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Agentic AI Based Cognitive Radar for GEOINT Mission

Department of DefenseOSD

AI Overview

This RFP seeks development of an agentic AI-based cognitive radar system that autonomously adapts its operating parameters to sense environmental conditions and optimize waveform transmission. The solution aims to enhance GEOINT mission resilience by enabling radar systems to function effectively in adversarial or interference-heavy environments without human intervention.

This summary is AI-generated from the official solicitation.

Key Details

Agency
Department of Defense
Funding Amount
—
Release Date
September 2, 2026
Due Date
October 21, 2026

Official Description

Agentic AI enables autonomous control of expert systems for desired information gathering or completing a task. Compared to the general AI systems, an agentic AI system can make its decision by sensing the environment autonomously without relying on human input. Hence, agentic AI is desired for many expert systems such as self-driving car (Tesla) and many other systems. In this research, we are seeking development of an agentic AI based cognitive radar system for next generation, resilient radar...

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Change History

Q&A UpdatedOct 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM

Material change · Requirements + Description + Eligibility

Agentic AI Based Cognitive Radar for GEOINT Mission

The Q&A section has new content: Q2 through Q5 were added, and Q1 is unchanged from the previous version.

  • Q2 (SINR metric definition): Asks for the units and reference for the 70%-to-95% SINR figures. The answer says SINR is "loosely defined," with mitigation techniques expected to improve performance under interference. No quantitative definition was given, so applicants should define their own metric and state it in the proposal.
  • Q3 and Q4 (clearances): Both confirm the prime and subcontractors should hold the required clearances, with the answer calling security "a prime issue." Subcontracting to cleared partners is not ruled out, but applicants should show that cleared personnel and facilities are covered.
  • Q5 (GMTI scope and bands): Clarifies that targets can be ground, air, or maritime, not only ground-level. Other radar bands besides X-Band are acceptable.

Why it matters: the SINR answer leaves a key performance metric open, and the clearance answers mean teaming arrangements need to be planned before submission.

Q&A UpdatedOct 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM

Informational change · Description + Requirements

Agentic AI Based Cognitive Radar for GEOINT Mission

  • New Q&A added (detection and classification metric): A question asks whether the "under 70% to 95%" improvement target refers to probability of detection at a fixed false-alarm rate, target classification accuracy, an image-quality or resolution measure (such as NIIRS or impulse-response width), or a combination, and how each will be scored.
  • Agency answer: The 95% figure refers to general detection improvement. A fixed false-alarm rate is an acceptable way to express it. Image-quality improvement or degradation may be measured using the Radar Generalized Image Quality Improvement Equation (RGIQE), with gains that could lead to better classification accuracy.

Why it matters: Applicants can now measure performance using a fixed false-alarm rate for detection and RGIQE for image quality, rather than having to guess which metric is scored. Proposals should state their detection metric and false-alarm rate explicitly, and tie any RGIQE-based image-quality gains to the classification-accuracy claims.

Status ChangedSep 23, 2026 at 1:05 PM

Informational change · Status

Agentic AI Based Cognitive Radar for GEOINT Mission

Status changed from status: Pre-Release to status: Open.

Opportunity AddedSep 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM

Agentic AI Based Cognitive Radar for GEOINT Mission

New opportunity: Agentic AI Based Cognitive Radar for GEOINT Mission

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