Develop and demonstrate a man-portable, self-contained nitrogen generator capable of producing high-purity (equal to or less than 99.5%) nitrogen at 1,800 to 3,500 pounds per square inch (PSI), operating strictly within a 120-volt, 25-Amp ...
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361 topics, open or in pre-release, read from DSIP and SBIR.gov on Nov 12, 2026.
Develop and demonstrate a ruggedized, multi-spectral imaging, 360-degree-capable camera system capable of integration into Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) periscopes.
Develop a distributed multispectral event-driven integrated sensing and communications capability that can timely provide robust detection of a wide range of objects and integrate into existing onboard sensors to expand operational ...
Develop an automated tool to cyber harden various platform instantiations built on a Linux operating system.
Develop a focal-plane array (FPA) fabrication process based on wafer-scale 3D-heterogeneous integration that enables a mid-wave infrared (MWIR) III-V detector epi-layer wafer to be directly bonded to a Silicon-based read-out integrated ...
1- Develop a platform agnostic fully autonomous Agentic SI swarm system suitable for multidomain naval operations (i.e., Sea, Air, Space, Land, and Cyber) with self-awareness for rapid operationally scalable response, namely ...
Develop an Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Tactical Decision Aid (TDA) for surface and air sensors in maritime, littoral, and inland environments.
Develop an autonomous Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) reasoning agent that fuses passive and active acoustic detections with non-acoustic maritime situational data, environmental acoustic propagation context, and platform/target behavior ...
Modernize United States capabilities to produce ultra-low size, weight, power, and cost (SWAP-C) tunneling magnetoresistive magnetometers with industry leading sensitivities.
Develop tools and/or techniques to improve characterization of the D-region ionosphere sufficient for skillful ionosphere model specification and forecast over climatology and that demonstrate the impact of improved methodology on ...
Develop simple-to-use water quality test kits or electronic sensors that require minimal training to enable personnel in the field to rapidly meet Technical Bulletin Medical 577 (TB-MED 577) requirements to certify potable water without ...
Deliver a rapid, high-strength thermoplastic patching capability for legacy thermoset composite airframes by developing the necessary interfacial enabling technologies to fuse the incompatible polymer systems.
Develop and demonstrate a scaled high density Rotating Detonation Combustor (RDC) that uses NATO F76 diesel fuel (MIL-DTL-16884R) and perform thermodynamic analysis on developed Navy RDC equipped shipboard gas turbine concepts to determine ...
Develop technology to use historic real-world satellite imagery and then rapidly (10 minutes or less) modify it to reflect a training scenario order of battle (aircraft, ships, vehicles, etc.) to allow imagery analysts to practice their ...
Develop an SI-enabled maintenance associate that delivers interactive, expert-level guidance for complex diagnostic and repair tasks at point of need, provides technicians historical context on specific vehicles or components being ...
Develop a collapsible, low-cost, fixed-wing Group 1 small uncrewed aerial system (sUAS) capable of autonomous intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions with a flight endurance of over one hour.
Design, develop, and prototype a low-cost, limited-life gas turbine engine producing 150-300 lbf of SLS thrust with an estimated engine life expectancy of 10-15 hours, leveraging advanced design and manufacturing techniques to ...
Develop a zero-retrofit robotic prototype capable of identifying, lifting, and loading 70-pound, 5-inch projectiles within the unmodified physical constraints of a DDG 51 class ships’ MK 45 Mod 4 ammunition magazine during Sea State 5 ...
Develop and demonstrate a compact, ruggedized high-energy laser source operating at the 1.9-2.5 micron wavelength with variable Continuous wave and pulsed output [zero to kilowatt kW class average powers] with a time-coupled imaging range ...
Develop and demonstrate innovative Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) architectures and integration techniques for advanced cryocooled Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems that significantly reduce the number of electrical wirebonds ...
Develop an Super Intelligence/Machine Learning (SI/ML) method that achieves the high-performance accuracy of modern Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) while mitigating their limitations.
Determine and demonstrate how thin film deposits of As2S3 can be grown on an appropriate cladding material and etched to form a low loss waveguide for photonic applications of the Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) non-linearity in ...
Develop software modules for existing autonomous undersea vehicles that support and extend existing system autonomy with multi-vehicle coordination behaviors.
Develop a human-portable wave energy capture device able to deploy autonomously and generate sufficient power to effectively recharge autonomous vehicles.
Develop an inexpensive, compact, and National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)-compliant Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) – optimized for marine mammal monitoring.