Non-dilutive defense innovation lead from U.S. Space Force; eligibility, timing, and fit require current official verification.
No application or relationship exists. This record does not establish eligibility, availability, funding, recommendation, provider interest, or authorization to apply.
Provider
U.S. Space Force
Kind
Non-dilutive defense innovation
Status
active; solicitation-specific
Timing
Active opportunities shown: DoW SBIR Specific Topic 26.BX Release 4 is open July 22–August 18, 2026; PY26.2 TACFI has accepted submissions continuously since June 5, 2026.
Eligibility
SBIR applicants must be U.S.-based for-profit small businesses with no more than 500 employees and a qualifying principal investigator. STTR requires a U.S. research-institution partner and statutory work shares. TACFI is for qualifying successful Phase II projects and requires matching funds.
Access notes
The official page lists specific and later-stage opportunities, not a blanket open-topic entitlement. Phase II and Direct-to-Phase-II pathways typically require a U.S. Space Force customer, and all applications must satisfy the exact solicitation and federal registrations.
Official link checked
2026-07-25
Relationship
indexed only; no formal relationship
Potential fit and evidence boundary
Defensive resilience, logistics, communications, and assurance
Evidence boundary: Official SpaceWERX funding page reviewed. It establishes current dates, program phases, broad eligibility, and customer requirements; it does not establish a matching topic, customer, eligibility, or endorsement.
Task-specific matches
No bounded task match is recorded.
Proposed founder action—not undertaken
Apply the project's civil-and-defensive dual-use screen before topic fit: consider only defensive resilience, logistics, communications, or assurance with a precise customer need; exclude autonomous weapons and offensive integration, and seek separate authorization before any action.
Conflicts and change triggers
Conflicts: Defense mission alignment, customer sponsorship, export control, security obligations, data rights, foreign influence, and the project's prohibited-use boundary require enhanced independent review.
What would change this record? A specific defensive topic match, qualifying entity and customer evidence, revised solicitation dates, or a policy review clearing the use case would change priority.
Official SpaceWERX funding page reviewed. It establishes current dates, program phases, broad eligibility, and customer requirements; it does not establish a matching topic, customer, eligibility, or endorsement.
Indexing and task matching do not establish eligibility, recommendation, availability, funding, provider interest, a relationship, or authorization to apply.
What would change this page?
A specific defensive topic match, qualifying entity and customer evidence, revised solicitation dates, or a policy review clearing the use case would change priority.
Defense mission alignment, customer sponsorship, export control, security obligations, data rights, foreign influence, and the project's prohibited-use boundary require enhanced independent review.
The maintainer intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work. No entity, outside funding, customer, sponsor, or indexed-organization relationship currently exists.