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10 open opportunities — we hold the full review criteria for 10 of them. Sorted by deadline, soonest first.

OSW26BZ05-DV014 • Department of Defense — OSD

OSD OSW26BZ05-DV014 — In-Situ Metrology for Mesa-Wall Integrity in Large Format Small-Pixel Infrared Detector Array Fabrication

Develop, demonstrate, and implement a prototype functional tool with non-destructive, quick-turn, full-wafer screening capability to assess surface damage during the fabrication of small-pixel infrared detector arrays.

3 review criteria on file
amount not statedDue 2026-09-2320 days left
OSW26BZ05-DV018 • Department of Defense — OSD

OSD OSW26BZ05-DV018 — Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Radar Data Compression

g. autoencoders or transformer models) to compress raw radar data into low-bit representations for efficient storage/transmission, with reconstruction that preserves radar utility.

3 review criteria on file
amount not statedDue 2026-09-2320 days left
OSW26TZ05-NV003 • Department of Defense — OSD

OSD OSW26TZ05-NV003 — High Throughput Wafer Scale Manufacturing of Custom Achromatic Infrared Meta Optics

Develop cost effective, high throughput wafer scale manufacturing processes for custom achromatic meta optic components operating in the mid wave infrared (MWIR, 3–5 µm) or long wave infrared (LWIR, 8–14 µm) spectral bands.

3 review criteria on file
amount not statedDue 2026-09-2320 days left
OSW26BZ05-DV022 • Department of Defense — OSD

OSD OSW26BZ05-DV022 — Signal Classification and Anomaly Detection in Contested Spectral Environments

To develop and demonstrate a flexible, scalable, and robust Machine Learning (ML)-based software processers capable of running on COTS platforms to identify and classify known and unknown Radio Frequency (RF) signals in complex, contested spectral environments.

3 review criteria on file
amount not statedDue 2026-09-2320 days left
OSW26BZ05-NV016 • Department of Defense — OSD

OSD OSW26BZ05-NV016 — Desktop Instrument for Measuring Boresight Error as a Function of Incident Angle

A benchtop instrument that measures boresight error and boresight error slope as a function of window temperature, temperature gradient, and angle of incidence

3 review criteria on file
amount not statedDue 2026-09-2320 days left
OSW26BZ05-NV021 • Department of Defense — OSD

OSD OSW26BZ05-NV021 — Co-packaging Digital Readout Integrated Circuits and Photonics for Advanced Infrared Imaging

Model, design, and produce a readout integrated circuit with a photonic digital output for an infrared sensor demonstration in a cryogenic environment.

3 review criteria on file
amount not statedDue 2026-09-2320 days left
OSW26BZ05-DV023 • Department of Defense — OSD

OSD OSW26BZ05-DV023 — Quantum Sensor Gravity Data Production & Analysis for Maritime Floor Mapping

Develop a quantum sensor gravitydata production & analysis for maritime floor mapping

3 review criteria on file
amount not statedDue 2026-09-2320 days left
OSW26BZ05-DV020 • Department of Defense — OSD

OSD OSW26BZ05-DV020 — Joint Radar & Communication Waveforms

Embed information directly into transmitted radar waveforms, to lessen or remove requirements for separate communications datalinks.

3 review criteria on file
amount not statedDue 2026-09-2320 days left
OSW26BZ05-DV019 • Department of Defense — OSD

OSD OSW26BZ05-DV019 — Collaborative Distributed Swarm Radar

Develop novel signal processing methods to combine information from multiple small radar sensors such as those on unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for potential signal processing performance improvement.

3 review criteria on file
amount not statedDue 2026-09-2320 days left
OSW26BZ05-NV017 • Department of Defense — OSD

OSD OSW26BZ05-NV017 — Sensing Algorithms for Bandwidth Efficient Edge Radars (SABER)

Develop techniques for decentralized radar systems that will enable cooperative target inferences across tactical networks with N = 3 or more nodes while minimizing/optimizing required per-node effective communications bandwidth.

3 review criteria on file
amount not statedDue 2026-09-2320 days left

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