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Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research Research Opportunity: FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research

Funds communications and networking research that links distributed Navy and Marine Corps units into one tactical grid.

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A 2018 Navy doctrine document, A Design for Maritime Superiority, describes an operational architecture meant to connect distributed units into groups and distributed groups into fleets β€” the Naval Tactical Grid. This notice funds the communications and networking technology that grid actually depends on.

The systems have to work on a mix of manned and unmanned platforms, across land, maritime (s…

Communications and networking technologies for the Naval Tactical Grid, connecting distributed manned and unmanned units into groups and fleets across land, maritime, cyber and space domains, under contested and resource-constrained conditions.

CycleiHow often this grant runs β€” e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.One-off
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.16 Nov 2026
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Award typeiThe form of funding β€” grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.β€”
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Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Funder reference: N0001426SBC11Source: www.grants.gov