SDA Special Topics Among New Open Topics for Small Business Opportunities, 24.C Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Posted On: August 21, 2024

Submissions Open: September 18, 2024

Closing Date: October 16, 2024, noon ET

The U.S. Air Force AFWERX pre-released its 24.3C Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) topics, including opportunities to present novel and innovative technology for leap-ahead improvements for future tranches of currently planned Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) capability layers or to enable new capabilities to address emerging or evolving warfighter needs.

In addition, SDA is releasing a special topic, STTR Phase I – SF24C-T003 – Strengthening Space: Uniting Research and Innovation for PWSA, which will allow companies to apply for a larger Phase I STTR of $305K followed by a Phase II effort of $3 million. SDA plans to select five companies for Phase I followed by a down-select of three companies for Phase II.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Sept. 18, 2024 – Pre-release questions close; open for submissions.

Oct. 16, 2024 – Full proposals to this BAA must be submitted in DSIP no later than noon ET.

For more information on the specific SBIR and STTR topics and instructions, please visit the links below.