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SBIR & STTR Topics

U.S. government agencies release announcements of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) opportunities throughout the fiscal year. The SBIR and STTR programs are designed to foster partnerships between qualified small businesses and nonprofit research institutions to conduct R&D of direct interest to government needs. As a federally funded research and development center, MIT Lincoln Laboratory may partner with small businesses on SBIR and STTR proposals if the agency announcements align with the strategic goals of the Laboratory. We are continually reviewing these releases and identifying opportunities that correspond to areas of expertise at the Laboratory.

To learn more about SBIR and STTR programs, please view our in depth guide here.

Current SBIR/STTR Opportunities

The list below will be updated frequently, and we encourage small businesses to check this page periodically for updates. If you are a small business and wish to learn more about collaborating with Lincoln Laboratory on one of these SBIR or STTR programs, please use the Contact Us online form linked with each opportunity. These partnerships are only open to US small businesses.

If there is a topic of interest not listed below, or for additional information, please contact Lincoln Laboratory’s Small Business Office (sblo@ll.mit.edu).

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Department of Defense

DARPA

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

Title	Description		Expiration date
Catapult Challenge: Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Multi-Platform Product Family Architecture	The Navy is seeking additional Phase II research and development on previous Phase I and... READ MORE The Navy is seeking additional Phase II research and development on previous Phase I and Phase II efforts. The proposing small business concern must detail the previous SBIR/STTR efforts and how they will extend the previous SBIR/STTR effort to meet the requirements of this topic. The Navy desires a multi-platform architecture for Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) that can enable integration of key warfighting capabilities, to include Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms, across multiple US Navy Platforms. Multiple Navy enterprises and directorates contribute to undersea warfare. Over the decades, this has led to divergent system architectures. These divergent system architectures degrade the Navy’s ability to leverage developments in support of a combined lethal network of capabilities. The combined Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Multi-Platform Product Family Architecture will enable key architectures across constituent ASW acquisition offices to be aligned to enable capability reuse, increasing warfighting capability at reduced acquisition cost and with reduced sailor burden. Hardware required for the architecture shall comply with Modular Open System Architecture (MOSA) and follow open standards for compute, storage, input/output (I/O) and memory. Software contributing to the architecture shall enable integration of key warfighting capabilities, including various AI algorithms, across different combat systems. These combat systems are developed by each of the three Navy enterprises that contribute to Anti-submarine Warfare: The Undersea Enterprise (USE), the Surface Warfare Enterprise (SWE), and the Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE). In addition, the architecture shall enable integration of capabilities with other DoD entities with a need for Anti-Submarine capabilities, for example the Coast Guard and Homeland Defense to defend against commodities and threats conveyed via submarines or Marine Corps for detecting submarine threats to advanced bases established to defend national interests across the world. The ASW Multi-Platform Product Family Architecture shall both 1) demonstrate connectivity with at least one of the Navy systems with an Anti-submarine warfare mission (MPRA, SSN, DDG, FFG, or Seabed defense) and 2) be able to demonstrate the feasibility of connectivity with the other ASW systems. The architecture shall enable cyber compliance and support environmental qualification on air, surface, and undersea systems. The architecture shall incorporate standardized interfaces that enable integration of capabilities such as AI, sensor, and unmanned underwater systems modules across platforms with an ASW mission, with the P-8 representing a key system that possesses extended range at speed but with extremely limiting space, weight, power, cost, and cooling (SWAP-C2) constraints. The small business concern shall demonstrate the ability to deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithms developed by Project Harbinger to the P-8 and demonstrate that integration with other platforms with an ASW mission is feasible. In Phase II, the small business concern will define and standardize interfaces to enable affordable and effective integration of ASW capabilities and sensors aboard platforms with an ASW mission. Among the systems of interest, a key focus shall be integration of AI, sensor processing, and unmanned underwater systems modules with systems with a limited computational infrastructure, such as the P-8 Maritime Patrol Reconnaissance Aircraft. READ LESS	View	Nov 13, 2024	Contact us
Generative AI BAA Open Topic	This open topic invites proposals that explore dual use Generative Artificial... READ MORE This open topic invites proposals that explore dual use Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and applications to enhance government operations. The Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO) seeks innovative, AI-driven solutions that can help streamline processes, improve decision-making, and provide more efficient and effective services to citizens. Generative AI holds significant potential for government applications, as it can be utilized to generate new content or solutions, automate complex tasks, and provide valuable insights from large datasets READ LESS	View	Nov 13, 2024	Contact us