Commercial-Derived Insights for Novel Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking (TacSRT) Capabilities
SBIR Opportunity Analysis
The Department of Defense, through the U.S. Space Force and Department of the Air Force, is seeking Small Business Innovation Research proposals for commercial-derived insights to support Novel Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking capabilities. The core objective is to identify and demonstrate the feasibility of novel, non-missile-warning, space- and ground-enabled sensing and analytic technologies that rapidly deliver unclassified, real-time tactical insights to warfighters. Scope areas include hardware, software, multi-sensor fusion, AI/ML-driven change detection, or automated data exploitation pipelines, while missile warning, kinetic interceptors, satellite buses, and launch vehicles are strictly out of scope. This ITAR-restricted effort requires a projected Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level 2 (Self), featuring a three-month Phase I period of performance to evaluate technical feasibility followed by a Phase II effort to develop a functional prototype. Proposals must be submitted under solicitation number DAF26BX04-NV506 between the open date of July 22, 2026, and the close date of August 19, 2026.