The Demand Signal: Robotics

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Multiple systems under Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Topic A234-P017, entitled Engineer Operations, through the Office of the Secretary of War Accelerated Research for Transition program (Dragoon Technolog…

Department of War · Navy · Contract Announcement

posted 6 August 2026 · awarded 6 August 2026 · runs to August 2028

$9,879,151 · definitive

Summary

The Department of War, Navy's Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division awarded Dragoon Technology LLC a $9.88 million contract to integrate energetics into its Coriolis Unmanned Aerial System and support test and evaluation events for collaborative autonomy. The effort advances a small‑business SBIR Phase II project under the Accelerated Research for Transition program, focusing on operational suitability of an advanced UAS.

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