.

Evaluation prioritizes breadth and depth of Secure Enclave testing, followed by technical maturity / interoperability; explicit, USG PM-validated ties to multiple Programs of Record are highly advantageous.

Data rights are a live evaluation risk: Government wants Unlimited Rights on government-funded deliverables and all interface/integration data, and Government Purpose Rights for 5 years converting to Unlimited on co-funded modifications. Restrictive rights claims that fundamentally undermine the Government’s transition strategy can make a White Paper Not Selectable.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not stated.

POP: 12 months targeted; alternative POP may be proposed.

CONTRACT TYPE: FAR-based contract or Other Transaction for Prototype under 10 U.S.C. § 4022; possible follow-on production award. Offeror proposes the vehicle.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Unrestricted; timely, compliant White Paper required to be eligible for Step 2.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Step 2 Full Proposal invitations intended within 30 days of the White Paper submission date; White Papers graded Selectable or Not Selectable (if funding is insufficient, Selectable submissions may receive “Selectable, Not Invited” based on Government priorities and budget availability). Full Proposal due dates set in the Step 2 RFP letter.

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21) COMPACT INERTIAL NAVIGATION FOR GPS-DENIED MISSIONS (PINPOINT)

DARPA Defense Sciences Office | Special Notice (Proposers Day) | Webcast Registration: 23 Jul 2026 | In-Person Registration: 20 Jul 2026 | Event: 27 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Next-generation compact / low-cost MEMS inertial measurement units capable of maintaining precise positioning through multi-hour missions without GPS or other external navigation signals.

PINPOINT will explore nonlinear electromechanical approaches to overcome the rapid drift / noise that limits current compact, low-cost MEMS IMUs. Potential approaches include:

• Electromagnetically levitated proof masses.

• High-velocity tethered microsystems.

• Sensor concepts tightly co-designed with advanced, real-time adaptive control systems.

Target applications — tactical munitions and unmanned systems requiring resilient, all-weather navigation in GPS-denied environments. DARPA particularly encourages nontraditional proposers and teaming among organizations with the relevant expertise, facilities, and capabilities.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not stated.

POP: Not stated.

CONTRACT TYPE: Anticipated BAA.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Proposers Day participation limited to registered potential proposers; general public / media excluded. Non-U.S. citizens seeking in-person attendance must submit a DARPA Form 60 or, for foreign government personnel, an Official Visit Request for clearance.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: This is a Proposers Day notice only. Non-U.S. citizen visit documentation is due 13 Jul 2026; in-person / webcast registration closes 20 / 23 Jul 2026, respectively, or earlier if capacity is reached; Proposers Day is 27 Jul 2026; BAA anticipated in Jul 2026.

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22) ADVANCED SENSOR PACKAGING (PERRSEUS) PROPOSERS DAY

DARPA Multi X Office | Special Notice | Response Due: 08 Jul 2026 | Registration: 08 Jul 2026 | Event: 17 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Microscale / tiny sealed packages that keep almost all gas molecules away from delicate sensing components, allowing MEMS, photonic, cold atom, and thermal atom sensors to operate as durable hardware.

DARPA does not just want a better lab process. It wants integrated prototype units it can test.

Core technical bar:

• Package volume: <5 mL.

• Vacuum level: <10⁻¹⁰ mbar.

• Built-in pressure sensor(s) so the vacuum can be measured directly.

• Measurement methods for pressure, leaks, pump rates, and pump capacity inside the miniature package.

• Manufacturable / scalable fabrication process.

• Final devices compatible with >3-year vacuum lifetime.

Proposers Day is mainly a teaming and concept-shaping event: DARPA technical briefing, poster session, and limited one-on-one breakouts with the Program Manager.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: TBD.

POP: 42 months.

CONTRACT TYPE: Anticipated Prototype OT.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Registered potential proposers only, government-issued photo ID, eForm 104 required for all attendees, eForm 60/FVR required for non-U.S. citizen attendees, max 3 attendees per organization, FFRDCs/UARCs/Government Entities anticipated as supporting team members only.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: eForm 60 due 05 Jul 2026; breakout selections by 10 Jul 2026; proposer profiles / breakout slides due 15 Jul 2026; Proposers Day on 17 Jul 2026. Capacity capped at 160 attendees, 80 posters, 30 breakout sessions; attendee/profile-list email requests due 31 Jul 2026.

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23) OPTIMIZING SHIPBOARD POWER FOR ADVANCED WEAPONS + SENSORS

Office of Naval Research | Solicitation | Response Due: 25 Sep 2026

Update: Posted 02 Jul 2026 — Amendment 0001 adds Q&A clarifying baselines, topology flexibility, modeling expectations, hardware expectations, award count, eligibility, and small-business / university participation; no stated scope change.

