Command Electromagnetic Management & Command-node Awareness, Management, and Obscuration (CEMA CAMO)

SBIR topic ARM27BX02-NV002 (U.S. Department of Defense – Army), Phase I and II. Open to U.S. small businesses. Opens: December 2, 2026. Closes: January 6, 2027. Army formations, including XVIII Airborne Corps (XVIII ABC) and its subordinate formations, operating in Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) face increasingly capable adversary intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems that can exploit electromagnetic emissions to detect, characterize, locate, and target command posts, platforms, and other mission-critical nodes. The proliferation of networked sensors and increasingly rapid sensor-to-shooter processes creates a need for affordable and scalable capabilities that reduce the effectiveness of adversary electromagnetic sensing and targeting. XVIII ABC requires capabilities that can be rapidly employed and distributed across formations to improve electromagnetic signature management and enhance survivability and freedom of maneuver in contested environments. This topic seeks innovative approaches for Command Electromagnetic Management & Command-node Awareness, Management, and Obscuration (CEMA CAMO), a low-cost, modular, distributed, and attritable capability for electromagnetic signature management. The desired solution should enable multiple software-configurable nodes to operate cooperatively across an operational area to sense the local electromagnetic environment and generate controlled electromagnetic activity that increases ambiguity and uncertainty for adversary ISR and targeting processes. Potential approaches may include distributed electromagnetic signature shaping, configurable RF effects representations, coordinated emissions, and adaptive management of distributed nodes. Proposed solutions should address the ability to sense and characterize the local electromagnetic environment, coordinate activity across distributed nodes, generate Government-authorized RF effects representations, and dynamically adapt system behavior…