Navy SBIR/STTR

Department of the Navy SBIR/STTR is the U.S. Navy's small-business research and development program, run across NAVAIR, NAVSEA, NAVWAR, the Office of Naval Research, and MARCORSYSCOM. It carries an annual award pool of about $400 million across phases and sits under the Navy's broader research and acquisition structure. The program is one of the Navy's main ways to bring small companies into fleet-relevant technology work. It uses grant funding for ship and submarine systems, aviation, undersea warfare, weapons, networks, autonomy, sensors, and Marine Corps ground systems. The Navy was an early adopter of Open Topic SBIR through the 24.4 Open Topics BAA and still mixes open-topic releases with topic-driven solicitations. That makes the program broader than a single-portfolio call while still anchored to Navy system commands. The best fit is a U.S. for-profit small business with hardware or software that maps to a naval mission need and can hold up in a procurement-minded review. Teams that can show a direct line from a technical advance to ship, air, undersea, or Marine Corps use cases usually have the clearest path. Applicants are strongest when the technology is specific enough for a topic and durable enough for Navy transition.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.