What’s Being Sought

Transient Reducing Active Power System (TRAPS) is a shipboard power-management system for advanced weapons/sensors with extreme, rapidly shifting power demands — controls + power conversion + energy storage that sits between mission equipment and the ship’s electric plant, smoothing spikes so the ship sees a steadier MIL-STD-1399-compliant load.

Applied research at overall TRL 3–4; base effort includes concept design, MATLAB modeling, and hardware design/development for high-risk subscale component/subsystem demonstrations. Option phase is a detailed design for a future full-scale prototype — not full-scale fabrication / testing.

Core outputs:

• Conceptual TRAPS topology + MATLAB 2024a Simscape transient electrical / life models; Specialized Power Systems optional per Q&A.

• Controls / power-conversion / energy-storage technologies improving SWaP, life, robustness, power quality, and continuous shipboard operation.

• Subscale hardware demonstrations of high-risk components / subsystems to validate full-scale models and feasibility.

• Technology maturation plan from TRL 4 to full-scale TRL 5/6+ operational prototype, plus option-phase detailed design for a future full-scale TRAPS prototype.

Key threshold metrics: 1–4 mission loads; 1000 VDC mission-load interface; 1000 VDC source for DC topologies or 4160 VAC for AC-DC topologies; 650 kW individual load / 2.6 MW total system average operating power; 6+ year usable energy-storage life. Objective ranges extend to 1–5+ loads, 375/850/1000 VDC, 440/4160/13,800 VAC and 1000 VDC, up to 1MW/5MW, and 10+ year life.

Q&A clarifies Navy has no topology preference for this effort; full MVAC-DC or narrower DC-DC technology enablers can be responsive.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Multiple base awards planned; each individual base program will not exceed $2.5M, though lower and higher cost proposals will be considered. Option phase funded separately.

POP: 2-year base + 2-year optional full-scale prototype detailed-design phase.

CONTRACT TYPE: BAA call under FY25 ONR Long Range BAA; contracts and/or OTs.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Performers U.S. citizens or permanent residents only, CUI handling required, no small-business participation requirement.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: White papers strongly encouraged by 17 Jul 2026; white-paper evaluation planned 21 Aug 2026; full-proposal selections planned 30 Oct 2026; awards estimated 31 Mar 2027; no workshops / industry days planned.

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24) RF ARCHITECTURES APPLYING PHOTONIC TIMING AND ROUTING (RAAPTR)

DARPA Multi X Office | Solicitation | Response Due: 24 Aug 2026

Update: Posted 10 Jul 2026 — Q&A. No technical scope change.

What’s Being Sought

Compact optical timing backbone for RF systems on mobile land, air, and space platforms — preserving exceptionally clean, synchronized microwave signals despite vibration / temperature conditions that degrade conventional crystal oscillators.

Required development spans:

• Photonic microwave oscillator — proposer-selected 1–40 GHz output frequency, fixed or tunable; phase noise below -120 dBc/Hz at 100 Hz offset and -150 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz, defined for a 10 GHz carrier and frequency-scaled for other outputs; maximum 1-picosecond timing deviation over 1–100 seconds; maximum 300 cc / 20 W.

• Rugged analog / mixed-signal chain — mixers, amplifiers, digitizers, and related components maintaining phase-noise / timing performance within 3 dB of the oscillator under -40 to 85 °C and 7.7 grms vibration (MIL-STD-883-2, Method 2026, Condition I/B).

• RF system architecture + mission use case — optical timing, frequency distribution, synchronization, and potentially high-bandwidth data movement applied to radar, EW, communications, signal direction finding, or other defense-relevant RF missions.

Phase 2 culminates in an integrated, transportable brassboard tested on a Government-furnished airborne platform. Non-optical microwave generation and incremental improvements to existing approaches expressly excluded.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: $58M anticipated across three to five awards.

POP: 42 months.

CONTRACT TYPE: Prototype OT; potential follow-on production contract or transaction.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Prime’s unique CAGE code must have received the RAAPTR CUI Addendum, timely compliant abstract required, FFRDCs / UARCs / Government entities / National Laboratories prohibited as performers, contractors concurrently providing DARPA SETA / A&AS or similar support prohibited absent written waiver, traditional defense contractor without significant nontraditional participation must cost share.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Required abstract due 13 Jul 2026; intent to propose / final questions due 07 Aug 2026; oral presentations anticipated 02–24 Sep 2026; estimated start 01 Dec 2026. Phase 1 covers component development / architecture design for 24 months; Phase 2 integrates the brassboard for airborne testing over 18 months.

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25) SHELF-STABLE BLOOD SUBSTITUTE (TA-3)

DARPA/BTO | Solicitation / Program Announcement | Response Due: 29 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Independent clinical/regulatory partner to move DARPA’s shelf-stable blood analog from lab proof-of-concept toward FDA authorization/licensure and field use.

