DPA26BZ05-DV019Pre-ReleaseSBIR

Semantically-Aware ISR

Name: Semantically-Aware ISR
Creator: Department of Defense
Published: 2026-08-05T12:02:49.580751+00:00
Keywords: SBIR

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AI Overview

This RFP seeks a low-power, mission-aware semantic communication system for small unmanned aircraft that intelligently compresses ISR sensor data by 100x while preserving decision-relevant context. The system must understand operator intent, reason across spatial and temporal patterns, and transmit only essential information over severely constrained tactical communications links.

This summary is AI-generated from the official solicitation.

Key Details

Agency

Department of Defense

Funding Amount

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Release Date

August 5, 2026

Due Date

September 23, 2026

Official Description

Effective Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) in contested theaters depends on the ability to extract and transmit decision-relevant information from sensors under severely constrained communications. Modern multimodal sensor payloads, including electro-optical (EO), infrared (IR), event-camera, low-light, and platform-telemetry streams, produce data volumes orders of magnitude beyond what tactical communications links can carry, particularly when those links are degraded, inter...

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Change History

Opportunity AddedAug 5, 2026 at 12:02 PM