What US defense is buying this week.
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Defense Innovation Unit’s LC-ISR prize challenge wants inexpensive aerial ISR that can collect and send multi-int data over land, littoral, and maritime areas without leaning on vulnerable airfields.
NIWC Atlantic intends to issue RFP N6523626RE073 for C5ISR Acquisition, Engineering, and Integration (CAEI) production, with a virtual pre-solicitation conference on 22 Oct 2026 (registration by email required).
Sources sought for cooperative R&D partners (industry, national labs, UARCs, FFRDCs) to transition DoW lab technology in hypersonic infrared target sensing (HITS-TO).
V Corps is inviting companies — large and small, U.S. and allied — to apply for Project FLYTRAP 6.0, a US/UK c-UAS experimentation exercise in EUCOM in May 2027.
PMS 435 (Submarine Electromagnetic Systems) released a competitive Area of Interest for a Low Profile Mast and Rotational Module component prototype under Other Transaction authority. Some attachments are CUI and need a terms-of-use agreement.
DAF26BX06-DP027 asks for low-cost C-sUAS detection and recognition sensors, set up as a perimeter network for early warning of low-flying drones, including ones that do not emit RF.
DAF26BX06-DV511 (TAPPAS) is Direct-to-Phase-II work on a low-SWaP-C on-board sensing payload for local space-domain awareness — detect, track, and characterize nearby objects for self-protection and a shared tactical picture.
DAF26BX06-NV510 is about AI/ML for missile detection, warning, tracking, and reporting across GEO, MEO, and LEO.
DAF26BZ06-DV037 asks for a complete multi-function Ku-band RF system for prompt-strike weapons, designed to Critical Design Review maturity, fitting a 6-inch interior diameter.
DPA26BZ06-DV023 is a hardware-heavy RF-sensing topic: kW-class transmit, antennas that survive ~400 knots / ~40,000 ft, thermal control, and no EMI into the host aircraft.
OSW26BZ06-DV025 wants a 100% receive-only, small-form-factor X-band passive radar with SAR and GMTI.
OSW26BZ06-DV034 asks for a vision-language model that detects and classifies targets in synthetic-aperture radar imagery from sensor-independent complex data (SICD).
Request for prototype proposals under the MATAC OTA: OSD wants a scalable framework of Prototypes and Experiments Rapid Fielding Sites (PERFS) to rapidly evaluate and transition maritime and border defense technologies to the field.
NSWC Carderock is soliciting engineering and technical services to design, develop, integrate, test and maintain Synthetic Signature Generation simulation systems for Navy fleet training (submarine, navigation, surface, surveillance and on-board trainers).
NGA's Boosting Innovative GEOINT S&T BAA (HM047623BAA0001) takes concepts in foundational GEOINT, advanced phenomenologies and analytic technologies, with topic calls published under it.
Awards can be fixed-price contracts or prototype OTs.
AFRL Multi-Spectrum Defensive Electronic Warfare advanced research announcement to develop EW sensors and systems for operating in contested environments.
NIWC Pacific BAA for white papers and proposals advancing C4ISR, information operations, cyberspace operations and IT systems.
DEVCOM C5ISR Center BAA for research and technology topics in C5ISR. The topic list is in Attachment 01.
AFRL Sensors Directorate multiple-authority announcement for Autonomous Decisions, Algorithms, and Modeling, from basic research through transition.
DIA Needipedia CSO (HHM402-23-SC-0002) takes innovative ideas from traditional and non-traditional sources against DIA's published needs.
Army Contracting Command–Redstone is calling for solutions under CSO W58RGZ-26-S-C001 to onboard commercial uncrewed-system payloads, software, components, and enablers/accessories onto the UAS Marketplace.