PURPOSE: To present opportunities to those engaged in research for electric and other advanced vehicles, to engage in research related to their own research, earning some money for their efforts, as well as helping their country. Note: Note: Some of these are restricted to American citizens, or certain "Permanent Resident" or "protected" foreigners. Others require watchful tracking of what the foreigners do. The current DoD Small-Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Solicitation, 2016.2, and the current Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Solicitation, 2016.B, will be open until June 22. If you are an American engineer, working either by yourself or in a small company, receiving an SBIR Phase-I contract can give you the opportunity for developing something for the military that may build on your previous work, and may provide you with the opportunity to advance your knowledge and experience towards your own goals, while earning money that may finance further research. It may also lead to a Phase-II contract, which is more research, more knowledge, and more money. DoD SBIR/STTR Main/Sign-In Page — sbir.defensebusiness.org/ DoD Solicitations Main Page — sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics You don't have to sign up just to look, but you do have to create an account and log in to make a proposal. It is no longer possible to contact the Topic Authors. But, in consolation, questions can be posted in a public interactive blog called SITIS until Wednesday, June 8. You can also view questions posed by other SBIR / STTR contenders, and the answers from the Topic Authors, until Wednesday, June 22 at 06:00 EDT. (This is further described in the Instructions.) SITIS is accessible through the Interactive Topics Page by clicking on the topic. You can view already-existing questions and answers by clocking on “Q&A”, but you need to have an account and log in to ask questions. The website will prompt you to do so if needed. (I suggest you copy these questions and answers into a separate file for future reference before the closing date.) The deadline for submitting proposals is the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday, June 22. ===================================================================================================================== The selected topics are below, arranged by program (SBIR/STTR) and agency. To find one, either: (1) go to URL on the second line of the block, and use the browser search function (ctrl-f) to look for the topic number (e.g. A16-094); or (2) go to the interactive Topics page, https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/, ahd llok for the topic number. ARMY SBIR 16.2 https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=3&solicitationId=107&filetype=html&instructionType=1 ** A16-094 ES Development of longwave infrared tunable laserline rejection filters ** A16-096 GP Indoor GPS Satellite Constellation Antenna Array * A16-099 ES High Power MWIR Laser with Coherently Combined Emitters * A16-100 ES Third Generation Sensor Anti-reflecting Surface Textures for Maximum Transmission through Infrared Optical Surfaces Navy SBIR 16.2 https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=1&solicitationId=107&filetype=html&instructionType=1 * N162-073 CM Data in Transit Encryption Algorithms for Hand-held devices and Man-pack Radios ** N162-076 GP Miniaturization of GPS Alternative Survey Equipment **** N162-079 FE Fuel Efficiency Improvements for Amphibious Vehicles ** N162-082 ES Analog to Information Processing *** N162-084 MT Hardware Open Systems Technologies (HOST) Hardware Integration Tool Set **** N162-086 MT Hardware Open Systems Technologies (HOST) Conformance Tool ** N162-089 MT Scalable Aircraft Hardware Open System Technologies (HOST) Prototype Development *** N162-091 MT Design Tool for Topological Optimization of Air-Platform Structural Components made by Additive Manufacturing ***** N162-092 BT All Solid-State Batteries for Navy Applications * N162-097 TM Non-Contact Torque Sensor for Unmodified Composite Shafts and Non-Ferrous Metal Shafts * N162-103 ES Improved Volume Hologram Optical Elements ** N162-106 TN Advanced High Speed Bus Technologies for Units Under Test (UUT), Test and Evaluation ** N162-107 BT Improve Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrocatalysts *** N162-109 BT Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) Casualty Power ** N162-110 BT Hermetically Sealed and Orientation-Independent Vacuum Gauge for Monitoring Deep Vacuum ** N162-115 CM Advanced Persistent Cyber Threat Anomaly Detection ***** N162-119 BT SiC-Based High Voltage Capacitor Charging Innovations * N162-121 TM New Condition Based Maintenance and Energy Command and Control Network Architectures for the Naval Expeditionary Force ** N162-130 MF Advanced Energy Sources and Controls for Metal Additive Manufacturing *** N162-136 TM Sustained Maintenance Planning Software Air Force SBIR 16.2 https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=2&solicitationId=107&filetype=html&instructionType=1 ** AF162-001 CM Deployable Electronically Steered Apertures (ESAs) for Future Space Platforms Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) SBIR 16.2 https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=4&solicitationId=107&filetype=html&instructionType=1 -- and -- DARPA SBIR 16.2 Direct to Phase II https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=4&solicitationId=107&filetype=html&instructionType=2 *** SB162-004 CM Secure Messaging Platform *** SB162-005 AI Managing Emergent Behavior of Interacting Autonomous Systems * SB162-008 CM Distributed Coherent Communications * SB162-009 GP Software/Analytics Exploiting Commercial Satellite Imagery ** SB162-010 ES Near-Photon-Counting, High Dynamic Range, Passive Vision Detector Arrays * SB162-012 BT Complementary Piezo Energy Harvesting for Small Satellites in Eclipse (Phase-I only) Missile Defense Agency (MDA) SBIR 16.2 https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=5&solicitationId=107&filetype=html&instructionType=1 * MDA16-006 TM Innovative Ways to Streamline Scenario Generation Across a System of Systems M&S Enterprise ** MDA16-013 MT Additive Manufacturing for Affordable Missile Defense Office of the Secretary Defense (OSD) SBIR 16.2 Direct to Phase II https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=14&solicitationId=107&filetype=html&instructionType=2 ** OSD162-004X DA Augmented Reality Training for Dismounted Soldiers ** OSD162-005X DA Accurate Situational Awareness using Augmented Reality Technology * OSD162-007X DA Transparent Emissive Microdisplay No pertinent topics: Air Force SBIR 16.2 Direct to Phase II https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=2&solicitationId=107&filetype=html&instructionType=2 Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) SBIR 16.2 https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=15&solicitationId=107&filetype=html&instructionType=1 Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) SBIR 16.2 https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=16&solicitationId=107&filetype=html&instructionType=1 Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) SBIR 16.2 https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=9&solicitationId=107&filetype=html&instructionType=1 NAVY STTR 16.B https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=1&solicitationId=108&filetype=html&instructionType=1 Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) STTR 16.B https://sbir.defensebusiness.org/topics/instructionfile?agencyId=16&solicitationId=108&filetype=html&instructionType=1 "STAR" RATINGS of Relevance: (and number of topics for each rating) ***** (2) **** (2) *** (6) ** (15) * (10) Others -- no stars and not listed here Generalized topic areas: AI = Self-driving vehicles, Vehicle-to-vehicle or -to-system communications (except CM) (1) BT = Battery technology, or other advanced energy technology (6) CM = Communications (5) DA = Drivers' assistance (3) ES = Environmental sensors (6) FE = Fuel Efficiency (1) GP = GPS or other mapping functions (3) MF = Materials / Manufacturing (1) MT = Manufacturing Techniques (5) TM = Testing and Maintenance (4) SPECIAL NOTICE: Because the DoD has vastly improved the clarity of its own instructions, and because they are soliciting fewer proposals, this is the last time I will be doing this. ======================================================================================================================= Latest updates: Instructions and List: 2015 June 3 (c) 2011-2016 Joshua Zev Levin, Ph.D. The contents of this file may be freely used, as long as acknowledgment is made to Joshua Zev Levin, Ph.D.