DoW SBIR — Open Topics
Supports United States defense innovators in AI, aerospace, and advanced systems development.
The Department of War (DoW, formerly Department of Defense) Small Business Innovation Research program is the primary federal mechanism for contracting early-stage R&D directly with American small businesses. Operating under a $841 billion national defense budget, DoW runs three pre-scheduled BAA/CSO release cycles per fiscal year plus Annual BAAs that allow components to publish topics throughout…
Small business R&D contracts across 130+ active defense topics from Army, Air Force, Navy, DARPA, MDA, DTRA, DHA, SOCOM, and OSD, addressing national security challenges via BAA and CSO solicitation mechanisms.
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