SBIR / STTR #DPA27BZ02-DV002

DARPA Direct-to-Phase-II SBIR research for cyber planning, intelligence orchestration, and warfighter interfaces

DARPA is soliciting Direct-to-Phase-II SBIR research proposals across three defense technology topics, with detailed technical requirements provided for multi-domain intelligence collection orchestration. - Government buyer: Department of War (DoW), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), DARPA Small Business Programs Office. - Topics and listed funding: - DPA27BZ02-DV001: interpretable cyber course-of-action planning and replanning; $1.3 million base award, with a $500,000 six-month option. - DPA27BZ02-DV002: autonomous multi-domain intelligence-collection orchestration; $1.5 million base award, with a $500,000 six-month option. - DPA27BZ02-DV003: hands-free warfighter interface using sEMG, PMUT, or other non-invasive sensing; $1.5 million base award, with a $500,000 six-month option. - DV002 technical requirements: Develop an auditable AI orchestration system that reasons over asynchronous intelligence streams, balances information gain against operational constraints, and adapts to denial, deception, and distribution shifts without offline retraining. The system is expected to scale from at least two heterogeneous modalities to at least four, advance from TRL 4 to TRL 6, and demonstrate against a mainstream baseline. Targets include at least 35% faster time-to-decisive-cue, at least twice the information gain per unit energy, fewer than 5% operational-constraint violations, and trace-coherence ratings of at least 85% from subject-matter experts. - Other notable requirements: DV001 addresses cyber planning under deception, partial observability, degraded communications, and changing mission constraints. DV003 seeks a non-invasive, hands-free and eyes-free interface that decodes gestures and issues platform-agnostic commands. Topic-specific demonstrations and metrics apply; prior feasibility must be documented. TABA support of up to $25,000 is available for the initial Phase II award. CMMC Level 2 (Self) is required. DARPA instructions limit the white paper to 20 pages and the slide deck to 15 slides. - OEMs and vendors: No commercial OEMs, manufacturers, or vendors are named in the provided materials.

Description

This is a DARPA topic under the Department of War's 2027 SBIR BAA, Release 2, seeking proposals related to autonomous metacognitive collection orchestration for multi-domain intelligence. It accepts Direct to Phase II proposal submissions. The listed award amount is $1,500,000 for an 18-month period of performance, with a $500,000 option for six months. The source lists a response deadline of December 7, 2026, and a CMMC Level 2 (Self) requirement.

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