Navy SBIR and STTR awards and R&D opportunities
Navy SBIR/STTR topics come from its systems commands (NAVAIR, NAVSEA, NAVWAR and others) and the Office of Naval Research. Navy's official SBIR/STTR site has its current topics and deadlines.
- Awards, 2022–2026
- 2,997
- Awarded
- $1.8 billion
- Phase II share
- 37%
- Open Navy R&D notices
- 37
Open Navy R&D opportunities, due soonest
37 open notices on SAM.gov have an R&D NAICS code or a BAA, SBIR, STTR or commercial solutions opening in the title.
- AOI 27-A001 Resilient Airborne Free-Space Optical Communications Turret
✦ Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic wants a company to build and demonstrate a prototype aircraft-mounted optical communications and optical time-transfer system…
Due in 5 daysOct 16, 2026
- Optoelectronics, Power Electronics and Radiation Effects
✦ The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC wants a contractor to supply scientists and researchers for work on light-based electronics (optoelectronics), power…
Due in 6 daysOct 16, 2026
- Intelligence Exploitation and Targeting Systems (IETS)
✦ 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…
Due in 9 daysOct 19, 2026
- NSWC-PHD MATAC OTA Request for Prototype Proposals: Prototypes and Experiments Rapid Fielding Sites (PERFS)
Due in 17 daysOct 28, 2026
- NAWCWD Broad Agency Announcement
Due in 20 daysOct 30, 2026
- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT: Operational Analysis, SSN/SSGN Survivability Program (S3P), and Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) Materials, Design Concepts, and Technologies for Future Submarine Platforms
✦ NAVSEA (the Navy's ship-systems command) has an open-ended Broad Agency Announcement, which is a call for research ideas rather than a normal bid.
Due in 21 daysNov 1, 2026
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Get R&D alertsNavy and the 2026 SBIR restart
SBIR and STTR lapsed from October 1, 2025 until the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act reauthorized them on April 13, 2026, through September 30, 2031. DoD pre-released its first post-reauthorization topics on April 13, 2026 (open May 6 to June 3) and has released new topics every month since. Its first fiscal year 2027 release pre-released October 7, 2026 and accepts proposals October 28 to November 25, 2026, through the DoD SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal (DSIP).
Navy SBIR and STTR awards by year
| Award year | Phase I | Phase II | Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 100 | 16 | $38.3 million |
| 2025 | 533 | 317 | $441 million |
| 2024 | 472 | 303 | $499 million |
| 2023 | 411 | 220 | $389.5 million |
| 2022 | 382 | 243 | $449 million |
| 2021 | 493 | 274 | $500.4 million |
| 2020 | 704 | 290 | $506.2 million |
| 2019 | 409 | 344 | $505.8 million |
| 2018 | 433 | 276 | $340.8 million |
| 2017 | 533 | 287 | $387.6 million |
| 2016 | 458 | 222 | $303.1 million |
533 of the 2,997 awards since 2022 were STTR, which requires a research institution partner.
2025 and 2026 are low because the programs' authority lapsed from October 2025 to April 2026, and because agencies report new awards to SBIR.gov months late (some agencies' newest reported awards are from 2024 or 2025).
Top Navy SBIR recipients
Small businesses with the most Navy SBIR and STTR dollars since 2022:
| Company | State | Awards | Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triton Systems, Inc. | MA | 98 | $54.6 million |
| Arete Associates | CA | 45 | $45.9 million |
| Physical Sciences Inc. | MA | 89 | $42.2 million |
| Intellisense Systems Inc | CA | 54 | $25.9 million |
| Creare LLC | NH | 42 | $24.1 million |
| Charles River Analytics, Inc. | MA | 39 | $24 million |
| Toyon Research Corporation | CA | 35 | $21.3 million |
| Maxentric Technologies LLC | NJ | 23 | $20.4 million |
| Metron Incorporated | VA | 19 | $19.5 million |
| Qortek Inc | PA | 20 | $18.8 million |
| Luna Innovations Incorporated | VA | 11 | $17 million |
| Luna Labs USA LLC | VA | 33 | $15.9 million |
| Texas Research Institute , Austin, Inc. | TX | 26 | $15.4 million |
| In-Depth Engineering Corporation | VA | 17 | $15 million |
| Tda Research, Inc. | CO | 30 | $14 million |
Newest Navy SBIR and STTR awards
| Awarded | Company | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2025 | Kaes LLC | SBIR Phase I Hypersonic Timing Window Simulation Tool (HyTWIST) | $139,740 |
| Nov 13, 2025 | Ingenix Technologies, Inc. | SBIR Phase I Timelock | $139,733 |
| Nov 13, 2025 | KMS Solutions, LLC | SBIR Phase I Logistics Modeling and Simulation for Hypersonics | $136,428 |
| Nov 13, 2025 | Spectral Labs Incorporated | SBIR Phase II Advanced Wearable Integration and Synchronization Hub (AWISH) | $999,579 |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Machina Cognita Technologies, Inc. | SBIR Phase II Natural-language Ontologies for battlespace Visualizations and Analytics (NOVA) | $1.7 million |
| Nov 4, 2025 | True Engineering Technology, LLC | SBIR Phase II Enhanced Language-oriented System for Analysis and Management of C2 and Maintenance Data | $1.7 million |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Integer Technologies LLC | SBIR Phase I Developing a Holistic Automated Fiber Placement Digital Engineering Solution (HADES) | $139,999 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Whoosh HPC Lab LLC | SBIR Phase I High-Fidelity Multiphase-Peridynamics Solver for Hypersonic Vehicle Analysis in Adverse Weather Conditions… | $139,350 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Physical Sciences Inc. | SBIR Phase I Off-axis Laser Event Recorder (OALER) | $139,994 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Aeris LLC | SBIR Phase I ML-Based Downscaling for High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting | $139,999 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Dignitas Technologies, LLC | SBIR Phase I N252-112 - Generative Artificial Intelligence for Course and Content Creation and Conversion (GenAI4C) | $146,414 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Atac | SBIR Phase I High-Resolution Environmental Forecasting Through Advanced ML Downscaling Techniques | $139,914 |
Frequently asked questions
How many SBIR awards does Navy make?
Department of the Navy made 2,997 SBIR and STTR awards worth $1.8 billion from 2022 through the latest SBIR.gov data, 1,099 of them Phase II. The average Phase I award was about $171,983 and average Phase II about $1.4 million.
Where does Navy post SBIR topics?
On its official SBIR/STTR site (www.navysbir.com). All DoD components release topics and accept proposals through the DoD SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal (DSIP). Related R&D solicitations and broad agency announcements are also posted on SAM.gov.
Is Navy accepting SBIR proposals in 2026?
SBIR and STTR lapsed from October 1, 2025 until the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act reauthorized them on April 13, 2026, through September 30, 2031. DoD pre-released its first post-reauthorization topics on April 13, 2026 (open May 6 to June 3) and has released new topics every month since. Its first fiscal year 2027 release pre-released October 7, 2026 and accepts proposals October 28 to November 25, 2026, through the DoD SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal (DSIP).
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Award data from SBIR.gov's public award file, updated monthly; contact and researcher names are left out. Open notices from SAM.gov, updated daily.