AUTOMATED COUNTER-UAS EXPEDITIONARY SOLUTIONS (ACES)_RFI
Contract Opportunity Analysis
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation, under the Department of the Air Force, has issued a Request for Information for Automated Counter-UAS Expeditionary Solutions to identify point-defense options against small unmanned aerial systems. The effort seeks mature or rapidly maturing low-cost, rapidly fieldable, fully automated end-to-end counter-UAS systems that can execute the detect-to-defeat sequence with minimal human intervention. Desired capabilities include multi-modal sensing, automated command and control with AI/ML, low-cost defeat mechanisms, rapid deployment, and an open system architecture to protect fixed and semi-fixed sites such as airbases, forward operating bases, and critical infrastructure, with the place of performance listed as Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Responses are due April 7, 2026, the RFI is for informational purposes only and will not result in a contract award, and the primary contact is Jennifer Skalski.