Anomalous Behavior Detection and Alerting for Congested Maritime Environments
SBIR Opportunity Analysis
The U.S. Navy is seeking an SBIR solution under DON26BZ03-NV063 to develop automated Pattern of Life analysis for congested maritime environments to detect anomalous and potentially threatening surface and air contacts. The work calls for a 360-degree capability that uses common shipboard data such as AIS, ADS-B, and radar-derived contacts to flag suspicious behavior and generate operator alerts with track details, machine reasoning, and confidence assessments. Proposed concepts must work without large stored historical datasets, use explainable methods, and include a notional architecture for integration with the Ship Self-Defense System and its displays; Phase II work may become classified and requires U.S.-owned, U.S.-operated contractor eligibility with the ability to obtain and maintain secret clearances. The opportunity is pre-release, opens June 24, 2026, and closes July 22, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. UTC, with the listing identifying the source as the DoD SBIR/STTR topics site.