2 September 2026

DARPA is soliciting proposals to develop compact cold-atom devices and ultra-high Q MEMS and photonics hardware using microscale ultra-high-vacuum systems. The U.S. Coast Guard Office of Rapid Response and Prototyping will hold an invitation-only Industry Day in September to evaluate mature technologies for its Coastal Sentinel capability. The Navy awarded a task order that provides a perpetual license for the CORAS AI software under the NASA SEWP GWAC contract vehicle. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is conducting market research to identify small businesses or joint ventures with experience in spacecraft electrical power systems. The Army seeks sources to produce its government-developed Shank 2.0 payload, training warhead, and pre-packed anti-personnel warhead for sUAS platforms and requests input on the Technical Data Package. NOAA is soliciting services to test, benchmark, and improve machine-learning algorithms for species identification and length estimation in electronic monitoring.