DOD · Air Force Pre-Release SBIR · Direct to Phase II
DAF27BZ02-DV020

Long-Range, Expendable Autonomous Air Vehicle for Distributed Effects in Contested Environments

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

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

Modernization Priorities

  • Trusted AI and Autonomy

Keywords

  • Long-Range UAS
  • Expendable Aircraft
  • Attritable Aircraft
  • Autonomous Aircraft
  • One-Way Effects
  • Distributed Effects
  • Modular Payloads
  • GNSS-Denied
  • Collaborative Navigation
  • Resilient PNT
  • Low-Cost Air Vehicle
  • Scalable Manufacturing

Objective Summary

Develop, integrate, flight-test, and demonstrate an affordable, expendable autonomous air “One-Way Attack” (OWA) vehicle capable of delivering a mission-relevant payload over operational ranges of 400 nautical miles threshold to 1,200 nautical miles at varying ranges in between while operating in communications-degraded and GNSS-degraded or denied environments.

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

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Topic details summarized from the official DoW SBIR/STTR solicitation. The full solicitation text, phase descriptions, evaluation criteria and submission requirements are published by the Department of War at dodsbirsttr.mil. Defense Grant Writers does not host or reproduce solicitation content.