Join CFIC for an exciting deep dive into the ArCTIC in a webinar by Mr. Ryan Rappold. He is a seasoned cyberspace operations and intelligence professional with over 25 years of experience leading strategic, operational, and tactical initiatives for the U.S. Army.

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Event: 05 Nov 2026

Office of Small Business Programs Networking Event 2026

SOFWERX, in coordination with the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP), will provide a networking opportunity for Small Businesses with capabilities that support National Security Interests and/or the USSOCOM mission to engage with Government Stakeholders, Prime Contractors, and Investors in the form of "Speed Dating."

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Commercialization Opportunity

Explosive Threat Mitigation Unit

PORTABLE, COST-EFFECTIVE CONTAINMENT AND BLAST MITIGATION FOR SMALL EXPLOSIVE THREATS.

When security personnel identify a potential explosive device, they can use a steel box to contain it until the threat can be assessed and mitigated. However, steel boxes are bulky and heavy, which hinders the rapid and secure containment of potential explosives.

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Discover Your Perfect Opportunity Match in the Ratio Marketplace

Ready to see how well your company aligns with real opportunities? The Ratio Marketplace now makes it effortless. With our new AI Match Percentage, you can compare your Company Profile—including your products, services, and strengths—against opportunities posted by customers, federal contracts, and grants.

Upcoming Events

Connector Series: Demystifying the ArCTIC

04 Nov 2026

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Office of Small Business Programs Networking Event 2026

05 Nov 2026

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LANDWERX Tech Thursdays

LANDWERX, a non-profit organization partnered with Landus Cooperative, is a platform to bring together innovators and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to solve Farmer-Owner challenges.

Every Thursday

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Ratio Marketplace: what's in it for you?

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Advantages of a Ratio Ecosystem:

Boosted awareness
Improved participation
Accelerated problem-solving
Enhanced collaboration and networking
Public relations benefits
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Access to specialized expertise (new talents and capabilities)

Commercialization Opportunities

Measurement System and Methods of Measuring a Reflection Coefficient

Researchers at the Transportation Security Laboratory have invented the Measurement System and Methods of Measuring a Reflection Coefficient (MSMMRC) to address challenges with the setup and calibration of an apparatus to perform dielectric measurements

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Rescue Basket

An improved rescue basket to be used in search and rescue operations capable of safely, holding two adults and drastically improving recovery time in an environment where every second counts.

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Optical Flight Motion Simulator

A cost effective and compact method of enhancing performance of a 5-axis Flight Motion Simulator (FMS). A series of angularly varying elements, referred to as “Risley elements” are used to provide a changing angle of incidence to the test article while maintaining a fixed field of view of the projector provide high angular accuracy and high-speed performance.

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Scalable Body Armor System

Modular body armor system allows exchange of soft or hard panels based on situation needs. Traditional body armor used by law enforcement is usually worn under an officer's clothes and contains handgun-rated ballistic panels.

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Peel-and-Adhere Photonic Crystal

A low-cost photonic crystal film that can be fastened to a curved or flat surface by an adhesive substance for the purpose of altering the optical properties of the surface.

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High Resolution Enhancement for 3D LiDAR Systems

The actuated, 3-D spinning sensor device can be added to a LIDAR system to create high resolution 3-D composite images.

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Hexagonal Efficient Coordinated System (HECS)

HECS, an AFRL/RW patent that enables production of higher resolution digital images by utilizing a hexagonal formation. The enhanced images are able to retain their original file size and thus do not require additional storage space.

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Collection Chamber for Scent Detection

A concept for a contactless sample collection system that would use concentrated particle and vapor capture for improved scent detection by K-9S

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USAF96 Steel

AFRL/RW has developed a Low Alloy High Performance Steel commonly referred to as “USAF-96”. This carbon steel composition does not contain Tungsten (W) or Cobalt (Co) and contains low amounts of Nickel (Ni) and can be manufactured through a variety of standard, commercial production techniques, including air-melt production.

