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Rapidly Deployable Aerial Interdiction Cluster

Department of War · Missile Defense Agency · SBIR Topic · 27.BZ

posted 4 November 2026 · closes 6 January 2027

Summary

The Missile Defense Agency seeks proposals to develop a rapidly deployable aerial interdiction cluster that can autonomously detect, track, and engage a variety of airborne threats using modular, low‑size weight and power elements. The effort emphasizes advanced swarm autonomy, resilient communications, and integrated sensing for layered missile defense, making the technology itself the focus of the procurement.

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