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.
AFLCMC posted Call 001 against its Small UAS & Asymmetric Capabilities commercial solutions opening.
The Federal Highway Administration posted a sources-sought notice titled “AI-Enabled Incident Response System with sUAS and Human Copilots (AIRS-COP).” The public SAM.gov page does not reprint the statement of work; it points to an attachment.
DAF26BX06-DV026 is a Direct-to-Phase-II open topic.
OSW26TZ06-NV008 is an STTR on bio-inspired underwater teams.
SOC26BZ06-DV006 (RIPTIDE) is Direct-to-Phase-II work on resilient integrated photonic transport in denied environments — optical links that carry timing and navigation across a formation when RF is ugly.
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AFLCMC’s ISR & SOF Asymmetric Warfare Division is asking industry how to provide agile, comprehensive contractor support for an operational fleet of small UAS.
The Navy's Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Robotics and Autonomous Systems announces a forthcoming Area of Interest for Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle Phase II integration and testing, seeking vessel construction, autonomy and perception expertise.
Transformation and Training Command and Army Applications Laboratory posted DevX Autonomy (W911NF26S0040) as a long-term open call.
DHS’s Program Executive Office for UAS and cUAS is doing market research for the Drone Development Program.
DAF27TZ01-DV003 (FOCISAUS) is about cooperative information sharing among uncrewed air systems: pick what to send, live with bad radios, and fuse the rest into better perception.
Naval Special Warfare Command CSO for unmanned systems, including a UxS-as-a-service model and First Person View (FPV) platforms, through FAR contracts or OTs.
DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center BAA covering power and mobility, autonomous systems, force projection, survivability, electronics and architecture, and cyber engineering for ground vehicles.
AFLCMC Special Operations and ISR Directorate CSO for small UAS and asymmetric capabilities. Specific requirements are announced as calls (Call-001 closes Oct 15).
W9113M-25-S-C006 is a commercial solutions opening with three areas of interest: fixed-wing training, rotary-wing training, and unmanned aerial systems training.
PM UAS Drone Marketplace CSO, open until cancelled. Individual Calls for Solutions have their own deadlines and requirements.
Invitation to join the new Department of War Drone OTA Consortium (10 U.S.C. 4022), a channel for rapid prototyping and fielding of drone systems.
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.