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

Veronica Lacey Grantor·Government

This grant funds applied research to develop and mature communications and networking technologies for Naval operations, including the Naval Tactical Grid and distributed maritime operations. It is intended for projects that improve robust connectivity across manned and unmanned platforms under challenging operational conditions. The expected outcome is stronger command, control, and decision-making support for naval forces.

Go / No-Go Memo

This opportunity is worth monitoring, but needs more validation before proposal effort.

Watch

This is a U.S. Navy applied research opportunity focused on naval communications and networking, with no indication of humanitarian, health, or IFRC/National Society participation pathways. Eligibility is broadly stated as "Others" and source information is insufficient to support a realistic Movement role.

Strategic fit

moderate

Academic is the strongest profile match at 55/100; relevance is 5/100.

Eligibility risk

moderate

Eligible applicant types include Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).

Deadline feasibility

moderate

The call closes in 6 days, so proposal capacity is the main constraint.

Funding attractiveness

unknown

The funding amount is not available in the datasource.

Partnership need

moderate

This may be stronger with a Academic lead or co-applicant based on fit scores.

Recommended next action

Ignore

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 and unmanned, operating under challenging environmental and operational warfare conditions (lack of infrastructure, mobility, spectrum limitations, interference, multipath, atmospherics, jamming, electronic intercept, size/weight/power constraint, etc.) in different domains (land, maritime [includes both surface and undersea], cyber, and space). Successful Command 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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