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Vision Language Model (VLM) for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) target search and classification from Sensor Independent Complex Data (SICD)

Department of War · Office of the Secretary of Defense · SBIR Topic · 26.BZ

posted 2 September 2026 · closes 21 October 2026

Summary

The Department of Defense, via the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, seeks proposals to develop a Vision Language Model (VLM) that can search and classify synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery from sensor independent complex data (SICD). The effort focuses on creating an advanced AI‑driven classification tool that could be transitioned for government use across air, ground/sea, and space platforms.

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