Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research Research Opportunity: FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research
Department of Defense
The proposed topic will develop and mature Communications and Networking technologies for Naval operations. Background: A Design for Maritime Superiority (2018) describes an operational architecture for distributed maritime operations (DMO) that "... will provide accurate, timely, and analyzed information to units, warfighting groups, and fleets." A critical component of this architecture is the Naval Tactical Grid (NTG) to connect distributed units into groups and distributed groups into fleets. Communications and networking technologies that can provide seamless, robust, connectivity are key enablers for the NTG. These technologies will be deployed on a variety of platforms, both manned an
Funding
Award size
$100K – $1M
Award ceiling
500000
Type
Grant
Dates
Deadline
Later
Posted
06/16/2026
Closes
2026-11-16
Eligibility
Eligibility
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Program
Funding area
Science and Technology and other Research and Development - ST
Opportunity #
N0001426SBC11
Source
Status
Open
Market
Government
Level
Federal
Source
Grants.gov