This is a Navy SBIR Phase II contract (not a grant) for US for-profit small businesses with 500 or fewer employees that already have working low-cost heads-up display hardware for FPV drone pilots or AR systems for Forward Observers and JTACs. You need an existing prototype or commercial product, not just an idea. Nonprofits and businesses without existing HUD hardware should not bother applying.
| Industry | Estimated fit |
|---|---|
| Technology & SoftwareMatches your industry (technology, tech, sbir, sttr) | 86 |
| Retail & E-CommerceMatches your industry (small business) | 57 |
| Energy & Clean TechLimit: Primarily for minority-owned businesses | 54 |
| Finance & BankingMatches your industry (business) | 54 |
| Healthcare & BiotechLimit: Primarily for minority-owned businesses | 54 |
| Housing & Real EstateLimit: Primarily for minority-owned businesses | 54 |
| Industry | Estimated fit |
|---|---|
| Food & BeverageLimit: Primarily for minority-owned businesses | 52 |
| ManufacturingLimit: Primarily for minority-owned businesses | 52 |
| Transportation & LogisticsLimit: Primarily for minority-owned businesses | 51 |
| Agriculture & FarmingLimit: Primarily for minority-owned businesses | 50 |
| Construction & InfrastructureLimit: Primarily for minority-owned businesses | 50 |
| Arts & CultureLimit: This program does not accept nonprofit applicants. | 0 |
| Education & TrainingLimit: This program does not accept nonprofit applicants. | 0 |
| Environment & ConservationLimit: This program does not accept nonprofit applicants. | 0 |
| Social Services & NonprofitLimit: This program does not accept nonprofit applicants. | 0 |
These are our matcher’s estimates for a typical business in each industry. A real match depends on your size, your state and what you need the money for — check your own fit.
SBIR Phase II contract (not a grant) open only to US for-profit small businesses with 500 or fewer employees. Funds demonstration and enhancement of existing low-cost, domestically-sourced heads-up display hardware for FPV drone pilots and AR systems for Forward Observers and JTACs, including integrated displays, tracking sensors, compute and power.
ONR requests proposals for existing technology demonstration platforms, prototypes, and commercial products that provide domestically-sourced, low-cost HUDs) for first-person view (FPV) drone pilots, and augmented reality (AR) capabilities for Forward Observers (FOs) and Joint Terminal Air Controllers (JTACs). For Phase I awardees, ONR will provide operational context and technical thresholds against which technologies will be assessed and provide feedback and guidance on enhancements to align with warfighting objectives.
The proposing small business should have an existing hardware solution that meets one or both technical areas listed below: - HUD for FPV pilot operations including integrated display, signal inputs, and locations for mounting organic FPV equipment including antennas, transmitters, and power supplies - Integrated HUD with native 6DOF tracking, using on-board sensors and modalities (cameras, Inertial Measurement or Measuring Units [IMUs], magnetometers), compute, and power (battery)
Program: SBIR, Phase II Agency: Department of War, Navy Topic number: DON27BX01-NP001 Solicitation: 27.BX Released October 7, 2026; proposals accepted from October 28, 2026 Closes November 25, 2026. Check the official solicitation for the exact due time. Award type: contract, not a grant. Official solicitation: https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/topics-app/ Listed on SBIR.gov: https://www.sbir.gov/topics/13050. SBIR.gov copies agency solicitations and can lag behind them; the official solicitation is the final word.
Small businesses only: a for-profit US business with 500 or fewer employees, including affiliates.
More than 50% owned and controlled by US citizens or permanent residents (some agencies also accept majority ownership by venture capital, hedge fund or private equity firms; the solicitation says).
SBIR: the principal investigator is primarily employed by the business. STTR: the business partners with a US nonprofit research institution or university, which does at least 30% of the work.
Registered in SAM.gov before submitting.
Check the official solicitation for its own conditions, proposal limits and security review.
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