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Navy/ONR agentic AI control of heterogeneous UAV/UGV swarms (SBIR/STTR)

Navy and ONR efforts to develop LLM-based, agentic AI architectures for natural-language command and control of low-cost COTS small UAVs and UGVs in heterogeneous swarms for Navy and Marine Corps missions, including SBIR/STTR topics such as DON27TZ02-NV011 under the DoW STTR 2027 BAA, autonomy and AI governance requirements, funding, transition to programs of record, and congressional oversight of autonomous swarm systems.

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ONR has a pre-release STTR topic seeking agentic AI control of low-cost COTS small UAVs and UGVs in heterogeneous swarms. Q&A opens 2026-12-02 and proposals/responses are due 2027-01-06. No other recent items on Hill action, oversight, or outside pressure are in the feed.

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ONR STTR topic (pre-release) for agentic control of COTS UAV/UGV swarms: Q&A opens 2026-12-02; responses due 2027-01-06.

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  • Procurement & funding1 · 100%ONR pre-released an STTR topic for agentic AI control of low-cost COTS small UAVs and UGVs in heterogeneous swarms; Q&A opens 2026-12-02, responses due 2027-01-06.Office of Naval Research · DoD SBIR/STTR

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