The analog is a whole-blood-like capability built from shelf-stable components — oxygen delivery, hemostasis, volume expansion — for austere / pre-hospital trauma care.

Scoped to RAPIID’s Task Area 3 (TA-3) — the clinical/regulatory role, run independently from the blood-component developers (TA-1) and fielding/diagnostic-device developers (TA-2).

TA-3 Partner scope:

• Combination testing of blood analog components

• IND/IDE sponsorship

• GLP large-animal hemorrhagic-shock models

• Multi-site Phase I/II trauma trials (potentially incl. EFIC)

• Data / statistical oversight

• Peer-reviewed dissemination

• CPG engagement w/ Joint Trauma System / CoTCCC / Service medical leadership

Goal: enable use of blood analog components as early as FY 2029.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: TBD — resource share considered for both phases.

POP: 12-month base + 24-month priced option.

CONTRACT TYPE: OT for Research under 10 U.S.C. § 4021.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: No financial/advisory/commercialization interest in any TA-1/TA-2 performer, product, or tech (incl. affiliates/parents); FFRDCs/UARCs/Gov labs out (incl. as subs/consultants); TA-3 win bars TA-1/TA-2 win; CMMC L2 + SPRS by mo 3 (for CUI).

IMPORTANT MILESTONES:

• 10 Jul 2026 — Questions due.

• Abstracts not requested — full proposal only.

• Post-submission — DARPA reviews conforming proposals and may select proposer(s) for OT negotiation; one award anticipated, but no selection / award date stated.

• Within 3 months of award — Associate Performer Agreements expected with required RAPIID performers.

• Phase 2 — 24-month priced option contingent on Phase 1 results, FDA approval to proceed with clinical trials, and funding availability.

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26) RESILIENT DISMOUNTED-SOF TEAM RADIOS

USSOCOM PEO-TIS | Special Notice | Response Due: 15 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Three dismounted-warfighter comms platforms:

• Key Leader Radio (KLR)

• Intra Team Radio (ITR)

• Team Networking Device (TND)

Multi-platform strategy — resilient, self-healing, autonomous voice/data/networking at team and leadership levels for operations in DDIL comms environments.

Priority to TRL 7+ products. Target design: open architecture enabling third-party waveform porting without OEM engagement; FIPS 140-3 Level 3 compliant.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: N/A — market research; no award from this notice.

POP: N/A.

CONTRACT TYPE: TBD — Prototype OT (10 U.S.C. § 4022) / follow-on production OT (§ 4022(f)) or FAR-based agreement contemplated.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: U.S. companies only.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES:

• 08 Jul 2026 — Q&A telecon: virtual call to clarify the PM’s technology objectives. RSVP NLT 07 Jul 2026.

• 15–23 Jul 2026 — Downselect; attendance invitations on/around 24 Jul 2026.

• 11–13 Aug 2026 — Industry Day at SOFWERX (in-person + virtual): one-on-one session to pitch/demo/discuss capabilities with the USSOCOM panel. Market research only — no scoring at this event.

• Follow-on Assessment Event is the competitive step — solutions scored independently, primarily on technical merit.

• Outcomes inform PEO-TIS future acquisition strategy. No award from this notice.

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27) SECURING AND ARMING SEA-BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT (NG-USI)

PAE Strategic Systems Programs | Sources Sought | Response Due: 01 Jul 2031

What’s Being Sought

Prototype technologies across 22 Focus Areas of Interest supporting the Navy strategic-weapons enterprise — SSBN operations, nuclear weapons surety (NWS), TRIDENT II D5 Strategic Weapons System, and Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS). Despite the “undersea” name, scope spans platform signature control, strategic-facility security, strategic-asset transit protection, and strategic-missile subsystems.

Focus Areas cluster into:

• Platform signature mitigation — reduce acoustic/EM/optical/chemical/radiological/hydrodynamic/cyber signatures of submarine and unmanned system operations.

• Facility & nuclear-surety security — counter-UxS across all domains, counter-adversarial AI/autonomy, next-gen electronic security systems + sensor fusion, access control/contraband/radiological screening, harbor/expeditionary MDA, autonomous patrol/inspection platforms (USV/UGV).

• Strategic asset transit security — maritime escort of SSBNs through PHLW (mine/ATGM/RPG defeat); ground convoy protection with Active Protection Systems.

• Launcher industrial base — alternate manufacturing methods and materials for obsolete, hazardous, or single-source launcher components (e.g., MbOCA, rare-earth magnets).

• Fire control — launch control devices, rapid software validation/virtualization, computational optimization, noise/vibration/thermal reduction, nuclear-certified Fire Control As A Service (FAAS).

• Strategic weapons risk reduction — early-learning demonstrations, developmental tests, and design risk mitigation for TRIDENT II D5 and CPS.

