DOD · Air Force Pre-Release SBIR · Direct to Phase II
DAF27BZ02-DV018

High-Efficiency Expeditionary Group 2 and Group 3 VTOL UAS for Long-Range Distributed ISR/SOF Operations

Parent BAA: DoW SBIR 2027 BAA · Release 2
Opens
Dec 2, 2026
Closes
Jan 6, 2027
Deadline
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Component
Air Force
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Technical Point of Contact

Joseph Fernandez; Isabel Zaru-Roque

During pre-release, until the topic opens on Dec 2, 2026, you may contact the topic author directly with technical questions. After that, questions go through the Topic Q&A on DSIP.

Projected CMMC Level Requirement

Level 2 (Self)

Technology Areas

  • Air Platform
  • Sensors

Modernization Priorities

  • Trusted AI and Autonomy

Keywords

  • VTOL
  • Group 2 UAS
  • Group 3 UAS
  • ISR
  • SOF
  • Long-Endurance UAS
  • Eight-Hour Endurance
  • Runway Independent
  • Expeditionary Aviation
  • Autonomous Aircraft
  • BLOS
  • Vigilant Spirit
  • Dynamic Targeting
  • Retest
  • Reattack
  • Network Node
  • Layered Effects
  • Force Packaging
  • Non-Kinetic Effects
  • NKE
  • Electronic Support Measures
  • ESM
  • Extended Autonomy
  • Modular Payloads
  • Gas Propulsion
  • Hybrid Propulsion
  • In-Flight Recharge
  • Resilient PNT
  • Scalable Manufacturing

Objective Summary

Develop, mature, integrate, and flight-demonstrate technologies enabling an autonomous, runway-independent Group 2/3 VTOL UAS capable of persistent ISR/SOF operations, extended-duration flight, modular payload employment, resilient beyond-line-of-sight communications, and integration into distributed mission architectures.

The full objective, description, Phase I, II and III requirements and evaluation criteria are in the official topic on DSIP.

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