SBIR DAF26BZ02-DV013 (Air Force): Modernization of Flash X-Ray Simulated Environments
U.S. Department of Defense — Air Force
Who can apply
Small Business. Startup
About this opportunity
Air Force SBIR topic — under DoW SBIR 2026 BAA (Solicitation 26.BZ, Release 2) — Accepting submissions 2026-05-27 to 2026-06-24. Objective: The program goal under the offered D2P2 topic is to design and build two new flash x-ray test capabilities. To reduce cost, both would be built on non-functioning capability platforms (CXS and PI 538 flash x-ray) with completely new output profiles. The CXS would be redesigned as a cold x-ray source. The PI 538 would be redesigned to reduce the Full-Width-Half-Max (FWMH) pulse width. For both machines, perform an evaluation of components that could be replaced using different materials for targets, switches, or resistors, etc. This could increase operational time between maintenance cycles, allowing for higher annual operating capacity. Both proposed c...