Collaborative Autonomy Software Framework Development

Inactive on SAM.gov — responses were due 31 Jul 2026 · Unrestricted (full and open) · Department of the Air Force, DoD · Wright Patterson AFB, OH · Solicitation FA8629-26-R-6001

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Solicitation details

Solicitation numberFA8629-26-R-6001
Notice IDfc8c15f3161248be842ae9c07527d15a
AgencyDepartment of Defense (DoD)
Sub-agencyDepartment of the Air Force
Contracting officeFA8629 AFLCMC WISK SOF/PR
Set-asideUnrestricted (full and open)
Notice typeSources Sought
Posted21 July 2026
Response deadline31 July 2026 (closed)
Place of performanceWright Patterson AFB, OH, USA

Description

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC/WISJ) is conducting market research to identify sources capable of serving as the primary developer for an advanced, Government-owned collaborative autonomy software framework. This open-architecture software stack is designed to enable collaborative, autonomous capabilities across a variety of crewed and uncrewed systems. The baseline for this framework is an evolution of complex, multi-agent swarming autonomy architectures previously developed under Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) initiatives. The Government s objective is to evaluate industry capability to perform continuous software development, applied research, testing, and maturation of this framework in accordance with the DoDI 5000.87 Software Acquisition Pathway. The scope requires the contractor to develop and mature the core software logic, integrate the software onto diverse platforms, integrate third-party vendor capabilities into the open framework, perform applied research on future autonomy behaviors, and develop ground station integration.

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