SBIR / STTR #ARM27BX02-NV002

Army SBIR Phase I Prototype for Distributed CEMA CAMO Nodes

The Department of the Army is seeking small-business proposals to prototype distributed electromagnetic sensing and RF signature-management capabilities for command-post survivability. - Government buyer: Department of the Army, through the Army SBIR|STTR Program, for XVIII Airborne Corps (XVIII ABC), with the Joint Innovation Out Post (JIOP) partnership. - Opportunity: CEMA CAMO (Command Electromagnetic Management and Command-node Awareness, Management, and Obscuration), topic ARM27BX02-NV002. - Requested effort: Phase I prototype of low-cost, modular, software-configurable nodes that sense and characterize the electromagnetic environment, coordinate activity, and provide Government-authorized RF effects representations. - Intended to complicate adversary intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and targeting, while improving command-post survivability and freedom of maneuver. - Desired capabilities include low size, weight, and power (SWaP), resilience, adaptive and coordinated multi-node operation, and interoperability with Army command-and-control architectures at Corps and Division levels. - Phase I work includes an initial prototype, preliminary hardware architecture and bill of materials, performance/SWaP/networking/cost tradeoffs, and approaches for degraded communications and sensitive-data protection or sanitization. - Cost target: Desired fielded-node cost below $50,000, with $30,000 desired where feasible. Phase I funding is up to $300,000. - Demonstration: Experimentation is anticipated with JIOP and XVIII ABC, subject to Government direction. - OEMs and vendors: No commercial OEMs or vendors are named; no purchase quantities or discrete commercial part numbers are specified. The topic identifier is ARM27BX02-NV002. - Related SBIR services: The solicitation materials also describe Phase I feasibility R&D, Phase II follow-on development, and Phase III commercialization; Phase II duration and funding are not specified for this topic.

Description

This is an Army SBIR topic titled “Command Electromagnetic Management & Command-node Awareness, Management, and Obscuration (CEMA CAMO).” The source identifies the program as the SBIR program, the Army component, and ASA(ALT) command, but does not provide the topic’s technical scope or work details. The topic is in pre-release, with a listed submission deadline of January 5, 2027. The source also lists topic Q&A and opening dates, and includes links to topic and program instructions.

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