SBIR / STTR #MDA27BZ02-DV001

MDA Direct-to-Phase-II SBIR Topics for Missile Defense and Enabling Technologies

The Missile Defense Agency’s SBIR/STTR Program Management Office is seeking Direct-to-Phase-II research and development proposals across ten missile-defense and enabling-technology topics. - Government buyer: Missile Defense Agency (MDA), MDA SBIR/STTR Program Management Office. - Topics and requested work: - MDA27BZ02-DV001 — Low Cost Infrared Seeker: Prototype a low-cost interceptor seeker or integrated seeker components; demonstrate in a ground-test facility. Target full-seeker production cost is below $150,000, with a $250,000 threshold. - MDA27BZ02-DV002 — Rapidly Deployable Aerial Interdiction Cluster: Demonstrate an autonomous cluster for surveillance, discrimination, electronic warfare, and attack, emphasizing low size, weight, power, and cost, resilient communications, and tracking maneuvering objects. - MDA27BZ02-DV003 — High-Speed, Low-SWaP RF Communications: Develop complete space-communications radio payloads; Phase II calls for 2 flight payloads. Desired capabilities include volume of 0.1 L or less, power below 10 W, Ku band or higher, space transmission of at least 1.5 Gbps, and atmospheric burst transmission of at least 1 Gbps. - MDA27BZ02-DV004 — Modeling UV/VIS/Near-IR Observables of Dim Hypersonic Configurations: Develop and integrate observable-prediction models with the JANNAF Plume/Wake/Hypersonic Flowfield and Hardbody Signature Prediction Suite, and demonstrate them in a missile-defense simulation workflow. - MDA27BZ02-DV005 — Mobile Sea-Based Launch Platform: Design, build, and field-test a mobile platform compatible with commercially procured launch vehicles; modular, containerized transport and a sea demonstration are desired. - MDA27BZ02-DV006 — Solid Rocket Motor Performance Enhancement: Demonstrate improved performance for an existing missile system without changing its form factor; minimize integration cost and non-recurring engineering, with a ground test highly desired. - MDA27BZ02-DV007 — Low-Cost/Rapidly Producible Booster Insulation: Produce subscale cases using scalable insulation and compare erosion with the state of the art. Address 20-year storage life, temperatures down to -40°C, propellant adhesion, and thermal conductivity; novel mandrels must demonstrate thrust misalignment below 1 degree. - MDA27BZ02-DV008 — Kubernetes Virtualization Bridge: Build a reusable bridge for legacy applications in a hosted or enterprise Kubernetes environment, demonstrating automated deployment, validated execution, secure access, telemetry, scaling constraints, and cost/performance comparison. - MDA27BZ02-DV009 — Configurable Operator Decision Models: Demonstrate a government-configurable prototype for operator behavior in missile-defense simulations, including repeatable scenarios, decision traces, outcome analysis, validation evidence, and transition documentation. - MDA27BZ02-DV010 — Multi-Fidelity Transfer Learning: Prototype and provide a case study for AI transfer learning in missile-defense applications, including low- and high-fidelity training, multiple classification levels, resource-savings evidence, a human-machine interface, and integration with existing agent-training systems. - The solicitation identifies a Phase II cost limit of $2,000,000, or $2,030,000 with TABA. Topic-specific demonstrations and technical feasibility, security, export-control, and commercialization requirements apply. - Phase II performance is anticipated to be 24 months. No specific start or end dates or option periods are stated. - No product quantities are specified except for the two RF flight radio payloads. No OEMs or commercial vendors are named.

Description

This is a DoW SBIR 2027 BAA, Release 2, Missile Defense Agency topic identified as Direct to Phase II in the attached MDA proposal instructions. The solicitation topic is titled “Low Cost Infrared Seeker”; the provided source does not include further topic-specific technical scope. Proposals are submitted through DSIP, and the response deadline listed for this topic is January 2, 2027 at 17:00 UTC.

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