The DoD Small Business and Technology Partnerships Office announces the pre-release of the following Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) topic: SBIR Topic A214-005: “Waveform Challenge for Tactical Radios”
The xTech|SBIR Waveform Challenge incentivizes small businesses to propose innovative, viable technology concepts to the Army to develop an open hardware architecture for software defined radios (SDRs) that can facilitate the decoupling of hardware and software-based waveforms.
To submit an SBIR proposal under this announcement, please follow the steps for the prize competition, consisting of: Part 1: Submit a Concept White Paper will receive a $10,000 prize and be invited to participate in Part 2: Technology Pitches where participants will have an opportunity to present their technology concept to an Army panel. Winners of the Part 2: Technology Pitches will each receive a $50,000 prize and will be invited to participate in Part 3, to submit either a Phase I SBIR or a Direct to Phase II (D2PhII) SBIR proposal to prototype their proposed technology innovations. Prize money will be awarded to selected participants through the Army xTech program and SBIR contract awards will be awarded through the Army SBIR program.
IMPORTANT SUBMISSION DATES AND AWARD INFORMATION:
Full topic and instruction document is available at: https://beta.sam.gov/opp/23a3541bee074eea8deef2abcdf1bbef/view.
Full program detail is available at: https://www.arl.army.mil/xtechsearch/competitions/xtechSBIRWaveform.html#schedules_and_prizes
If your Utah small business intends to apply or you have questions about this funding opportunity, please contact the Utah Industry and Innovation Center at innovationutah@utah.gov.