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361 topics, open or in pre-release, read from DSIP and SBIR.gov on Nov 12, 2026.

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CMMC requirements: Level 1 15Level 2 (Self) 95 what do the levels mean?
Level 1
Basic protection of Federal Contract Information: the 15 requirements of FAR 52.204-21. You assess yourself every year and post the result in SPRS.
Level 2
Protection of Controlled Unclassified Information: the 110 requirements of NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2. "Self" means you assess yourself every three years; "C3PAO" means an accredited third-party assessor certifies you every three years. Both need a yearly affirmation.
Level 3
Level 2 certification plus 24 selected requirements of NIST SP 800-172, assessed by the government (DIBCAC) every three years.

CMMC is the Defense Department's cybersecurity certification; a topic that lists a level expects it by the time of award. This is a summary: the solicitation and 32 CFR Part 170 govern.

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ARMY Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 1
xTech|Kinetic Reach Competition
Topic # ARM26BX03-DP007 · DoW SBIR 2026 CSO · released 2026-06-03

The U.S. Army is seeking innovative force sustainment solutions from eligible small businesses across the U.S. through the xTech Kinetic Reach competition. This platform offers participants the opportunity to engage with the Department of ...

Opens Nov 21, 2026 Opens in 9 dayscloses Nov 30, 2026
ARMY Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 1
Ground-Based Affordable Mass (G-BAM)
Topic # ARM26BX04-DV010 · DoW SBIR 2026 CSO · released 2026-07-01

The United States currently faces an "unprecedented" military buildup by China and increasing air and missile threats that demand a robust deterrent. However, the current inventory of long-range strike weapons is dominated by high-cost ...

Opens Nov 16, 2026 Opens in 4 dayscloses Nov 30, 2026
ARMY Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Command Electromagnetic Management & Command-node Awareness, Management, and Obscuration (CEMA CAMO)
Topic # ARM27BX02-NV002 · DoW SBIR 2027 CSO · released 2026-11-04

Develop and demonstrate Command Electromagnetic Management & Command-node Awareness, Management, and Obscuration (CEMA CAMO), a low-cost, distributed, and attritable electromagnetic spectrum capability that enhances Command Post ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRITARCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Battle Damage Indications / Battle Damage Assessment Collection, Aggregation, and Analytics Improvement
Topic # DAF27BX02-NV501 · DoW SBIR 2027 CSO · released 2026-11-04

To accelerate decision-making and enhance space domain awareness across the joint force, the United States Space Force (USSF) requires an advanced data fusion and automated analytics platform. This effort will deliver integrated ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Low - Cost Neuromorphic Edge Intelligence for Persistent Autonomous Change Detection and Machine Situational Memory
Topic # DAF27BZ02-DV017 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Develop, integrate, and demonstrate a low-SWaP-C neuromorphic IR sensor to support celestial navigation to enable position and navigation of sUAS in a Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) denied environment in day and nighttime for ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
High-Efficiency Expeditionary Group 2 and Group 3 VTOL UAS for Long-Range Distributed ISR/SOF Operations
Topic # DAF27BZ02-DV018 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Develop, mature, integrate, and flight-demonstrate technologies enabling an autonomous, runway-independent Group 2/3 VTOL UAS capable of persistent ISR/SOF operations, extended-duration flight, modular payload employment, resilient ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Collaborative Autonomous UAS for Distributed Non-Kinetic Effects
Topic # DAF27BZ02-DV019 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Develop, integrate, and demonstrate modular technologies enabling Group 2/3 UAS or similarly expendable autonomous aircraft to collaboratively generate distributed non-kinetic mission effects in contested environments. The objective is to ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Long-Range, Expendable Autonomous Air Vehicle for Distributed Effects in Contested Environments
Topic # DAF27BZ02-DV020 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Develop, integrate, flight-test, and demonstrate an affordable, expendable autonomous air “One-Way Attack” (OWA) vehicle capable of delivering a mission-relevant payload over operational ranges of 400 nautical miles threshold to 1,200 ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Rapidly Reconfigurable Pod-Based System Survivability Suite for Air Operations in Contested Environments
Topic # DAF27BZ02-DV021 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Investigate, design, prototype, and experimentally evaluate advanced open-architecture methodologies and reconfigurable subsystem integration concepts within an external modular pod construct (threshold baseline: Air Force Research ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Multi-Function Processor, Rapid Architecture, Miniaturized (MFP-RAM)
Topic # DAF27BZ02-DV022 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Develop and flight-demonstrate a standards-compliant, rapidly reconfigurable hybrid communications system using a SOSA Small Form Factor Line Replaceable Unit capable of supporting multiple waveforms, frequency bands, and Multi-Level ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
A unified model for specification and simulation to design, acquire, and sustain a hybrid- or multi-cloud large scale data analytics system that balances cost, performance, modularity, and security.
Topic # DAF27BZ02-DV023 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Develop and validate an innovative unified financial operations (FinOps) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) solution to solve lifecycle cost, resource predictability, and performance modeling challenges within modern defense ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Mobile Expeditionary 3D Concrete Printer (MX3DCP)
Topic # DAF27BZ02-DV024 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Mature and validate expeditionary 3D concrete printing technologies, materials, and geometries so military personnel can rapidly construct combat-relevant, blast-resistant force-protection structures at contested airbases.

