15 October 2026

The Department of Defense issued an RFI for a rapidly deployable Group 1/2 VTOL small unmanned aircraft system to support short-range reconnaissance, surveillance, security and situational-awareness missions in contested environments. The DoD also released an RFI seeking market input for a modular, platform-agnostic Unmanned Systems controller that can command air, ground, surface and subsurface assets. A separate notice asks for a 12-month subscription license for an Air Enterprise commercial SaaS artificial intelligence and machine learning analytics platform. Another solicitation calls for the procurement of an Advanced Cyber Security Threat Detection Analysis Platform.