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429 federal contract opportunities classified as defense research.
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The Department of the Air Force has issued a special notice providing a white paper process flow and template for industry vendors interested in weapon-system opportunities involving reverse engineering and/or repair development. The notice shares submission guidance; it does not describe a specific procurement or awar…
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This is a Department of the Navy justification associated with reference N0003026R3041. The notice provides no description of the requirement, acquisition method, or deliverables, so the scope and whether the procurement includes products cannot be determined.
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The Missile Defense Agency’s NOBLE announcement provides access to open solicitations for buying layered effects. The announcement itself does not describe specific requirements, deliverables, deadlines, or acquisition procedures; bidders should review the linked solicitations for those details.
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The Navy is seeking non-proprietary expressions of interest from industry teams for an upcoming competition under 10 U.S.C. § 4022 Other Transaction authority. The planned work will develop an SSN(X) system arrangement concept and integrate it into a hydrostatically balanced whole-ship submarine concept design. EOI res…
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The Navy’s NIWC Pacific intends to award a firm-fixed-price, sole-source order to Pennsylvania State University for noncommercial research and development services. Work includes fabricating and characterizing two-dimensional materials and prototyping devices for low-size, weight, and power event-based vision sensors t…
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AFRL’s Enterprise Commercial Solutions Opening establishes an overarching framework for competitive solicitations, called Spirals, covering innovative technologies and services across AFRL mission areas. Interested vendors should locate and respond to active Spiral solicitations posted separately on SAM.gov. Awards may…
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The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center is seeking prototype concept white papers under a continuously open, competitive Broad Other Transaction Authority Announcement focused on Military Engineering and Engineered Resilient Systems. Offerors may submit against any stated focus area, with evaluation base…
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DARPA provides advance notice of future Quantum Computing – Applications Workshops intended to assess the commercial impact of utility-scale quantum computers. A future Request for Information describing the workshops will be posted on SAM.gov. This special notice does not itself solicit proposals or establish workshop…
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The Air Force Research Laboratory’s PACER BAA seeks proposals for studies of novel concepts and research and development to mature aerospace technologies to appropriate technology readiness levels. This two-step, open BAA with calls supports AFRL/RA’s mission to develop transformative aerospace capabilities for the war…
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The Air Force Research Laboratory and U.S. Air Force School of Medicine CHEERS Multiple Authority Announcement supports research and technology maturation across human effectiveness science and technology areas. It uses multiple acquisition authorities and associated calls, including BAA, experimental-purpose, and comm…
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The Naval Research Laboratory intends to award a sole-source purchase order to the University of Alabama in Huntsville for SFRJ fuel grain hot-fire testing. The notice is not a solicitation, but interested parties may submit capability information showing that competition would benefit the Government. The procurement u…
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The U.S. Space Force seeks innovative commercial technologies, products, and services to improve Space Domain Awareness, including detecting, characterizing, and predicting space activities and improving SDA data. This small-business set-aside CSO uses AOI-specific, multi-phase submissions, beginning with an unclassifi…
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The Air Force seeks whitepapers from AEDC Velocity Alliance Consortium performers and industry partners for engineering, technical, and integration support to modernize the PNT and NAVWAR simulation laboratory at Holloman AFB. The effort will replace obsolete equipment and software under a 10 U.S.C. § 4022 OTA. The sta…
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The Department of the Air Force posted an industry day notice associated with the NextGen IACMAC and identified NAICS 541715. Registration is closed because the event reached venue capacity, and virtual attendance is not available. The Government has no immediate plans to hold another industry day; any future event inf…
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DARPA is holding a Proposers Day for the Cattle Run program on November 10, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at its conference center in Arlington, Virginia. The event will explain the program, answer questions from potential proposers, and support discussion and teaming. This is an informational event, not a solicita…
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DARPA’s 2027 Young Faculty Award program funds innovative research by early-career faculty and equivalent researchers at nonprofit research institutions. The program seeks rising researchers, especially those without prior DARPA funding, whose work could enable transformative Department of War capabilities and advance …
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The Naval Research Laboratory is seeking industry capabilities for TETHER, a follow-on research and development effort advancing femtosecond-level timing and frequency technologies, large apertures, clock ensembles, and associated radio frequency and infrared systems. Interested firms should submit a capability stateme…
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The Navy’s Naval Research Laboratory is soliciting proposals for research, development, test, and evaluation support for the Center for Corrosion Science and Engineering. The solicitation lists a proposal deadline of November 6, 2026, which supersedes the earlier date on the SF-33. Vendor questions are due within 15 da…
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DARPA will hold an in-person Proposers Day for the Protein Palace program on November 17, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET at the Executive Conference Center in Arlington, Virginia. DARPA anticipates releasing the program solicitation before the event on SAM.gov. This special notice announces the event; it does not…
VA
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The Army is soliciting solutions briefs for a competitive CAML-Lite prototype effort under 10 U.S.C. § 4022, with the intent to award prototype Other Transaction Agreements. Selected respondents will be invited to submit proposals. The submission deadline is October 26, 2026, at 7:00 a.m. Central Time.
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