SBIR DAF27BZ02-DV019 (Air Force): Collaborative Autonomous UAS for Distributed Non-Kinetic Effects
U.S. Department of Defense — Air Force
- Posted
- Nov 13, 2026
- Closes
- Jan 6, 2027 (in 54 days)
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About this opportunity
Air Force SBIR topic — Accepting submissions 2026-12-02 to 2027-01-06. Traditional non-kinetic capabilities can be constrained by platform availability, cost, survivability, operator workload, communications requirements, and centralized mission architectures. Distributed autonomous UAS create the opportunity to separate the mission effect from a single exquisite platform and distribute sensing, decision-making, communications, and payload employment across multiple lower-cost aircraft. The Government seeks modular technologies enabling Group 2/3 UAS and similarly expendable autonomous aircraft to collaboratively carry and employ Government-approved non-kinetic payloads while operating under a human-on-the-loop command architecture. Potential mission functions may include lawful and autho...