DOD · MDA Pre-Release SBIR · Direct to Phase II
MDA27BZ02-DV008

Virtualization Bridge for Kubernetes: Enabling Complex Legacy Applications

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

Randy Shirts

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

  • Information Systems

Modernization Priorities

  • Advanced Computing and Software
  • Integrated Network Systems-of-Systems
  • Trusted AI and Autonomy

Keywords

  • Kubernetes virtualization
  • legacy applications
  • infrastructure-as-code
  • secure access
  • multi-user deployment
  • air-gapped environments
  • container-native virtualization

Objective Summary

Develop a repeatable implementation pattern for running difficult-to-containerize software inside Kubernetes, beginning with legacy simulation and analysis tools and expanding to niche planning frameworks and complex “digital twins” within air-gapped, high-security environments. The goal is to reduce reliance on isolated physical workstations or manually managed Virtual Machines (VMs), improve repeatability through Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and facilitate integration with Kubernetes-hosted services such as object storage, databases, logging, monitoring, artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI/ML), workflow engines, and secure access.

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

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