Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

Open calls

Closing soonest first, then calls with no fixed deadline. Updated November 4, 2026.

• Aircraft Defensive Electro-optical Protection Technologies (ADEPT)
  Deadline: November 9, 2026 · Not specified
• Space Environment Technologies and Science (SETS) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Call 004
  Deadline: November 13, 2026 · Not specified
• STAR-FISH CALL 017 - Secure By Design
  Deadline: November 13, 2026 · Not specified
• Multi-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)
  Deadline: January 20, 2027 · Not specified
• Trusted and Elastic Military Platforms and Electronic Warfare (EW) System Technologies (TEMPEST)
  Deadline: March 31, 2027 · Not specified
• Kaiju
  Deadline: May 12, 2027 · Not specified
• Multi-Spectrum Defensive Electronic Warfare (MSDEW) Advanced Research Announcement (ARA)
  Deadline: July 13, 2027 · Not specified
• Structural Materials Open BAA
  Deadline: September 20, 2027 · Not specified
• CHEERS Open Period 1 - All Technical Areas
  Deadline: September 30, 2027 · Not specified
• CHEERS Open Period 2 - All Technical Areas
  Deadline: September 30, 2027 · Not specified
• Neutron Strategic Technology Advanced Research (Neutron-STAR) Advanced Research Announcement (ARA)
  Deadline: October 1, 2027 · Not specified
• FOUNDATIONS OF TRUSTED SYSTEMS
  Deadline: December 5, 2028 · Up to $99,900,000
• Coordinating Austere Nodes through Virtualization and Analysis of Streams (CANVAS)
  Deadline: May 22, 2029 · Up to $24,900,000
• Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments
  Deadline: July 18, 2029 · Up to $49,000,000
• Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval
  Deadline: September 9, 2029 · Up to $99,000,000
• Continuing Human Enabling Enhancing Restoring and Sustaining
  Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)Not specified
• Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering and Research (PACER)
  Rolling (no fixed deadline listed)Not specified