OSD SBIR and STTR awards and R&D opportunities
OSD topics cover defense-wide priorities that don't belong to a single military service. OSD's official SBIR/STTR site has its current topics and deadlines.
- Awards, 2022–2026
- 203
- Awarded
- $107 million
- Phase II share
- 33%
- Open OSD R&D notices
- 6
Open OSD R&D opportunities, due soonest
6 open notices on SAM.gov have an R&D NAICS code or a BAA, SBIR, STTR or commercial solutions opening in the title.
- SCO Offensive Fires - Solicitation
Due in 11 daysOct 21, 2026
- Strategic Capabilities Office Broad Agency Announcement
Due in 1075 daysSep 20, 2029
- Golden Dome for America Commercial Solutions Opening
✦ The Golden Dome for America office in the Department of Defense is running an open Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO, a flexible way to buy new technology) to find vendors who…
Due in 1634 daysApr 2, 2031
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Get R&D alertsOSD 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).
OSD SBIR and STTR awards by year
| Award year | Phase I | Phase II | Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | 48 | $69.2 million |
| 2024 | 16 | 2 | $11.5 million |
| 2023 | 5 | 15 | $16.7 million |
| 2022 | 15 | 3 | $9.6 million |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | $399,691 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | $2.8 million |
| 2019 | 54 | 0 | $11.1 million |
| 2016 | 12 | 8 | $11.5 million |
43 of the 203 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 OSD SBIR recipients
Small businesses with the most OSD SBIR and STTR dollars since 2022:
| Company | State | Awards | Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corvid Technologies, LLC | NC | 5 | $8.9 million |
| Kitware Inc | NY | 4 | $4 million |
| Soar Technology, LLC | MI | 2 | $3 million |
| Intellisense Systems Inc | CA | 1 | $2.8 million |
| Etegent Technologies, LTD. | OH | 2 | $2.5 million |
| Nanohmics Inc | TX | 5 | $2.2 million |
| Silicon Audio RF Circulator LLC | TX | 4 | $2.1 million |
| Enabled Intelligence, Inc. | VA | 1 | $1.9 million |
| Numerica Corporation | CO | 1 | $1.7 million |
| Arktonics LLC | AR | 1 | $1.7 million |
| R3 Digital Sciences, Inc. | VA | 1 | $1.7 million |
| Pearl Bio, Inc. | MA | 1 | $1.7 million |
| Hypersciences, Inc. | WA | 1 | $1.7 million |
| Autonodyne LLC | MA | 2 | $1.6 million |
| Aptima Inc | MA | 4 | $1.5 million |
Newest OSD SBIR and STTR awards
| Awarded | Company | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | Morsecorp, Inc | SBIR Phase II Prophecy | $999,786 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Albedo Space Corp. | SBIR Phase I Novel Automated Physical Damage Detector Leveraging 10 cm Visible with 2 m Thermal Imagery | $99,920 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Icon Technology Inc | SBIR Phase II Generative AI to Streamline DoD Construction Approvals | $1.2 million |
| Sep 25, 2025 | CFD Research Corporation | SBIR Phase II REVIVAL: Retrieval-Enhanced Vetting and Identification for Visual Active Learning | $999,933 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Etegent Technologies, LTD. | SBIR Phase II Validation and Evaluation with Incomplete Labels (VEIL) | $994,370 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Blacksky Geospatial Solutions, LLC | SBIR Phase II Battle-Damage via Electro-Optical Automated Recognition (BEAR) | $999,997 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Novateur Research Solutions LLC | SBIR Phase I Capabilities for the Detection or Classification of Physical Damage using Remote Sensing | $99,997 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Kitware Inc | SBIR Phase II Artificial Intelligence Multimodal Damage Assessment (Ai-Mda) | $999,998 |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Halocline Inc | SBIR Phase I SpatialGen - Generate 3D Spatial Environments For Analysis & Planning From Video | $120,000 |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Zero Cognitive Systems, Inc. | SBIR Phase I HerculesAI: Fast, Reliable, and Secure AI-powered Data Solutions to Automate DoD Workflows | $148,880 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Unstructured Technologies, Inc | SBIR Phase II Unlocking the Power of Unstructured Data: Delivering the RAG-Ready Data Layer for DoD Generative AI… | $968,066 |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Sedaro Corporation | SBIR Phase II Enabling Multi-domain Awareness and Decision Support with Human-Machine Teaming | $1.2 million |
Frequently asked questions
How many SBIR awards does OSD make?
Office of the Secretary of Defense made 203 SBIR and STTR awards worth $107 million from 2022 through the latest SBIR.gov data, 68 of them Phase II. The average Phase I award was about $205,868 and average Phase II about $1.2 million.
Where does OSD post SBIR topics?
On its official SBIR/STTR site (www.defensesbirsttr.mil/SBIR-STTR/Opportunities). 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 OSD 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).
Other SBIR agencies
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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.