DIRECT TO PHASE II: Advanced Damage Criticality Analysis
SBIR Opportunity Analysis
The U.S. Navy is seeking a Direct to Phase II SBIR solution for an advanced passive structural health monitoring system that can identify, locate, and characterize ship hull defects and crack growth in real time. The work calls for developing and delivering a prototype hardware, software, or firmware solution using novel or advanced technologies to monitor large hull areas and provide automated, actionable assessments of defect severity. The Navy is prioritizing physics-based approaches that avoid qualitative assumptions and can perform reliably amid ship background noise with minimal false positives or negatives. Offerors must provide Phase I feasibility documentation showing prior development of the technology, and proposals are due by June 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC.