The U.S. Navy is set to kick off its next open topics opportunity under the Small Business Innovative Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs on July 13 to seek commercial technologies that meet specific mission-critical needs of the service branch, Federal News Network reported Friday.
Phase I will run for four months and focus on approaches to adapt commercial products and services to improve performance, modernize an existing capability or fill a capability gap.
The Navy will then make competitive selections based on Phase I results and the initial Phase II proposal and award contracts to transition technology from the development to the production phase.
A small business may submit one proposal for each topic under the open broad agency announcement.
Topics range from improving the launch and recovery of air, sea, surface and unmanned underwater vehicles from naval vessels to enhancing the mission capabilities of UUV systems.
The BAA is scheduled to close on Aug. 15.
