The Demand Signal: AI

Procurement intelligence from OODA · Reading what government intends to buy.

A unified model for specification and simulation to design, acquire, and sustain a hybrid- or multi-cloud large scale data analytics system that balances cost, performance, modularity, and security.

Department of War · Air Force · SBIR Topic · 27.BZ

posted 4 November 2026 · closes 6 January 2027

Summary

The Department of the Air Force seeks a unified financial operations and model‑based systems engineering solution that integrates system specifications with executable simulation for hybrid‑cloud, large‑scale data analytics. The effort aims to improve lifecycle cost prediction, resource forecasting, and performance modeling for Condition‑Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) platforms, advancing the technology from TRL 4 to TRL 6.

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