The Demand Signal: AI

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Asymmetric Collaborative Counter Swarm

Department of War · Army · SBIR Topic · 26.BX

posted 1 July 2026 · closed 19 August 2026

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Summary

The Department of War seeks proposals to develop and integrate a distributed artificial intelligence system that can command and control a multi‑agent Group 1 or Group 2 unmanned aerial system swarm for defending an area against a larger enemy swarm. The effort focuses on decentralized AI algorithms that operate under strict size, weight, power, and communications constraints, making advanced AI the central element of the procurement.

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