Open tender · United States · Public tender

FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research Announcement for Office of Naval Research

Office of Naval Research · VA 22203

Office of Naval Research in the United States is inviting bids for “FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research Announcement for Office of Naval Research”. Bids close on 16 November 2026, 16:00 EST. Reference: N0001426SBC11. Who can bid: Other-than-small businesses must include a subcontracting plan with their research proposal. askTender lists every requirement to qualify and checks whether your company meets them.

The tender in brief

US Navy applied research in communications and networking, for research organisations and technology firms

The Office of Naval Research seeks white papers for FY27 applied research projects in communications and networking for naval operations. Focus areas include long-range VHF data links, compact electronically-steered apertures, low probability-of-detection communications, distributed network control, and network behaviour prediction. ONR plans five to six awards of $250,000 to $500,000 per year, for projects of one, two or three years, as grants or contracts.

Who can win it

  • Other-than-small businesses must include a subcontracting plan with their research proposal

Key facts

Procedure
Solicitation
Contract period
one, two or three years
How bids are judged
White papers evaluated for particular value to the Government; full proposals encouraged from selected offerors
Published
16 Jun 2026
Reference
N0001426SBC11

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