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Plasmonic-Photonic Biomimicking Sensor for Airborne Agent Detection

AFRL/RW has modeled a small form factor, reusable sensor to detect the presence of various airborne agents. This novel technology is an alternate approach to the “smellicoptor” that was designed to use moth antennas to detect airborne chemicals.

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Magnetic Breakaway Mount for Tools & Equipment

The magnetic breakaway mount provides ready access to tools while increasing safety if tools caught on environmental hazards.

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Touch-Based Tracking System and Method

AFRL/RW has developed a touch-based tracking system and method which allows real-time fusion of data from human and machine sources, filtered through a graphical user interface (GUI) to enable target tracking in a complex environment.

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USAF96 Steel

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Open Innovation Opportunities

SBIR 26.BZ Release 6: Resilient Integrated Photonic Transport in Denied Environments (RIPTIDE)

The objective of this topic is to develop applied research toward an innovative capability that provides resilient, jam-resistant communications and cooperative navigation for distributed Group three (3) unmanned aerial system (UAS) formations operating in Global Positioning System (GPS)-denied environments across a theater scale formation spanning two hundred (200) to three hundred (300) nautical miles over feature-sparse terrain. The proposed free-space photonic crosslinks will simultaneously provide low probability of intercept and low probability of detection (LPI/LPD) data transport, precision time transfer, optical direction finding, and ranging.

SOFWERX

Submit NLT 10/21/2026

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PEO-FW FANTOM Behavior Integration (A2E)

SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM Program Executive Office Fixed Wing (PEO-FW), will host an Assessment Event to identify potential vendors to integrate existing or propose new autonomy behaviors into the government owned Framework of Autonomous Networked Tactical Open Modules (FANTOM) Autonomy Software using the provided FANTOM Core Software Development Kit (SDK). This event aims to accelerate capability insertion for multi platform, multi payload uncrewed systems operating within the Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E) ecosystem.

SOFWERX

Submit NLT 11/05/2026

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Emergency Closure System for Winfield Locks and Dam

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) invites solutions to support the engineering design of an emergency closure system for Winfield Locks and Dam in Winfield, West Virginia. This effort aims to develop a deployable closure system capable of halting uncontrolled flow during a primary roller gate failure while operating within existing site constraints and load handling capabilities.

ERDCWERX

Submit NLT 10/23/2026

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Innovative Technology Insertion of Advanced HPC Systems

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) seeks innovative solutions to establish a new high-performance computing (HPC) system acquisition and support services model that leverages industry best practices to transform how the HPCMP procures, operates, and maintains its newest HPC systems for 2027.

ERDCWERX

Submit NLT 10/23/2026

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Construction Engineering Research Laboratory CSO

This Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) contains broadly defined areas of interest for ERDC’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) and intends to obtain innovative solutions or potential new capabilities in support of Infrastructure Science and Engineering (ISE) and Operational Science and Engineering (OSE).

ERDCWERX

Submit NLT 10/30/2026

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Transformative Expandable Modular Data Center

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is seeking commercial solutions capable of providing the critical facility infrastructure required to host advanced High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) systems in a flexible, scalable, and pre-manufactured environment.

ERDCWERX

Submit NLT 10/30/2026

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Civil Works CSO

This CSO contains broadly defined Strategic Focus Areas, however more specific individual program requirements may be amended in the future. The Strategic Focus Areas are intentionally broad in nature, generally have no known funding specifically available, and will be posted under this CSO on an open-continuous basis for one (1) year from the date of original posting.

ERDCWERX

Submit NLT 12/31/2026

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Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory CSO

This Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) contains broadly defined areas of interest for ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and intends to obtain innovative solutions or potential new capabilities in support of challenges facing Warfighters and the nation in cold and complex regions.

ERDCWERX

Submit NLT 12/31/2026

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Continuous open submissions: