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AFCENT Battle Lab Commercial Solutions Opening

Department of Defense · DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE · Special Notice

posted 22 May 2026 · NAICS 541690 · PSC 9999 · 2 postings

Summary

The Air Force is issuing a continuously open Commercial Solutions Opening to acquire innovative commercial items, technologies, and services that provide counter‑UAS capabilities and integrated defensive solutions for AFCENT Battle Lab. The notice emphasizes rapid acquisition of modular, open‑architecture systems to address evolving aerial threats and fuse multi‑source intelligence, but provides no specific technology or vendor details.

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