• Conventional Prompt Strike — large solid rocket motors, thermal protection systems (both scalable to 100s/year), novel launch systems (containerized/air-transportable/VLS), conventional warheads, SWaP-constrained avionics.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: N/A — funded at individual prototype-project level; no value stated.

POP: N/A.

CONTRACT TYPE: Prototype OT (10 U.S.C. § 4022) under a Participant Basic Agreement (PBA).

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Participant Basic Agreement (PBA) execution, demonstrated technical relevancy/recency in target Focus Area(s).

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Open/rolling enrollment (not a single deadline) — PBA available continuously; participants then compete for individual prototype projects via maximum-practicable competitive procedures. No award from this notice.

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28) B-2 MISSION PLANNING SUPPORT TOOL SUPPORT

72nd Test & Evaluation Squadron | Sources Sought | Response Due: 17 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Maintenance, software/database support, modeling & simulation support, distribution support, installation/configuration/training, and information-system administration for the Mission Planning Support Tool (MPST) used by the 72nd TES at Whiteman AFB.

MPST support must keep the tool aligned with B-2 Mission Planning System software/hardware/database upgrades, USAF/DoW workstation configurations, new/improved aircraft capabilities, and operational issues found during use.

Contractor supports testing, model development, verification activities, and draft assessment products; Government retains final authority to validate / accept databases, algorithms, and software; certify aircraft-capability models; and approve assessment criteria.

Core task areas include:

• MPST software releases — install / verify / maintain baseline docs and training materials.

• 72 TES custom databases and software — develop, maintain, test, and support verification of databases and algorithms.

• Modeling & simulation — conduct studies, generate mission-planning inputs, metrics, briefings, reports, pre-test predictions, and post-test analysis.

• Suppressor / AFSIM integration — upgrade MPST to incorporate new features from the modeling & simulation engines.

• User support — demonstrations, training, installation/configuration, and support at Whiteman AFB / TDY locations.

• IS admin support — account access, audits, patches, file transfers, component upgrades, OS compatibility checks, and security incident reporting.

Personnel fit is narrow: computer programming skills + at least 2 years operational experience as or directly with aircrew + familiarity with B-2 capabilities, survivability, ground/airborne threats, intelligence products, and B-2 mission planning.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: TBD.

POP: TBD.

CONTRACT TYPE: TBD.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Required MPST licensing, Top Secret / SCI / SAP eligibility as required, required facility clearance, unescorted installation access.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Interested vendors must select “Add Me to Interested Vendors” on SAM.gov to be considered participants in market research.

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29) F/A-18 SUPPLY CHAIN READINESS ANALYSIS + REPORTING

NAVSUP WSS F/A-18 Integrated Weapon Systems Team | Solicitation | Response Due: 16 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Onsite supply-chain analysis, reporting + technical logistics support for F/A-18 / EA-18G readiness — helping NAVSUP WSS identify parts shortages, backorders, technical issues, inventory-data problems, repair requirements, and other material constraints affecting aircraft availability.

Core work:

• Readiness / shortage analysis — Non-Mission Capable aircraft requirements, unfilled Navy / DLA orders, fleet-readiness degraders, long-term-down backorders, backorder trends, and depot-level repairable demand.

• Supply planning — assess current / future spare and repair requirements using stock balances, consumption rates, and reliability / maintainability data; monitor configuration documentation.

• Data integrity + problem resolution — validate provisioning and product-support data across NAVSUP systems; coordinate corrective actions and resolve logistics issues with NAVSUP WSS, NAWC, NAVAIR / FST, and prime contractors / manufacturers.

• Recurring reporting — daily live backorder reporting; weekly part-number, non-stock-numbered material, and Navy / DLA readiness reports; monthly shipment, controlled-backorder, and long-term-down backorder analyses; component-level degrader and ad hoc reports.

Contractor must work onsite in Philadelphia and use NMCI plus multiple Navy / DoD supply, maintenance, technical-publication, interchangeability, inventory, and historical-data systems.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not stated.

POP: Commence NLT 30 Sep 2026; conclude 29 Sep 2027.

CONTRACT TYPE: Not stated.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: No explicit set-aside or eligibility restriction stated; CDRL lists Boeing in the contractor field — verify acquisition status before responding.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: CDRL states the Back Order / Material Management Report begins one day after contract award but separately lists it as a one-time submission due at the end of POP on 30 Sep 2026 — verify before responding.

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30) COMMON VERY LOW FREQUENCY RECEIVER INCREMENT 2 (CVRi2) MODERNIZATION

Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center NC3 VLF Enterprise Program Office | Solicitation (FOPR) | Response Due: 05 Aug 2026

Update: Amendment #6 posted 08 Jul 2026 — added responses to industry questions 18–20; proposal deadline unchanged.

