# SBIR / STTR #MDA27BZ02-DV004

MDA Hypersonic UV/Visible/near-IR Signature Modeling — Direct-to-Phase-II SBIR

**Buyer:** Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
**Posted:** November 05, 2026
**Respond By:** January 06, 2027
**Identifier:** MDA27BZ02-DV004
**NAICS:** 541715, 541511, 541512

The Missile Defense Agency is seeking a small-business team to model the optical and near-infrared signatures of dim hypersonic vehicles for missile-defense applications.
- **Government buyer:** Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Department of War; MDA SBIR/STTR Program Management Office.
- **Opportunity:** Direct-to-Phase-II SBIR research and development, topic MDA27BZ02-DV004.
- **Requested effort:** Develop UV, visible, and near-IR at-source observable prediction models for dim hypersonic configurations, including aerothermal effects, ablation, chemical kinetics, non-equilibrium effects, and radiative emission across flight regimes.
  - Integrate with the JANNAF Plume/Wake/Hypersonic Flowfield and Hardbody Signature Prediction Suite.
  - Demonstrate use in missile-defense simulation workflows and relevant scene generators, such as FLITES, and identify measured data for validation.
  - Deliver executable software and source code, databases, makefiles, example input/output files, and technical and user manuals.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No commercial OEMs or vendors are named. JANNAF and FLITES are referenced as technical tools or systems, not as identified vendors.
- **Quantities and part numbers:** No product quantities are specified; MDA27BZ02-DV004 is the topic identifier, not a product part number.
- **Notable requirements:** Direct-to-Phase-II applicants must substantiate Phase I-level technical merit and feasibility and describe commercial applications. A CMMC Level 2 self-assessment is required; classified proposals are not accepted. Phase II funding is limited to $2,000,000, or $2,030,000 with TABA.
- **Other topics in the same BAA release:** The release also lists topics MDA27BZ02-DV001 through DV003 and DV005 through DV010; these are separate efforts, not additional requirements for DV004.

### Description

The Missile Defense Agency seeks SBIR proposals concerning modeling UV/VIS/near-IR observables of dim hypersonic configurations. This is a Direct to Phase II topic under the DoW SBIR 2027 BAA, Release 2. Proposals must follow the DoW solicitation and MDA-specific submission instructions and be submitted through DSIP. The source gives a response deadline of January 15, 2027 in the topic details; the attached solicitation instructions list January 6, 2027 as the Release 2 close date.

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