Active Government Funding Opportunities

Modeling, simulation, and analysis R&D for air superiority concepts evaluation using multi-level engineering and campaign-level digital simulation.

Missile guidance and control R&D including robust guidance algorithms, seeker technologies, reinforcement learning, and advanced autopilot design.

Biological agent detection technology development for field-deployable point-of-detection systems and rapid identification.

Develop smoke and obscurant technologies for military operations with enhanced performance and operational capability.

Develop advanced respiratory protection equipment and technologies for CBRNE defense with improved performance and usability.

AI and machine learning R&D for swarm autonomy of networked collaborative weapons with deep learning approaches for target reconciliation in dynamic battlespace.

Army autonomy, guidance, navigation, and control R&D for autonomous munitions. Areas include long-range precision guidance, collaborative control, GPS-denied navigation, and machine intelligence.

Design and development of high velocity fuzing systems including Electronic Safe and Arm devices. Research focuses on miniaturized Target Detection Devices and Guidance Integrated Fuzing for high closure velocity intercepts.

Development of innovative aircraft integration technologies addressing physical, electrical, and logical interfaces. Focus on integration solutions for air dominance weapon systems and combat platforms.

Investigation of missile power electronics and thermal management for air-to-air systems. Research emphasizes miniaturization of power conversion, advanced battery technologies, and compact guidance electronics.

Army manufacturing technology R&D including additive manufacturing and 3D-Technical Data Package integration. Focus on barrel life extension, coatings, and intelligent machining.

Army advanced materials research for weapons and munitions including alloys, composites, ceramics, and additively manufactured materials. Focus on weight reduction and hypersonic applications.

Research target defeat technology applications for counter-CBRNE and defensive operations.

Army AI assurance research including algorithms, deep learning robustness, and adversarial attack mitigation. Focuses on model interpretability, data certification, and AI system acceptance standards.

Plasma physics and chemistry investigation across collisional to magnetized states. Research on plasma-catalysis interactions and energetic materials applications.

Develop advanced microsensor technologies for CBRNE detection and defense applications with enhanced sensitivity and miniaturization.

Develop decontamination technologies and methods for rapid removal of CBRNE agents from personnel, equipment, and environments.

Research in Find-Fix-Target-Track and datalink technologies for threat detection and air-to-air missile coordination. Development includes conformal antennas, alternative waveforms, and swarming applications.

Development of Engagement Management systems for contested environments to maximize aircraft survivability. Systems integrate with aircraft platforms for autonomous countermeasure response and keep-out zone management.

Development of advanced warhead technologies including blast effects, reactive materials, and novel target defeat mechanisms. Research focuses on robust, affordable air-launched munitions meeting insensitive munitions requirements.

Advanced missile flight control actuator R&D including miniaturized high-speed actuation, articulating radomes, and adaptive airframe control technologies.

Munitions carriage and release technology R&D for high-density weapon bay integration with multi-missile carrying capacity and advanced communications.

Find-Fix-Target-Track and datalink technology R&D for air-to-air threat detection, discrimination, and missile swarm communication systems.

Engagement management system R&D for autonomous decision-making in contested environments with threat response optimization and aircrew collaboration.

Conventional and conceptual warhead technology R&D for optimized target defeat while meeting insensitive munitions requirements.