What’s Being Sought

Rapid development of a common VLF receiver into a fully functional, production-ready system for secure beyond-line-of-sight communications (synopsis example: Emergency Action Messages across all levels of conflict) — modernizing all legacy airborne / ground-based NC3 VLF systems and equipping future NC3 platforms.

Core requirements:

• Common “one-size-fits-all” receiver system, with required ancillary support equipment.

• Crypto Modernization-2 (CM2) compliant, New Waveform capable, NSA certified, and Open Mission Systems (OMS) capable.

The controlled bidder’s library includes Government reference architectures, interface documentation, waveform specifications, and cybersecurity / electromagnetic-protection materials. The full package (Controlled) also includes the FOPR, SOW (Amd 3), Exhibit A CDRL, IMP, Price Workbook, and a CVRi2 Schedule and Performance Incentive Plan.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not stated in the public notice.

POP: Not stated in the public notice.

CONTRACT TYPE: AFLCMC/XA IDIQ Delivery Order(s).

ELIGIBILITY GATES: AFLCMC/XA IDIQ Category 2 awardees only; Joint Certification Program (JCP) certification for access to the CUI solicitation package.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Government intends to award one or two Delivery Orders on a best-value determination, subject to availability of funds. Notice inactive 20 Aug 2026.

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INDUSTRIAL BASE & INFRASTRUCTURE

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31) REGIONAL DEFENSE INNOVATION ONRAMP HUBS

Defense Innovation Unit | Sources Sought | Response Due: 31 Jul 2026 | Event: 20 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Organizations to establish + operate additional DIU OnRamp Hubs — dedicated regional “front doors” connecting nontraditional / dual-use companies, academia, investors, and DoW mission partners to identify, validate, and support the acquisition + transition of commercial technologies.

Existing OnRamp Hubs operate in Arizona, Hawaii, Kansas, Ohio, Kentucky, Montana, Minnesota, and Washington; the notice does not identify target states for expansion.

Core operating model:

• Ecosystem development + market access — maintain searchable regional technology pipeline; targeted outreach; defense-market education / facilitated engagements, with approximately 1–2 program events per quarter unless otherwise approved by DIU or ARI.

• Mission-to-market translation — capture mission-partner demand signals; conduct focused technology scouting; assess TRL / MRL, supply-chain, and readiness gaps; identify customers, funding pathways, and transition plans.

• Technology validation + adoption — facilitate access to operationally relevant test infrastructure; execute IV&V; generate independent performance data; connect validated technologies to acquisition pathways, contracts, and program offices.

• Physical + organizational presence — permanently branded, accessible collaboration space capable of occasional 100-person events; minimum four dedicated onsite FTE; centralized data / reporting and coordination across the national hub network.

Location considerations include technology-ecosystem strength, community / public-private support, proximity to military and test assets, veteran population, geographic coverage, limited duplication with existing federal innovation infrastructure, and available local resources. Preference for operating models capable of full self-sustainment within five years.

Administering entity: Notice repeatedly references “ARI on behalf of DIU” and routes submissions to theari.us but doesn’t spell out the name. Per a Jul 2025 award announcement, that entity appears to be the Applied Research Institute, an Indiana-based nonprofit reported to hold a five-year DIU cooperative agreement under which administering the OnRamp Hubs is the first effort — a vehicle reported at ~$600M program-wide, not this award.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not stated.

POP: Not stated.

CONTRACT TYPE: Cooperative Agreement subaward.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: U.S.-based and U.S.-owned company, headquartered in state of proposed hub, minimum 10% of total award amount in non-federal cost share (cash and/or allowable in-kind).

ARI on behalf of DIU reserves the right to select, not select, or negotiate with any respondent at its sole discretion. Respondents should be prepared to provide financial and administrative documentation, as requested, to support ARI’s subrecipient risk assessment and compliance review.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: DIU + ARI virtual Q&A for interested parties via ZoomGov on 20 Jul 2026; registration available through the notice.

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32) PRIVATE-CAPITAL ENERGY RESILIENCE CONSORTIUM

USAF Installation & Mission Support Center | Solicitation | Response Due: 30 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Consortium management organization to establish / operate the Defense Energy Consortium (DECo): a public-private platform for fully privately financed installation energy-resilience prototypes addressing nearly 4,000 identified DAF gaps worldwide. Supports DoD’s 2030 mandate for at least 99.9% year-round resilience — no more than 8.76 hours of annual downtime for all critical missions at all DoD installations.

Fully financed prototypes require some form of DoD consideration, such as access to DAF property and facilities.

CMO responsibilities:

• Raise / manage investor commitments.

• Vet funding sources.

• Recruit a broad consortium membership.

• Build an investable project pipeline.

• Coordinate CUI-enabled installation site visits / high-level financial-feasibility analysis.

• After selection, conduct due diligence / negotiate the DECo CMA at its own expense and financial risk.

