Rapid Prototyping and Flight Demonstration of Medium-Range Affordable Mass Munition Air Vehicle Configurations for Collaborative Combat Aircraft and Fighter Platforms

Develop prototype medium-range air-to-air missile solutions that reduce cost, physical size, and weight to enable higher magazine-capacity loadouts in fighter and collaborative combat aircraft weapons bays. The goal is to increase available firepower and mass-fires capability during high-intensity engagements against advanced peer threats in contested environments where current inventory missiles are too large and expensive to support sufficient density.

Aerospace and defense contractors with expertise in missile design, flight systems integration, and rapid prototyping. Applicants should have experience integrating weapons systems into fighter platforms and collaborative combat aircraft, and capability to conduct flight demonstrations.

1. 1Technical feasibility of achieving reduced size/cost while maintaining medium-range capability
2. 2Demonstrated ability to integrate into existing fighter and CCA weapons bays
3. 3Prototype maturity and readiness for rapid flight demonstration
4. 4Cost reduction metrics compared to current inventory systems
5. 5Operational effectiveness in contested, high-intensity engagement scenarios
6. 6Schedule and resource realism

Unknown (specific submission portal, format requirements, and page limits not provided in available materials). Submit via official DoD challenge mechanism; biweekly rolling reviews begin July 17, 2026.