Collaborative Autonomy Software Framework Development
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- FA8629-26-R-6001
- Agency
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AFLCMC Wright Patterson AFB
Lifecycle Management Center, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- PSC
- Not on record
- Place of performance
- Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base intends to solicit a primary developer for an advanced, Government-owned collaborative autonomy software framework with responses to the RFI due July 31, 2026.
The procurement is not set-aside. Work encompasses continuous software development, applied research, testing, and maturation of an open-architecture software stack enabling collaborative autonomous capabilities across crewed and uncrewed systems, following DoDI 5000.87 Software Acquisition Pathway. The framework evolves from multi-agent swarming autonomy architectures previously developed under Air Force Research Lab initiatives.
Critical capability requirements include foundational software engineering and maturation at scale for complex collaborative swarming autonomy baselines; Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA) development ensuring Government ownership and third-party vendor insertion; applied research capability for next-generation collaborative autonomy integration; mature DevSecOps environment with robust CI/CD pipelines and "Insight over Oversight" methodology providing continuous real-time access to Agile management tools, code repositories, and digital models; experience developing and regularly releasing SDKs and APIs; large swarm-level simulation capability with Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop integration for Group 1–5 UAS platforms; TS/SCI cleared personnel and facilities for classified autonomy software; and multi-domain software and hardware integration experience.
Respondents must provide company information, technical capability narratives, DevSecOps infrastructure details, facilities and clearances documentation, SDK documentation structure, and a Rough Order of Magnitude cost estimate for five-year performance plus staffing profile. Responses, not to exceed 10 pages, are due electronically by 12:00 PM Eastern time on July 14, 2026 to Jesse Cooley (Contracting Officer) and Steven Woodard (Program Manager). U.S. and non-U.S. firms may respond if registered in SAM.
Notice text
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC/WISJ) is conducting market research to identify sources capable of serving as the primary developer for an advanced, Government-owned collaborative autonomy software framework. This open-architecture software stack is designed to enable collaborative, autonomous capabilities across a variety of crewed and uncrewed systems. The baseline for this framework is an evolution of complex, multi-agent swarming autonomy architectures previously developed under Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) initiatives.
The Government’s objective is to evaluate industry capability to perform continuous software development, applied research, testing, and maturation of this framework in accordance with the DoDI 5000.87 Software Acquisition Pathway. The scope requires the contractor to develop and mature the core software logic, integrate the software onto diverse platforms, integrate third-party vendor capabilities into the open framework, perform applied research on future autonomy behaviors, and develop ground station integration.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| RFI Collaborative Autonomy Software.pdf |
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