Offerors must demonstrate directly relevant experience managing DoD OTA consortia, engaging third-party financiers, and navigating utility / energy regulatory constraints and industry partnerships. DAF will also assess capacity to engage host-nation investment authorities and verify that international capital comes from acceptable sources.

Technology / project areas:

• Energy-resilience technologies — advanced nuclear, geothermal, microgrids, storage, fuel-flexible backup, cybersecure onsite generation, hydrogen, energy management, cooling, waste-heat recovery, modeling tools.

• Extreme-weather hardening — process-water, stormwater, and wastewater systems supporting operations through droughts, floods, hurricanes, and related hazards.

• Resilient facilities — cybersecure building energy-management communications systems, energy-efficiency technologies, and advanced construction techniques / technologies.

• Operational demonstrations — pre-commercial energy-resilience technologies / novel defense applications of commercial energy-resilience technologies (e.g., TRL 5–8).

• Installation-wide energy-service process prototypes — integrate offsite commodity procurement, onsite distribution, behind-the-meter generation, building envelopes, and heating / cooling / electricity loads.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: N/A.

POP: Not specified.

CONTRACT TYPE: Base OTA / Consortium Management Agreement; subsequent Prototype OTs; potential follow-on production under 10 U.S.C. § 4022(f).

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Offerors must be proposing to serve as the DECo consortium management organization; prospective consortium members should not submit proposals.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: DAF intends to select one responsible offeror for further negotiation. The selected offeror will then work with DAF, at its own expense and financial risk, on due diligence / CMA negotiation expected to occur over an extended period; after CMA execution, DAF will issue a portfolio of competitive prototype solicitations to DECo.

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33) UNIVERSITY-LED MANUFACTURING S&T CENTER

Army | Solicitation | Response Due: 22 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Center to unify Army-relevant applied RD&E and move lab concepts into usable production capability for the OIB, DIB, Manufacturing Innovation Institutes, Army, and Joint stakeholders.

Focus areas: contested logistics, distributed manufacturing, industrial-base flexibility, robotic automation for munitions, AI-driven manufacturing, rapid qualification pathways, and common standards for an agile manufacturing network.

Core competency areas:

• Advanced manufacturing processes — additive, subtractive, hybrid, high-volume / large-scale methods, process modeling.

• Composite research — advanced composites, high-temperature resins, microstructure-property relationships, failure modes.

• Advanced manufacturing technologies — metal / polymer / composite AM, feedstock qualification, tooling, legacy-facility integration.

• Design for advanced manufacturing — generative design, topology optimization, part consolidation, in-situ inspection / real-time quality characterization.

Center must be UARC-compatible; Government intends to request post-award designation, but approval is not guaranteed. Security posture is material: FCL/PCL readiness, SECRET-or-higher key personnel, and ability to support classified task-order work.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: $100,000,000 ceiling.

POP: 12-month base + 4×12-month options.

CONTRACT TYPE: Single-award FAR-based IDIQ; task orders CPFF / FFP.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: College / university or university-affiliated nonprofit, UARC-compatible structure / no OCI preventing designation, CMMC Level 2 self-assessment in SPRS at solution brief submission, UEI + active SAM prior to award, government invoicing-system registration, responsible / not suspended or debarred, OCI disclosure prior to award.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES:

• 10 Jul 2026 — Written questions due.

• 17 Jul 2026 — Government expects to post answers.

• TBD — Solution brief downselect; up to three offerors invited to submit full proposals.

• Post-award — Government intends to request UARC designation; approval not guaranteed.

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34) SECURE SPACE CAMPUS DESIGN AT AL UDEID

USACE Southwestern Middle East District / USAF Requirement | Special Notice | Response Due: 31 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

A-E planning + design support for a new highly secure Space Campus at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar — site studies, investigations, master planning, comprehensive design, and construction phase services.

Scope centers on ICD-705 compliant facilities and supporting site infrastructure:

• Secure Administrative Headquarters + Coalition Operations Center.

• Secure warehouse, conference center, access-control / guard-house complex, antenna yard, shelter buildings, secure perimeter / IDS / CCTV, parking, roads, utilities, and site work.

• Evaluated specialized experience includes hardened / underground infrastructure, deep subterranean waterproofing, corrosive saline groundwater / Sabkha mitigation, dewatering systems, cut-off walls, and specialized concrete.

• Knowledge-of-locality evaluation also covers Qatar approval, licensing, sponsorship, local-code, supply-chain, and constructability constraints.

Execution burden: A-E must operate inside USACE’s IDaC model — open-book collaboration with the future construction contractor, shared models, phasing, specifications, means/methods input, and incorporation of alternative design/material recommendations during preconstruction.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: $100,000,000 contract capacity; $5,000 minimum guarantee for the base period.

