2026 SBIR & STTR Opportunities
Vertx Partners has collected all available Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) opportunities released by the Department of War and Air Force. This page serves as a hub for solicitation info for the current SBIR/STTR period.
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Current Solicitations
U.S. Air Force
Integrated S&T Insight and Co-Investment Decision Support Platform
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Space-Based Interceptors for Boost-Phase Missile Defense in the Endo-Atmospheric Region
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Space-Based Interceptors for Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Threats
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Secure Multi-Source Data Fusion Environment for pLEO Constellations
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Technology Maturation to Support Commercial De-Orbit as a Service for pLEO Constellations
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Knowledge-Guided Test and Evaluation Frameworks for proliferated Low Earth Orbit Constellations
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Affordable IR Sensors for Proliferated LEO Missile Tracking Constellation
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
U.S. Army
Affordable Ka-Band Metamaterial-Based Electronically Scanned Array Radar for Test and Training
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Li-ion 6T Battery Focused Open Topic
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBD)
Complex Geometries for Extended Wear Respirators Towards Regenerable Particulate Matter Protection
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Novel Sampling Tickets for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) of Chemical and Biological (CB) Threat Materials
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Integrated Deployable Microsensors for Chemical Detection
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Far Forward Manufacturing of CBRN Sensors
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
OPEN TOPIC – Tactical CB Visualization
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Shelf-Stable Nucleic Acid Synthesis Reagents for Field-Deployable Diagnostics
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
OPEN TOPIC – Expeditionary Biologics-on-Demand (BOND)
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Microphysiological systems to Assess Pretreatment Immunogenicity and Efficacy (MAGPIE)
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA)
RF Frontend Design (RFE) on Gallium Nitride on Silicon (GaN-on-Si) Open Topic
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Novel Technologies for CWMD and Related Threats – Open Topic
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
Acoustic-based UAS Rainbow Oscillation Refraction Architecture (AURORA)
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Silencing with Acoustic Rainbow Emitters (SWARE)
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Assessing Security of Encrypted Messaging Applications (ASEMA)
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Pulsed High-power Laser Accelerators to Study radiation Hardening (PHLASH)
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Unbiased Behavioral Discovery Platforms
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
ALIAS Missionized Autonomy for Emergency Services – SBIR XL
Open Date: January 21, 2026
Close Date: February 11, 2026
Important Notes
There are three key “windows” you should be aware of. The Pre-Release, Open Date, and Close Date.
Pre-Release: A pre-release is a window of time that you may speak to the government customers about the innovative technology/product you propose to develop. Your goal during these conversations is to clearly understand if the government customer wants what you are presenting to them.
Open Date: All communication with the government about a given solicitation must stop at the open date. Interested parties are expected to have their given solicitation locked down by this open date and should begin working on their proposal.
Close Date: Your proposal should be submitted by the close date. No proposals are accepted past this date.
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