Summary points:
- Navy wants white papers on artificial intelligence, cyber security, hypersonics, and quantum sensing to support future aviation capabilities.
- Focus areas span avionics, sensors, electronic warfare (EW), digital engineering, autonomy, and secure communications.
- Companies should submit white papers by June 2026; selected proposals may lead to full contract opportunities.
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – U.S. Navy aviation researchers are surveying industry for new enabling technologies in artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; machine autonomy; cyber security; fast computing; secure communications and networking; avionics, sensors and electronic warfare (EW); and hypersonics.
Officials of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., issued a broad agency announcement (N00421-25-S-0001) this week asking for white papers in a broad variety of aviation technologies.
Areas of interest also include advanced manufacturing; digital engineering; aeromechanics; data science and visualization; human systems; materials and aircraft structures; mechanical systems; power and propulsion; support equipment; test and…
