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Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research Research Opportunity: FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research

Name: Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research Research Opportunity: FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research
Creator: Department of Defense
Keywords: GRANT

Department of DefenseOffice of Naval Research

AI Overview

Develop advanced communications and networking technologies to enable seamless, secure connectivity for distributed naval operations across manned and unmanned platforms. Address challenges like jamming, spectrum limitations, and infrastructure constraints to support real-time command and control.

This summary is AI-generated from the official solicitation.

Key Details

Agency

Department of Defense

Funding Amount

$250,000 – $500,000

Release Date

June 16, 2026

Due Date

November 16, 2026

Official Description

The proposed topic will develop and mature Communications and Networking technologies for Naval operations.Background:A Design for Maritime Superiority (2018) describes an operational architecture for distributed maritime operations (DMO) that "... will provide accurate, timely, and analyzed information to units, warfighting groups, and fleets." A critical component of this architecture is the Naval Tactical Grid (NTG) to connect distributed units into groups and distributed gro...

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Change History

Date ChangedJul 29, 2026 at 9:05 PM