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRITARCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Wide Pass Bandwidth, High Selectivity, Continuously Tunable Notch Filters
Topic # DAF27BZ02-DV025 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Wideband receivers used in electronic warfare (EW), signals intelligence (SigInt), and electronic support measures (ESM) need to instantaneously capture broad swaths of spectrum to avoid missing frequency agile radio frequency (RF) ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRITARCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Domestic Liquid Phase Epitaxy of Yttrium Iron Garnet Films for Resilient Microwave Filter Supply Chains
Topic # DAF27BZ02-DV026 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

The United States Air Force relies on yttrium iron garnet (YIG)-based microwave filters for critical radar, electronic warfare, and communications systems. These components require high-quality YIG epitaxial films in the 10–150 µm ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Quantum Sensing Analyzer
Topic # DAF27BZ02-NV014 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Investigate and validate the feasibility of developing a novel quantum-based sensing technology utilizing Rydberg atomic sensors as an ultra-wideband universal measurement standard for electromagnetic systems. Demonstrate the potential of ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Solid Propellant Environmental Effects Digital Twin
Topic # DAF27BZ02-NV015 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

The objective of the proposed effort is twofold: 1) Model and simulate the combined effects of thermal, temporal, chemical, and geometric changes to solid propellants that occur over time for in rocket motor grains, and 2) integrate ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release STTRITARCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Next-generation Green Monopropellant Gas Generation
Topic # DAF27TX02-DV502 · DoW STTR 2027 CSO · released 2026-11-04

Develop a low-power, real-time precision liquid-to-gas phase-change feed system featuring active molecular feedback control to enable the seamless integration of liquid propellants (including next-generation green liquid propellants such ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release STTRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
B-52 Multi-Factor AI Performance Charts
Topic # DAF27TZ02-DV004 · DoW STTR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Develop and validate a capability that modernizes B-52 AI Performance Chart capability that automates approved performance calculations, supports disconnected EFB operations, and provides accurate, auditable outputs for aircrew ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release STTRITARCMMC Level 2 (Self)
RF Spectrum Operations Enhanced with Distributed AI-Assisted Sharing of Knowledge Sharing (RF-DASK)
Topic # DAF27TZ02-DV005 · DoW STTR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Develop a dynamic and scalable signal representation to describe complex waveforms in a compressed format for RF spectrum knowledge sharing between Electronic Support (ES) systems and control the deployment and operation of Electronic ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
USAF Pre-release STTRITARCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Wideband Antenna for RF Photonics Modules
Topic # DAF27TZ02-DV006 · DoW STTR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Design, fabricate, and experimentally test a wideband antenna solution ready to be integrated with standard RF-photonics transceiver modules. The antenna module must satisfy two key requirements. First, they should be fully compatible with ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
NAVY Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
DIRECT TO PHASE II: Frequency-Based Persistent Super Intelligence Tracking and Surveillance Capability
Topic # DON27BZ02-DV026 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Develop and demonstrate an super intelligence (SI)-driven signal processing framework that leverages high-dimensional spectral feature extraction, adaptive neural control loops, and secure human-machine teaming to detect, classify, and ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
NAVY Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
DIRECT TO PHASE II: Ultra-Low Latency Technology for Radio Applications 5G
Topic # DON27BZ02-DV027 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Develop ultra-low latency audio data obscuration techniques optimized for Internet Protocol (IP)-based communications over Fifth Generation (5G) frequency bands to enhance the resilience and operational effectiveness of Command and ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
NAVY Pre-release SBIRITARCMMC Level 2 (Self)
DIRECT TO PHASE II: Modular Software Reference Implementation for Waveforms
Topic # DON27BZ02-DV029 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Develop and demonstrate a modular software reference implementation of a government-specified tactical waveform on a Digital Transceiver to establish an open architecture that leverages novel processing to transition from legacy ...

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027
NAVY Pre-release SBIRCMMC Level 2 (Self)
Mobile Vehicle Forensics
Topic # DON27BZ02-NV006 · DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · released 2026-11-04

Design, develop, and demonstrate a ruggedized, field-deployable vehicle forensics device capable of non-destructive, rapid data triage and extraction.

Opens Dec 2, 2026 Opens in 20 dayscloses Jan 6, 2027