Sprint 2 of DIU’s SWAP-USV challenge, the Counter-Air Evaluation, wants one integrated package: a production-ready uncrewed surface vessel carrying hard-kill effectors against Group 1 to 3 drones and rotary-wing threats, with Group 5 “highly desired.” Minimums are 200 nautical miles of range and 10 knots sustained, fieldable within 120 days. Submissions are a 15-slide deck from an integrated team; platform-only or effector-only entries are not evaluated. Up to $40 million for this sprint, with $200 million budgeted for follow-on prototype and production agreements. Closes Nov. 30, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Eastern.

N0001425SB001, ONR’s standing Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps science and technology, remains open through Dec. 31, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Eastern. It is the main entry point for basic and applied naval autonomy research across ONR’s departments, including Code 35 (aviation, autonomy and unmanned systems) and Code 33 (sea warfare and undersea autonomy). White papers are encouraged before full proposals, and awards can be grants, contracts or OTs to industry, academia and nonprofits. The same page lists the FY27 MURI competition, N0001426SF002, with white papers due Nov. 20, 2026.

Long Range BAA 24-01 is DHS S&T’s standing, rolling invitation for homeland-security R&D, with 23 topics currently listed, including Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems and AI/ML. The process is two-step: a short research concept submitted through the LRBAA Portal to gauge S&T interest, then a full proposal on invitation. Open to businesses of any size, universities, national labs and other R&D organizations, domestic and international. No closing date is published; the department describes it as a standing open invitation, so check the portal for the current C-UAS topic before submitting.

Topic OSW27BZ01-NV001 (Phase I, up to $300,000 for six months) and its Direct-to-Phase II twin OSW27BZ01-DV002 (up to $2 million for 12 months) seek detection, tracking, identification and defeat of Group 1 and 2 drones in contested areas. Four preferences shape the topic: track targets that do not emit RF, defeat them without radiating, run with no cloud or reachback, and operate without a dedicated operator while keeping a human in the use-of-force decision. Remote ID-dependent and classified approaches are out of scope. Proposals are due in DSIP by Nov. 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Eastern; questions close Nov. 11.

Topic DAF27TZ01-DV003, Cooperative Information Sharing for Uncrewed Air Systems, is a Direct-to-Phase II STTR for collaborative information exchange between uncrewed aircraft, an enabler for manned-unmanned teaming and collaborative autonomy. The same release carries DAF27TZ01-DV001 (AI computer vision for air-refueling assessment) and DAF27BZ01-DV011 and DV012 (robotic manufacturing of UAS wire harnesses). STTR rules apply: a U.S. small business partnered with a research institution, with Phase I-equivalent feasibility evidence. Due Nov. 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Eastern. Release 2 pre-releases Nov. 4.

SOFWERX is running an assessment event for PEO Fixed Wing seeking mature, containerized behaviors that plug into FANTOM Core, the government-owned mission-autonomy SDK for Group 2 and 3 UAS in the Adaptive Airborne Enterprise. Priorities are mission adaptation, swarm coordination, sensing and navigation, task allocation, targeting and tracking, and behavior validation; TRL 6 or higher with flight demonstration is expected. U.S. citizens only. Submissions close Nov. 5, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Eastern, with a virtual assessment Dec. 15 to 17. Awards can run through a PIA sub-award, OTA, 10 USC 4023 purchase, CRADA or prize.

RFI sUAS_RPRD_2026 asks for three- to five-page capability papers, with optional video, on commercially available or near-available Group 1 to 3 small UAS hardware, software, communications, sensors and kinetic payloads for five missions: long-range one-way attack, air interdiction, medium-range one-way attack, air-launched effects and medium-range ISR. Systems should be production-ready within six months of award, and NDAA Section 848 compliance is required. Full and open market research; amended Oct. 28. Responses are due Nov. 30, 2026 (the notice lists 6:00 p.m. Eastern; the amendment says 5:00 p.m., so confirm on SAM).

Notice DHS-27-GPD-161-00-99 is the second $250 million tranche of DHS’s $500 million Counter-UAS Grant Program, this time open to all 56 states and territories with a floor of about $3.3 million each and the remainder scored on risk, with the LA28 torch relay cited. Funds buy detection and tracking (radar strongly encouraged, plus EO/IR, passive RF and Remote ID), wide-area detection software or data-as-a-service, and mobile mitigation gear on DHS’s Authorized Technologies List; no R&D and no fixed mitigation. Only State Administrative Agencies apply, through FEMA GO, by Nov. 16, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Vendors participate as subrecipient suppliers and must contractually give DHS access to detection events, tracks and sensor metadata.

Special notice DARPA-SN-26-101, Distributed Decentralized Control and Estimation, is an ERIS shopping-list topic seeking control-theoretic, optimization and information-theoretic approaches to horizontally integrated, decentralized command and control of heterogeneous agents: UAS, satellite constellations, collaborative air, ground and surface systems, and sensing grids. The emphasis is trustworthy agent-to-agent collaboration under compute and bandwidth limits, with autonomy at scale and a space-autonomy effort that uses existing on-orbit hardware. Proposals go through the ERIS portal under Topic Area 2; IPTO monitors submissions on a rolling basis through July 31, 2027.

Call W58RGZ-26-S-C001-0008 under the Army’s Commercial Solutions Opening seeks production-ready (TRL 7 or higher) Group 3 UAS, 55 to 1,320 pounds, for reconnaissance, electronic warfare, communications relay, strike and cargo, along with ground control stations, technical data, pricing, training and sustainment. Selected vendors receive Basic Ordering Agreements that let units order directly from the UAS Marketplace; a BOA carries no guaranteed orders. A companion call covers payloads, software, components and enablers. Requirements include NDAA Section 848 compliance with a bill of materials and SBOM, SAM and CAGE registration, and a NIST 800-171 score in SPRS. Rolling submissions; the response date is listed as Aug. 3, 2031.

BAA 697DCK-25-R-00278 solicits white papers on technologies to integrate uncrewed aircraft into the national airspace: UTM, beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations, electronic conspicuity, command-and-control links, detect-and-avoid and advanced air mobility. Selected white papers advance to an RFP for cost-share contracts (1:1 minimum) with about $24 million available over the BAA’s life. Respondents must partner with a designated FAA UAS Test Site and submit a letter of attestation. The BAA runs to Sept. 30, 2028; Call 001-2026 closed in April, so watch for the next call and confirm on SAM whether white papers are accepted between calls.

HR001125S0011, the TTO Office Wide BAA, accepts executive summaries and full proposals in four focus areas: Design/Build/Buy, Surge and Sustain, Long Range Effects, and Disruptive Innovation. TTO is DARPA’s home for air, sea and ground platform autonomy, the lineage of programs such as ACE, NOMARS and RACER. Awards can be contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or OTs, reviewed on a rolling basis; all responsible sources may propose. The BAA, now at version 3, closes Dec. 22, 2026.

Innovation Solutions Opening DARPA-PS-26-09 is STO’s office-wide call for revolutionary ideas not covered by an existing program. Named interest areas include autonomy and control algorithms, distributed autonomy and teaming (machine-machine and human-machine), human-machine symbiosis, robotics, expendable seekers and sensors, undersea and seabed technology, command and control, decision aids and electronic warfare. Awards can be cooperative agreements, research or prototype OTs, or 10 USC 4023 purchases; open to industry, academia and other organizations with no set-aside. Closes Dec. 18, 2026, 6:59 p.m. Eastern.