POP: 5-year base ordering period + 2-year option.

CONTRACT TYPE: Planned A-E IDC / SATOC; negotiated FFP task orders.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Unrestricted; SAM and PIEE registration required; Prime/JV SECRET FCL required at SF330 submission and through award/performance; CMMC Level 2 self-assessment; 50% personnel-cost self-performance by prime across the contract.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Draft feedback only — no SF330s requested through this notice. ProjNet comments due 31 Jul 2026; feedback after that date may not be incorporated. Official synopsis / SF330 due date TBD. Draft anticipates A-E award in Apr 2028, with IDaC construction contract solicited / awarded after planning activities are complete. No award from this notice.

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35) GROUP 3 UAS & MUNITIONS WIRING HARNESSES / CONNECTORS

DoD Industrial Base Policy / Defense Industrial Base Consortium | Solicitation (RFS) | Response Due: 20 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

A phased manufacturing-readiness exercise to identify U.S. private-sector manufacturing and design capabilities that could fill bounded Group 3 UAS and munitions wiring-harness / connector production roles, then assess what it would take to make them qualified, contractable, and usable.

Respondents may address one or both topic areas; each may be evaluated independently.

• Group 3 UAS / UAV family: component / subsystem production, assembly, integration support, contract or distributed manufacturing, testing / inspection, tooling, design / technical-data support, configuration management, and supplier-network roles.

• Munitions wiring harnesses / connectors: harness fabrication, connector / electrical interconnect assembly, cable / wire processing, inspection / test / quality, source-approval support, tooling, contract manufacturing, and supplier-network roles.

Both manufacturing-side and design-side participants sought — manufacturers, contract manufacturers, suppliers, OEMs, current producers, technical-data holders, and integrators, including companies with little or no defense contracting experience. No requirement for one performer to produce the complete end item; narrower workshare / teaming concepts are eligible.

Later activities may test the cost, time, constraints, Government interventions, qualification pathway, and business conditions required to convert potential capability into usable defense production capacity. Findings may inform Civil Readiness Manufacturing Network planning for future readiness, surge, preservation, and reactivation.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Approximately $15M in anticipated initial aggregate funding across multiple potential awards / activities; subject to funding availability, applicable authority, exercise priorities, and Government determination, additional funding up to $100M may be considered, but is not guaranteed.

POP: Goal to complete within 9 months from RFS issuance; Government may extend.

CONTRACT TYPE: DIBC Prototype OT.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: N/A.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Stage 1 respondents need not be DIBC members, but only DIBC members may receive a prototype award; screening may lead to discovery, Candidate Pool placement, Small Business Readiness Award consideration, prototype award consideration, or no further action. Stage 2 may use five illustrative milestones — teaming / production approach, conversion planning, validation, execution, and readiness assessment — with continuation subject to Government decision; successful completion of all or part of the prototype may support follow-on production without further competition.

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ENTERPRISE IT, R&D, & OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES

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36) SOF ENTERPRISE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPORT (SEPS) II

USSOCOM | Sources Sought | Response Due: 23 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Knowledge-based professional services for global SOF day-to-day business operations across USSOCOM HQ, Components, JSOC, TSOCs, and SOF AT&L.

Scope spans requirements generation/analysis, acquisition, budget planning/execution, business process reengineering, program planning, systems engineering, management support, administrative support, professional services, data science, AI/ML, mission planning, strategic communications, and multimedia support.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: TBD.

POP: 5-year ordering period.

CONTRACT TYPE: Single-award IDIQ.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: SAM lists SDVOSB set-aside; synopsis says SDVOSB set-aside is contemplated — verify final gate, OCI compliance, Top Secret Facility Clearance at proposal submission, personnel clearances per task order / DD Form 254.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES:

• Questions due 09 Jul 2026.

• Current SEPS single-award IDIQ ends 16 May 2027.

• Projected award on/about 01 Apr 2027; anticipated FOC/full start 17 May 2027.

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37) MEDICAL WORKFORCE READINESS PLATFORM (ARMOR)

Defense Health Agency | RFI / Special Notice | Response Due: 22 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Enterprise platform linking workforce assignments, clinical credentials, medical readiness, training / certifications, scheduling, and facility capacity — replacing manual reconciliation across disconnected DHA, Service, and local systems with one integrated operational view.

Responses must address all five use cases, which are illustrative and subject to further refinement based on RFI responses:

• Total force visibility — reconcile authorized billets against military, civilian, contractor, local-national, and volunteer personnel; identify vacancies, overstaffing, and skill-mix mismatches.

• Clinical operational readiness — connect operational assignments, credentials, MHS GENESIS clinical activity, and JKSA currency; verify personnel have both required qualifications and recent procedural experience.

• Enterprise competency tracking — define / track position-specific training and certifications for clinical, non-clinical, and support personnel; alert supervisors before expirations affect deployability or workplace eligibility.

