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SBIR/STTR programs Reauthorized
Following congressional reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transition (STTR) programs, the Department of War (DOW) is moving forward immediately with new funding opportunities for American small businesses.
The following solicitations are now published:
SBIR 25.4 BAA/ STTR 25.D BAA Release 12 - OPEN for proposal submissions
FY2026 SBIR& STTR Solicitations, Release 1 - PRE-RELEASE
Review the full solicitation documents on the "Solicitation Documents & Instructions" page. Please note that revisions to the solicitation are anticipated, based on programmatic changes required in the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act. Subscribe to the DSIP Listserv and monitor DSIP for announcement of revised solicitations.
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Autonomous ship startup Saronic raises $1.75 billion in race to modernize U.S. military
Published Tue, Mar 31 20265:00 AM EDTUpdated 43 Min Ago
Autonomous ship startup Saronic said Tuesday that it’s raised $1.75 billion as it ramps up production to meet mounting U.S. military demand for newer and cheaper defense capabilities.
Saronic plans to use the funding to scale its supply chain and shipyards, and build more than 20 ships a year by 2027. The company is potentially building its new shipyard, dubbed Port Alpha, in Texas, according to the Austin Business Journal.
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Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence (NCARAI)
Areas of Research
NCARAI has several research sections, including the Intelligent Systems section, the Adaptive Systems section, the Interactive Systems section, and the Perceptual Systems section. While NCARAI is organized into discrete sections, much of the work is interdisciplinary and scientists across these sections work together on research projects.
https://www.nrl.navy.mil/itd/aic/
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How does the Air Force confront STRATEGIC RISKS related to conducting LOGISTICS in CONTESTED ENVIRONMENTS?
Contested logistics is a term describing an environment in which an adversary presents challenges in all domains and directly targets logistics, operations, facilities and activities in the United States and abroad, or in transit from one location to the other. To remain ready to face threats posed by peer adversaries. General David W. Allvin, the Air Force chief of staff, emphasizes four core areas that urgently demand our attention; how we develop people, generate readiness, project power and develop capabilities.
In this issue of Airman Magazine, we look at some of the ways the U.S. Air Force is prioritizing logistics as a cornerstone of an integrated defense and the contributions of commands in multiple domains and building a more resilient, agile and responsive logistics enterprise.
https://www.airmanmagazine.af.mil/Issues/Contested-Logistics/ - Your copy should address 3 key questions: Who am I writing for (audience)? Why should they care (benefit)? What do I want them to do (call-to-action)?
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Defense Material Disposition in a Contested Logistics Environment
The emerging joint operating environment (JOE) is characterized by an erosion of U.S. military competitive advantages as adversaries obtain technologically advanced capabilities at a faster pace than ever before to deny, disrupt, and degrade our nation’s ability to protect itself and advance national interests. This is resulting in unique and complex challenges for military forces engaging in a wide range of operational activities across the competition continuum.1 The most vulnerable advantage the U.S. military has over its adversaries in contested environments is the Joint Logistics Enterprise (JLEnt), which has the purpose to “project and sustain military power, enable global reach, and provide a full range of flexible and responsive options to joint force commanders.”2 As adversarial competition increases and expands throughout the conflict continuum the JLEnt becomes more tenuous. Especially in situations that require intensive logistics support when resources are declining, and supply lines are increasing. The JLEnt is a center of gravity for adversaries to aggressively and continuously contest today to affect essential capabilities to project and sustain our military power across the globe tomorrow.
https://www.dla.mil/About-DLA/News/News-Article-View/Article/4347535/defense-material-disposition-in-a-contested-logistics-environment/
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Pentagon Elevates Quantum Tech to Core of Future Battlefield Strategy
The department said the quantum category focuses on building communications and navigation tools that can withstand jamming and interference on contested terrain. Pentagon officials have warned for more than a decade that GPS and traditional radio signals — cornerstones of modern military operations — are increasingly vulnerable to disruption by adversaries with electronic warfare capabilities.
The new priority calls for improving long-standing radio-frequency systems while accelerating work on quantum sensors and quantum-based communications.
https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/11/18/pentagon-elevates-quantum-tech-to-core-of-future-battlefield-strategy/
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The Most Important Defense Technology of the Next Decade Isn’t What You Think. It’s Quantum.
“Information advantage starts with quantum”
The War Department’s new framework recognizes that legacy systems were built for an era when U.S. forces could operate with little interference.
That era is over.
https://infleqtion.com/americas-quantum-moment/
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Army and Navy Continue Tests of Hypersonic Missile
The U.S. Army's Portfolio Acquisition Executive Fires, in partnership with the U.S. Navy's Portfolio Acquisition Executive Strategic Systems Programs, conducted a successful launch of a common hypersonic missile from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on March 26, 2026.
The Army and Navy partnership to field a common hypersonic missile across land- and sea-based platforms supports the National Defense Strategy by accelerating timelines, reducing costs, and delivering a highly survivable capability to defeat time-sensitive, heavily defended, and high-value targets at speeds exceeding Mach 5.
https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4450358/army-and-navy-continue-tests-of-hypersonic-missile/
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A Journey from Almighty Threat to Intelligible Risk
According to a lot of open-source publications found in the internet and emphasized by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 4 January 2023, hypersonic capabilities are a force to be reckoned with or even a “game changer” when applied to the stability of the overall international security situation.1
Although hypersonic capabilities are not new, and related technology has been researched since the 1930s, it was almost a century from the first wind tunnel tests of the German “Silbervogel” project to a fielded hypersonic weapon system like Russia’s “Avangard” (claimed operational in December 2019).2
Within NATO, hypersonic capabilities are considered an emerging and disruptive technology, which emphasizes hypersonic capabilities’ evolving nature.
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/March-2024/Hypersonic-Capabilities/
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Capability Program Executive Ammunition & Energetics
2026 Product Portfolio Book – 428 pages – *Excellent deep dive information for companies in this space.
Mission: Develop, procure, and field lethal armaments and ammunition providing Joint Warfighters and Allied Partners with overmatch capability.
https://jpeoaa.army.mil/
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