Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research Research Opportunity: FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research — Office of Naval Research funding opportunity
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Special Program Announcement for Office of Naval Research Research Opportunity: FY27 Communications and Networking Applied Research

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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 maritim...

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Award $250k–$500k Deadline Nov 16 Location Alabama Type grant Level Federal Open posted Jun 16, 2026
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  • Who can apply: Federal-level applicants (see eligibility for details).
  • Funding amount: $250,000 – $500,000.
  • Next deadline: November 16, 2026.
  • Issued by: Office of Naval Research.
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Award amount
$250k–$500k
Deadline
Nov 16
Nov 16, 2026

About this opportunity

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 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 are key enablers for the NTG. These technologies will be deployed on a variety of platforms, both manned and unmanned, operating under challenging environmental and operational warfare conditions (lack of intercept, size/weight/power constraint, etc.) in different domains (land, maritime space). SuccessfulCommand and Control (C2) and decision making, at all levels of command, for DMO is critically dependent on these communications and networking technologies

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Source ID362836
PostedJun 16, 2026

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