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Automated Lethality

Seal of the Agency: DOD

Funding Agency

DOW

USAF

Year: 2026

Topic Number: DAF26BZ05-NV026

Solicitation Number: 26.BZ

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Solicitation Status: Open

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Release Schedule

  1. Release Date
    August 5, 2026

  2. Open Date
    August 26, 2026

  3. Due Date(s)
    September 23, 2026

  4. Close Date
    September 23, 2026

Description

The challenge of this topic is to automate the weaponeering process via advanced software and embed it into hardware. It is desired to develop a full software stack to create a small footprint lethality software tool for embedded applications. This includes software to automate target model generation, probability of kill calculation, and uncertainty quantification. The solution will require methodologies that will automate many of the processes needed for lethality simulations. It is desired to be able to use imagery and other visual inputs to automate the process of generating a target structure model. This capability should be capable of determining structure type, structural layout, and sizes of structural members. Once the structural target is generated, the automated software approaches should be capable of determining the probability of kill, and then determining optimal engagement scenarios in an automated and very fast-running approach. The resulting software stack needs to have a small footprint and be able to be embedded in hardware.