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1. Synthetic Training Environment (STE) Virtual Software (VSW)Engineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the ArmyPresolicitation · STE-VSW-26-0006 · 27 versions✦ The Army (ACC-APG Orlando, for the Simulation program office) is asking industry for solutions to the Synthetic Training Environment Virtual Software, a soldier training… · 3 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceOrlando, FLDue2 daysOct 13, 2026
2. Technical ServicesEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the ArmySpecial Notice · SIM-26-09-001This Special Notice is to advise interested members of the Training and Readiness Accelerator II (TReX 11), as well as other interested members within the U.S. technology base, that a Request for Solutions (RFS) has been issued by Advanced …Set-asideNonePlaceOrlando, FLDue2 daysOct 13, 2026
3. 2025 Army Geospatial Center (AGC) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)Engineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the ArmySolicitation · W5J9CQ25R0002✦ The Army Geospatial Center (part of the Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria, VA) is running an open Broad Agency Announcement that invites research ideas on many geospatial… · 5 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceAlexandria, VADue2 daysOct 13, 2026
4. Drone Killer Cartridge Training DeviceEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the ArmySpecial Notice · TREX-II-26-09This Special Notice is to advisr intrested memebers of the Training and REadiness Accelerator II (TREII), as well as other intrested memebers within the U.S technology base, that a Request for Solutions (RFS) has been issued by Advanced Tec…Set-asideNonePlaceOrlando, KYDue3 daysOct 14, 2026
5. QuickSink Notice of Contract Action ( NOCA)Engineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the Air ForcePresolicitation · QSK1Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR) Seekers for Test Assets, Flight Test Support (LWIR & LWIR/Radio Frequency), and RF Development and Test AssetsSet-asideNonePlaceSaint Louis, MODue4 daysOct 15, 2026
6. United States Space Force (USSF) Battle Management, Command, Control, Communication and Space Intelligence (BMC3I) Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) Program Office (PMO) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Two Phase Closed VariantEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Special Notice · HQ0860-26-S-C008 · 3 versionsThis solicitation is being issued by the Missile Defense Agency on behalf of the United States Space Force (USSF) Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) Program Office. PLEASE SEND ALL COMMUNICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THIS SOLICI…Set-asideNonePlaceKirtland AFB, NMDue4 daysOct 15, 2026
7. AOI 27-A001 Resilient Airborne Free-Space Optical Communications TurretEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the NavySolicitation · 27-A001✦ Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic wants a company to build and demonstrate a prototype aircraft-mounted optical communications and optical time-transfer system… · 3 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceNot listedDue5 daysOct 16, 2026
8. Optoelectronics, Power Electronics and Radiation EffectsEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the NavySolicitation · N0017326R0008✦ The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC wants a contractor to supply scientists and researchers for work on light-based electronics (optoelectronics), power… · 11 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceWashington, DCDue6 daysOct 16, 2026
9. USSOCOM RFI TE 26-1 TE: Multi-Domain Joint SOF Operations (MDO)Engineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)Special Notice · RFI_TE_26_1_MDO**************See Attachments******************************************Set-asideNonePlaceHurlburt Field, FLDue6 daysOct 17, 2026
10. 2026 MXO Spark Tank Special NoticeEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Special Notice · DARPA-SN-26-73The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host the Multi X Office (MXO) Spark Tank event for prospective proposers and future MXO collaborators on November 2-4, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois. Advance registration is required. …Set-asideNonePlaceNot listedDue8 daysOct 19, 2026
11. Amendment #10: Common Very Low Frequency Receiver (VLF) Increment 2 (CVRi2) ModernizationEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the Air ForceSolicitation · FA8735-26-R-B001✦ The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center is asking for proposals to design and build a common Very Low Frequency receiver for nuclear command and control aircraft and ground systems. · 5 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceHanscom AFB, MADue8 daysOct 19, 2026
12. Broad Agency Announcement (BAA): Cost Estimating Modeling Data, Analytics Research (CEMDAR)Engineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the Air ForceSolicitation · FA701426SCS02 · 5 versions✦ The Air Force (SAF/FM and the Cost Analysis Agency) is asking for white papers on cost-estimating data and analytics research: building cloud data pipelines, relational cost… · 6 red flagsSet-asideSmall businessPlaceNot listedDue8 daysOct 19, 2026
13. Rendezvous, Proximity Operations (RPO) Threat Response (RTR) VICTUS Responsive Launch Space Vehicle (SV)Engineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the Air ForceSources Sought · SYD89-26-RPO-RLSV · 5 versions✦ The U.S. Space Force (Space Systems Command, Space Safari program) is asking industry for information, not offers, about a future small spacecraft that can launch on short notice… · 6 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceCADue8 daysOct 19, 2026
14. ResilientEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Solicitation · DARPA-PA-25-07-04 · 4 versions✦ DARPA's Defense Sciences Office wants research teams to build a portable machine that ages concrete samples more than 1,000 times faster than nature, plus a computer model that… · 10 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceNot listedDue8 daysOct 19, 2026
15. Intelligence Exploitation and Targeting Systems (IETS)Engineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the NavySolicitation · N6893626R5010 · 4 versions✦ The Navy's Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China Lake, CA plans to award a multiple-award IDIQ contract (many winners, orders placed later) for developing, fielding… · 10 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceNot listedDue8 daysOct 19, 2026
16. Protein ENGineering (PENG)Engineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Solicitation · DARPA-PS-26-129 · 2 versions✦ DARPA's Defense Sciences Office wants teams to build a platform that can edit existing (endogenous) proteins inside living cells, without permanently changing DNA. It is a… · 8 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceNot listedDue8 daysOct 19, 2026
17. SCO Offensive Fires - SolicitationEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Immediate Office of the Secretary of DefenseCombined Synopsis/Solicitation · SCO-PS-26-11(12)As a follow up from the Strategic Capabilities Office Offensive Fires Industry Day, the draft solicitation for Project One and Project Two is available via SECRET or higher level networks. To obtain a copy of the draft solicitation(s), send…Set-asideNonePlaceChantilly, VADue11 daysOct 21, 2026
18. Call 03 M-DASH - Joint All Domain Persistent Adaptive Collaborative Technologies II (JADPACT II)Engineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the Air ForceSolicitation · FA238426SB007 · 5 versions✦ The Air Force Research Laboratory is inviting companies to bring AI and software tools that help battle managers make faster, better decisions to a two-week hands-on sprint event… · 7 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceLas Vegas, NVDue11 daysOct 21, 2026
19. USSOCOM Open Call for Technical Experimentation 27-1: Special Operations Forces (SOF) Combat Diving (Diver Communications, Diver Propulsion, Underwater Interfaces) and Maritime Domain Situational Awareness Sensing Integration on USVsEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)Special Notice · USSOCOM_Open_Call_for_Technical_Experimentation_27_1_SOF******************SEE ATTACHMENTS*****************Set-asideNonePlaceKey West, FLDue11 daysOct 22, 2026
20. Prototype development for Battlefield Wound Infection Prevention and Treatment (BWI P&T) Barrier CombinationEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Defense Health Agency (DHA)Solicitation · HT9427-26-R-E020 · 2 versions✦ The Defense Health Agency (Warfighter Protection and Acute Care office at Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD) wants one company to develop a combination wound product: a physical… · 8 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceFrederick, MDDue12 daysOct 23, 2026
21. Performance Enhanced Real-time Ground Environment (PEREGRINE) SentryEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the Air ForceSources Sought · SDA-SN-26-0016✦ The Space Development Agency (SDA) is doing market research for PEREGRINE Sentry, a lead platform integrator role for its missile warning and tracking ground software environment. · 5 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceNot listedDue13 daysOct 23, 2026
22. NSWC-PHD MATAC OTA Request for Prototype Proposals: Prototypes and Experiments Rapid Fielding Sites (PERFS)Engineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the NavySpecial Notice · MEA-27-01-001 · 2 versionsBackground and Summary: OSD desires to prototype a novel, scalable operational framework—the Prototypes and Experiments Rapid Fielding Sites (PERFS)—to rapidly integrate, evaluate, and transition disparate maritime and border defense techno…Set-asideNonePlaceNot listedDue17 daysOct 28, 2026
23. Space Environment Technologies and Science (SETS) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Call 004Engineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the Air ForceSolicitation · FA945326RX012 · 6 versions✦ The Air Force Research Laboratory (Space Warfare Directorate, Kirtland AFB area, Albuquerque NM) wants a research and software team for SETS BAA Call 004. · 8 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceAlbuquerque, NMDue18 daysOct 29, 2026
24. MTEC Solicitation Summary: Fiscal Year 2026 Multi-Topic Request for Project ProposalsEngineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Defense Health Agency (DHA)Special Notice · MTEC-26-04-MultiTopic · 2 versions**********A summary of Amendment 01 to this Request for Project Proposals has been posted to SAM.gov on 09 October 2026. The only change incorporated within this summary announcement is the addition of Focus Area 16 ("Multisite Clinical Bio…Set-asideNonePlaceFrederick, MDDue19 daysOct 30, 2026
25. SEEK EAGLE MODELING, ANALYSIS, AND TOOLS SUPPORT (SEMATS) 4Engineering, architecture & researchDept of Defense · Dept of the Air ForceSources Sought · FAXXXX-27-FAXXXX · 2 versions✦ The Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office at Eglin AFB, Florida is running a sources sought (market research) notice for a future 5-year services contract called SEMATS 4. · 4 red flagsSet-asideNonePlaceEglin AFB, FLDue19 daysOct 30, 2026