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SI-Enabled “Just-in-time” Knowledge Delivery for Naval Maintainers

Department of War · Navy · SBIR Topic · 27.BZ

posted 4 November 2026 · closes 6 January 2027

Summary

The Navy's Office of Naval Research seeks proposals for an SI‑enabled maintenance associate that provides just‑in‑time, interactive technical guidance to fleet maintainers, especially for unmanned systems. The system would use generative large language models to ingest manuals and repair histories, delivering customized procedures on local hardware in low‑bandwidth environments.

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