SBIR DON26BZ02-NV048 (Navy): Advanced Techniques for Enhanced Deep-Sea Object Detection and Localization for Towed Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Sonar
U.S. Department of Defense — Navy
Who can apply
Small Business. Startup
About this opportunity
Navy SBIR topic — under DoW SBIR 2026 BAA (Solicitation 26.BZ, Release 2) — Accepting submissions 2026-05-27 to 2026-06-24. Objective: Develop innovative enhancements and techniques for towed Mine Countermeasures (MCM) sonars to enable object detection and localization at increased ocean depths. Description: The Navy’s existing minehunting systems primarily use side-scan sensors to detect, classify, and localize mines resting on the sea floor. Volume search sonars are used to detect and localize mines, tethers, and anchors for moored mines tethered to the sea floor. However, the performance of these sonars is limited by the distance and depth that the sonars can sense objects. The Navy seeks to enhance the effectiveness of existing Navy Minehunting high-frequency sonar systems by increasin...