• Automated scheduling + compliance — rules-based scheduling across the full MTF workforce; validate availability, privileges, certifications, and occupational-health restrictions in real time, with hard stops for non-compliant assignments.

• Predictive capacity modeling — combine physical bed capacity with available / credentialed staffing; model how deployments, reassignments, or surge events affect staffed ICU, burn, trauma, and other clinical capacity.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: TBD.

POP: TBD.

CONTRACT TYPE: TBD.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: N/A.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Market-research RFI only; no award from this notice.

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38) SAAS PLATFORM FOR TECHNICAL WORKFORCE SKILLS ASSESSMENT & UPSKILLING

USASOC | Sources Sought | Response Due: 02 Jul 2026

What’s Being Sought

Commercial SaaS to systematically assess, measure, and guide upskilling of USASOC’s technical workforce — closing skill gaps across AI/ML, data engineering, cybersecurity, software development. 500 user licenses. Core functions: platform provisioning, user onboarding, role-based skills assessment, data analytics, ongoing technical support.

Assessment delivered via “Skill Circuits” — tailored assessment paths per job role. Six initial circuits to calibrate with Government SMEs:

• AI/ML Engineer

• Data Engineer (Python, SQL, MSL, R)

• Cybersecurity Analyst

• Software Engineer (Python/C++)

• Cloud Architect

• Data Analyst (Python, SQL, MSL, R)

Key performance standards: 99.9% monthly uptime; accounts provisioned ≤48 business hrs; all Skill Circuits calibrated/Government-approved ≤30 days of award; 95% of critical tickets resolved ≤24 business hrs; quarterly Skills Gap Analysis reporting. No unauthorized PII storage/processing; Section 508 accessibility required.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: TBD — market research only; no value stated.

POP: 12-month base (15 Jul 2026 – 14 Jul 2027); no options stated.

CONTRACT TYPE: TBD; likely FFP, FAR Part 12 commercial SaaS subscription.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5), NAICS 541519.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Anticipated PoP start 15 Jul 2026 — ~2 weeks after response date signals accelerated timeline.

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39) APPAREL PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT FOR MILITARY CLOTHING

U.S. Army Product Manager Soldier Clothing and Individual Equipment | Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (OT Call for Solutions) | ⚠️ Response Due: 09 Jul 2026

Update: Posted 01 Jul 2026 — added Government Q&A. Army declined to prescribe technical methods or answer questions already addressed in the solicitation; vendors were directed to propose against the stated requirements. No deadline change stated.

What’s Being Sought

Software to modernize how the Army develops and manages military clothing — from design and technical specifications through supplier coordination and production readiness.

Commercial apparel-focused Product Lifecycle Management platform built around Apparel Tech Packs, configurable workflows, and supplier collaboration. System-level solution expected; component-only vendors should team with a prospective prime.

Core capability:

• FedRAMP-certified cloud environment; IL4 ATO with privacy overlay at award or credible path within 15 months; minimum CMMI Level 2; DoW-approved identity federation, including CAC/PIV, PKI, SAML 2.0, and OIDC as applicable; encryption at rest and in transit.

• Low-code/no-code, search-based platform supporting multi-tenant licensing and integrations including Adobe Illustrator, Browzwear, or Clo.

• Apparel Tech Pack creation, version control, multiple export formats, 3D design/visualization, configurable approvals/workflows, and vendor/supply-chain portal.

• Role-based dashboards spanning design, materials, sourcing, testing, compliance, production readiness, supplier lead times, and delivery schedules.

• Minimum 40 concurrent geographically dispersed users, scalable to 250; Government ownership and export of all system data.

• Government data hosted under exclusive U.S. legal jurisdiction and, unless otherwise authorized, within the 50 states, District of Columbia, or U.S. outlying areas.

Prototype package includes software licenses, plug-ins, cloud hosting, maintenance, and support for 12–60 months. Initial capabilities expected rapidly after award.

Response Considerations

FUNDING: Not stated.

POP: Not stated.

CONTRACT TYPE: Prototype OT; potential follow-on production contract or agreement without further competition upon successful completion of the prototype. Army reserves discretion to use another authority available under the Army Open Solicitation.

ELIGIBILITY GATES: No set-aside. For any eventual Prototype OT award, the transaction must satisfy at least one 10 U.S.C. § 4022(d) condition: significant NTDC participation; all significant non-Government participants small businesses/NTDCs; or at least 1/3 non-Government cost share.

IMPORTANT MILESTONES: Phase 1 white-paper deadline passed 09 Jul 2026. Favorably evaluated vendors may be invited to an optional virtual solution demonstration or proceed directly to an RPP; selected vendors then enter alpha negotiations before any Prototype OT award, and the Army may make one or more awards or none.

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