SBIR DPA26BZ05-DV021 (DARPA): Open Architecture Platform for Underwater Vehicles for Rapid Adaptation, Collaborative Sensing, Navigation, and Autonomy
U.S. Department of Defense — DARPA
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- Posted
- Aug 6, 2026
- Closes
- Sep 23, 2026 (in 27 days)
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Small Business. Startup
About this opportunity
DARPA SBIR topic — under DoW SBIR 2026 BAA (Solicitation 26.BZ, Release 5) — Accepting submissions 2026-08-26 to 2026-09-23. Objective: Develop and demonstrate a modular, open-architecture autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) platform that enables rapid payload adaptation, scalable fleet deployment, advanced multi-vehicle collaboration, and resilient autonomous navigation. By “open-architecture” we mean open/modular both for hardware reconfiguration as well adhering to open software standards for plug-and-play sensors/comms/nav/autonomy stacks. Said AUV platform should be two-person portable, and support operations for up to 24 hours. We expect the open architecture to allow for a wide variety of sensors and payloads, enabling collaborative sensing and other commercial and defense applicati...