Science and Technology Opportunities

The Air Force Research Laboratory has released a hybrid advanced research announcement for the development of operator systems under an estimated $300 million acquisition effort.”

As a part of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s (AFOSR) technical experts foster and fund research within AFRL, universities, and industry laboratories to ensure the transition of research results to support USAF needs.

Join the large-format metal additive manufacturing challenge.

Win the AFRL challenge. Predict internal building structures with machine learning.

Login is required to view challenge details. AFWERX Challenge is where individuals, startups, small businesses, large enterprises, academics and research labs submit solutions to specific challenges that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) launches.

Agility Prime aims to bring together industry, investor, and government communities to establish safety and security standards while accelerating commercialization of this revolutionary technology.

Login is required to view topic details. For all Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) and Commercial Solutions Opportunities (CSO) associated with Solicitation 20.1/A and forward, Phase I proposals, please access the Air Force SBIR/STTR proposal tracking tool and government web portal. (Note: entreprenuers must create small business first - add link) 

Established in 1958 as part of the U.S. Department of Defense, DARPA pursues opportunities for transformational change rather than incremental advances. It does so collaboratively as part of a robust innovation ecosystem that includes academic, corporate, and governmental partners. To fulfill its mission, the Agency relies on diverse performers from throughout this ecosystem to apply multi-disciplinary approaches to both advance knowledge through basic research and create innovative technologies that address current and predicted practical problems through applied research.

A platform for solutions to further strengthen our Air Force

Solicitations play an important role in making the general public aware of funding opportunities available to the small businesses of the nation. Participating Federal Agencies post these funding opportunities on a regular periodic basis throughout the year associated to SBIR/STTR.

The research arm of the U.S. Air Force has released a pre-solicitation notice for a program aimed at enabling autonomous electromagnetic warfare operations through artificial intelligence or machine learning-powered collection and analysis of on-board data in real time.

The Air University Innovation Accelerator (AUiX) Office, through its Partnership Intermediary Agreement with MGMWERX, is seeking potential offeror submissions to survey, design, build, and install a classroom of the future!

Air University (AUiX), in collaboration with MGMWERX, seeks to pilot a collaborative and immersive learning environment at MGMWERX, Montgomery, AL, for use by Air University, the local public school system, and local colleges and universities – Project Praxium: Classroom of the Future (PPCotF). This initiative produces a model 21st century classroom as a prototype that may be implemented nation-wide between Air Force installations and their partner local communities based on the teaching and learning needs of the different schools. For Air University and its host city and partners, this initiative offers many opportunities in the areas of: 

• Leveraging stakeholder diversity towards capturing holistic learning requirements  
• Offering novel and relevant ways of learning through collaboration 
• Utilization and demonstration of new learning technologies and methods 
• Demonstrating multi-faceted and immersive collaborative learning environment methods (e.g., AR/VR, simulators, modeling & simulation, etc.) 

A grant is a way the government funds your ideas and projects to provide public services and stimulate the economy. Grants support critical recovery initiatives, innovative research, and many other programs listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA).

The Space Force is a large and complex organization consisting of many functions with similar counterparts in the commercial sector. The Space Force wishes to explore innovative technology domains with demonstrated commercial value in the non-Defense sector, i.e., through existing products/solutions, in order to obtain Space Force applications, i.e. Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions. We recognize that it is impossible for the STTR program to specifically solicit every potentially relevant technological area, thus this topic is intended to be an open call for specific ideas and technologies to include concepts or technologies that are not currently solicited (i.e. the “unknown-unknown”). It is important that potential solutions have a high probability of keeping pace with technological change. Thus, they should be closely tied to commercial technologies and solutions supporting the solution’s development. Maturation to Capstone This topic is meant for non-Defense commercial solutions to innovatively adapt to meet DoD stakeholders’ needs in a short timeframe and at a low cost.

View procurement notices from Federal contracting offices to find opportunities to bid for Federal business. These include pre-solicitation notices, solicitation notices, award notices and sole source notices.

• Air Force CSO SBIR X22.4
• Air Force CSO STTR X22.D

IMPORTANT DATES:July 25, 2022: Topic Q&A closes to new questions at 12:00 p.m. ET

August 9, 2022: CSOs close, full proposals must be submitted in DSIP no later than 12:00 p.m. ET