SBIR DAF26BX02-NV500 (Air Force): Scalable Wide-Field-of-View Electro-Optical Payloads for GEO Space Domain Awareness
U.S. Department of Defense — Air Force
Who can apply
Small Business. Startup
About this opportunity
Air Force SBIR topic — under DoW SBIR 2026 CSO (Solicitation 26.BX, Release 2) — Accepting submissions 2026-05-27 to 2026-06-24. Objective: The objective of this Phase I effort is to conduct a feasibility study of a commercially derived, Wide-Field-of-View (WFOV) Electro-Optical (EO) payload concept to support persistent Space Domain Awareness (SDA) in the geostationary (GEO) belt. Existing SDA capabilities, such as the joint National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) — United States Space Force (USSF) SILENTBARKER mission, provide a reference point for current approaches to GEO object detection, custody, and indications and warning. This topic seeks to explore commercially derived WFOV EO payload concepts that could inform future enhancements to space-based SDA capabilities beyond the current s...