SBIR / STTR #DON27BZ02-NV012

Navy SBIR research on autonomous Agentic SI swarms and embedded safeguards

The U.S. Navy, through the Office of Naval Research (ONR), seeks small-business research and development for autonomous Agentic SI swarms and embedded safeguards under a Phase I SBIR topic. - Government buyer: U.S. Navy, Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); the broader SBIR announcement is issued by the Department of War Small Business Innovation Research Program. - Topic: Self-Replicating Evolutionary Agentic SI Swarming Force with Autonomous Embedded SI Guardrail Enforcers (DON27BZ02-NV012; 27.BZ). - Requested work: Phase I feasibility study and limited proof of concept for hardware-agnostic swarms that can self-organize and evolve, and replicate only when authorized. Embedded guardrail agents must enforce policy, safety, and security. - Phase I outputs: Define a challenge problem and measures of success; assess requirements, data, interfaces, and candidate approaches; evaluate a low-cost proof of concept; and provide a feasibility report, preliminary architecture, risk assessments, and a Phase II plan. - Performance goals: Demonstrate at least 90% task success and zero policy violations or uncontrolled replication. Phase II is intended to develop and demonstrate a prototype, including prioritized sensor alerts and threat escalation. - Later phases: Phase III may advance the capability to TRL 7 and support integration with Maritime Tactical Command and Control, Marine Air-Ground Task Force Command and Control, or Marine Corps Information Operations Center ISR platforms; dual-use applications are also sought. - Notable requirements: CMMC Level 2 (Self) is required. The topic also notes ITAR/EAR restrictions and U.S.-ownership and cleared-facility requirements. - OEMs and vendors: No commercial OEMs or vendors are named. No product part numbers or procurement quantities are specified.

Description

This is a Phase I Navy SBIR topic titled “Self-Replicating Evolutionary Agentic SI Swarming Force” with Autonomous Embedded SI Guardrail Enforcers. The solicitation lists the topic code DON27BZ02-NV012 and identifies the command as ONR. The topic is in pre-release status, Release 2, with a response deadline of January 7, 2027. CMMC Level 2 (Self) is required.

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