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SOURCES SOUGHT FOR COOPERATIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS HYPERSONIC INFRARED TARGET SENSING – TRANSITION OPPORTUNITY (HITS-TO)

Solicitation numberW911NF-26-HITS-TO

DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEPT OF THE ARMY · W6QK ACC-APG DURHAM

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Response deadlineSep 30, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
Deadline status27 days remaining
PostedJul 30, 2026
Record refreshedSep 2, 2026

Opportunity summary

Source-cited

This Sources Sought seeks partners for Cooperative Research & Development in hypersonic infrared target sensing to mature innovations for hypersonic weapons. No funding is available through this notice, and respondents may submit multiple proposals addressing different objectives. [1][3]

Key points

  • CRADA defines agreements between labs and non-Federal parties. [1]
  • Test & Evaluation involves simulating stressing IR environments. [3]

Watch items

  • Responses are due by September 30, 2026. [4]
  • Vendors must provide company name and CAGE code. [2]

Sources

  1. HITS-TO+SourcesSought_Revised.pdfCode § 3710a - Cooperative research and development agreements defines CRADA as any agreement between one or more Federal laboratories and one or more non-Federal parties under which the Government, through its laboratories, provides personnel, services, facilities, equipment, intellectual property, or other resources with or without reimbursement (but not funds to non-Federal parties) and the non-Federal parties provide funds, personnel, services, facilities, equipment, intellectual property, or other resources toward the conduct of specified research or development eBorts which are consistent with the missions of the laboratory; except that such term does not include a procurement contract o
  2. HITS-TO+SourcesSought_Revised.pdfTo satisfy this requirement, vendors shall provide their company name and CAGE code for the purpose of the Government verifying the vendor's clearance within the National Industrial Security System (NISS).
  3. HITS-TO+SourcesSought_Revised.pdfTest & Evaluation (TA5): Developing open- or closed-loop hardware-in-the-loop test facilities, both hardware and software, capable of simulating stressing IR environments, ideally for hypersonic flight.
  4. Official SAM.gov noticePosted Jul 30, 2026; Responses due Sep 30, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC; Archive date Oct 15, 2026

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Public-source intelligence

Source-backed opportunity brief

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Code § 3710a - Cooperative research and development agreements defines CRADA as any agreement between one or more Federal laboratories and one or more non-Federal parties under which the Government, through its laboratories, provides personnel, services, facilities, equipment, intellectual property, or other resources with or without reimbursement (but not funds to non-Federal parties) and the non-Federal parties provide funds, personnel, services, facilities, equipment, intellectual property, or other resources toward the conduct of specified research or development eBorts which are consistent with the missions of the laboratory; except that such term does not include a procurement contract or cooperative agreement as those terms are used in sections 6303, 6304, and 6305 of title 31.

[1] HITS-TO+SourcesSought_Revised.pdf

Deliverables

To satisfy this requirement, vendors shall provide their company name and CAGE code for the purpose of the Government verifying the vendor's clearance within the National Industrial Security System (NISS).

[1] HITS-TO+SourcesSought_Revised.pdf

Evaluation

Test & Evaluation (TA5): Developing open- or closed-loop hardware-in-the-loop test facilities, both hardware and software, capable of simulating stressing IR environments, ideally for hypersonic flight.

[1] HITS-TO+SourcesSought_Revised.pdf

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Notice information

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COOPERATIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS HYPERSONIC INFRARED TARGET SENSING - TRANSITION OPPORTUNITY (HITS-TO) This Sources Sought notice is intended to create technology transition pathways from United States (U.S.) Department of War (DoW) (legally operating as the Department of Defense) laboratories to potential U.S. partners in industry, national labs, University Affiliated Research Center (UARCs), and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) working on material and technology solutions related to hypersonic infrared target sensing. HITS-TO will mature transformational innovations and jointly create the leap-ahead technologies required to place an infrared seeker on a hypersonic weapon as rapidly as possible. No funding is available through this notice. Amendment 1: Respondents may submit as many TCSS proposals as they choose, but each may address only one of the TO Objectives listed above. Please see the document HITS-TO SourcesSought_Revised.

What changed

Jul 30, 2026 · 1 field changed
DescriptionCOOPERATIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS HYPERSONIC INFRARED TARGET SENSING - TRANSITION OPPORTUNITY (HITS-TO) This Sources Sought notice is intended to create technology transition pathways from United States (U.S.) Department of War (DoW) (legally operating as the Department of Defense) laboratories to potential U.S. partners in industry, national labs, University Affiliated Research Center (UARCs), and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) working on material and technology solutions related to hypersonic infrared target sensing. HITS-TO will mature transformational innovations and jointly create the leap-ahead technologies required to place an infrared seeker on a hypersonic weapon as rapidly as possible. No funding is available through this notice.COOPERATIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS HYPERSONIC INFRARED TARGET SENSING - TRANSITION OPPORTUNITY (HITS-TO) This Sources Sought notice is intended to create technology transition pathways from United States (U.S.) Department of War (DoW) (legally operating as the Department of Defense) laboratories to potential U.S. partners in industry, national labs, University Affiliated Research Center (UARCs), and Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) working on material and technology solutions related to hypersonic infrared target sensing. HITS-TO will mature transformational innovations and jointly create the leap-ahead technologies required to place an infrared seeker on a hypersonic weapon as rapidly as possible. No funding is available through this notice. Amendment 1: Respondents may submit as many TCSS proposals as they choose, but each may address only one of the TO Objectives listed above. Please see the document HITS-TO SourcesSought_Revised.

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