xTech|Search 10 Competition
Overview
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STTR · Phase: Phase I · Topic ARM26TX05-NP002 · Solicitation 26.TX
The SBIR|STTR Program has aligned technologies that are experiencing rapid commercial traction with critical Army priorities into four portfolios of priority interest for this competition, each with core technology components identified. While xTech|Search encourages submissions aligned to the following SBIR|STTR portfolios and the associated core technology components, the program also welcomes proposals in any other technology domain with the potential to provide a disruptive advantage to the Army: • Sensors: Electronic devices used to measure physical parameters, often enabling enhanced automation through the Internet of Things. • Immersive and Wearables: Integration or extension of the real world through digital or simulated reality, such as augmented, virtual, and mixed reality. Wearables focus on smart electronic devices that can be worn by or attached to the user to gather data or provide insight during mission operations. • AI/ML: Technology that incorporates human intelligence into machines (AI) and allows machines to learn from data without explicit programming (ML). • Contested Logistics and Sustainment: Strategic and operational technologies that involve planning and executing the movement and maintenance of forces and materials under adversarial conditions. Note: The topic listed below is part of the xTech|Search 10 Prize Competition. See the full xTech|Search 10 competition RFI here: https://www.xtech.army.mil/competitions/. xTech|Search 10 will be used to identify small business concerns that meet the criteria for award. Finalists selected from the xTech|Search 10 prize competition will be the only firms eligible to submit a SBIR or STTR proposal under the topic listed above. Proposals submitted to the topic listed above by non-finalists or non-participants of the xTech|Search 10 competition will not be evaluated. August 26, 2026: White paper submission deadline via link above
- Category
- R&D
- Industry
- Needs verification
- Technology
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- Target stage
- Needs verification
- Project duration
- Needs verification
- Estimated preparation
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Funding
Award size and how it is paid
- Award range
- Needs verification
- Currency
- USD
- Total programme budget
- Needs verification
- Support type
- Needs verification
- Co-funding
- Needs verification
- Matching fund
- Needs verification
- Disbursement
- Needs verification
- Note
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Eligibility
Can we actually apply?
SBIR/STTR 은 미국 중소기업만 지원할 수 있습니다(Small Business Act 법정 요건). • 계열사를 포함해 상시 종업원 500명 이하 • 미국 시민 또는 영주권자 1인 이상이 50%를 초과해 직접 소유·지배 • 미국 내 사업장을 두고 주로 미국 내에서 사업을 영위할 것 • 수행책임자(PI)의 주된 근무처가 신청 기업일 것 출처: https://www.sbir.gov/faq/eligibility-requirements
- Company age
- Needs verification
- Employees
- 0명 ~ 500명
- Revenue limits
- Needs verification
- Consortium
- Needs verification
Location Requirements
Geography and legal-entity conditions
- Primary country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Also eligible
- None
- Foreign companies
- No
- Local entity
- Required
- Location condition
- 미국 내 사업장을 두고 미국 시민·영주권자가 50%를 초과해 소유한 중소기업만 신청할 수 있습니다(법정 요건).
Required Documents
Required/optional · issuer · difficulty · validity · cautions
Document requirements were not captured (needs verification). Check the official announcement.
Application Process
How you apply
Application process not captured.
Evaluation
Review process and criteria
Evaluation process not captured.
Timeline
Announcement → intake → review → agreement → execution
Process steps were not captured.
Equity & Financial Terms
Equity, loans and contract conditions
- Equity required
- Needs verification
- Loan
- Non-dilutive grant
- Duplicate funding
- Needs verification
- IP ownership
- Needs verification
- Deliverable ownership
- Needs verification
- Exclusivity
- Needs verification
- Right of first refusal
- Needs verification
- Audit & settlement
- Needs verification
Risk Intelligence
Should we apply at all? — five dimensions plus an overall score (lower is safer)
Chance of failing eligibility, location or legal-entity rules
Co-funding, matching funds, reimbursement and loan exposure
Paperwork load, timeline pressure, reporting and audit duties
Exclusivity, right of first refusal, duplicate-funding limits
How much technical detail you must hand over, and who owns it
- 18Local entity required
You cannot apply without an entity registered in that country.
- 16Overseas applicants not eligible
Only domestically registered companies may apply.
- 10Own contribution not stated· evidence needs verification
R&D and pilot programmes commonly require one. Confirm the ratio.
- 10Required documents not collected· evidence needs verification
The list of required documents was not collected.
- 8Payment timing not stated· evidence needs verification
Advance versus reimbursement makes a large difference to cash flow.
- 7Exclusivity not stated· evidence needs verification
Any exclusivity clause has to be checked.
- 6Award size not stated· evidence needs verification
The announcement does not state how much is available.
- 6Right of first refusal not stated· evidence needs verification
Any right-of-first-refusal clause has to be checked.
- · The list of required documents was not collected — check the announcement for what technical material must be submitted.
- · Whether an NDA can be signed is not stated (needs verification).
- · IP ownership terms are not stated (needs verification).
- · Ownership of the deliverables is not stated (needs verification).
- · Data-rights terms are not stated (needs verification).
- · How submitted material may be reused is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether an exclusivity clause applies is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether a right of first refusal applies is not stated (needs verification).
- · The required own-contribution ratio is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether a matching fund is required is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether payment is in advance or in arrears is not stated (needs verification).
- · The level of settlement and audit obligation is not stated (needs verification).
- · The award size is not stated (needs verification).
- · The duplicate-support rule is not stated (needs verification).
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IP / Idea Protection
How much of your technology and idea you must disclose
The announcement does not say what has to be submitted, so the disclosure exposure cannot be judged. the scope of the material requested is not stated. The awarding body is U.S. Department of War — ARMY. 8 fields could not be read and must be checked in the announcement and the grant agreement.
- NDA
- Needs verification
- IP ownership
- Needs verification
- Deliverable ownership
- Needs verification
- Data rights
- Needs verification
- Disclosure depth
- Needs verification
- File patent first?
- Not applicable
- Reuse of submissions
- Needs verification
- Publicity obligation
- Needs verification
- Exposure score
- Needs verification
- · The problem your product solves, and the market definition
- · Your value proposition and quantified results (improvement rates, throughput)
- · Anything already public: granted patents, papers, press coverage
- · Team composition, capabilities and a summary of past delivery
- · Architecture-level diagrams at module granularity, without internal implementation
- · Core algorithms: formulae, hyper-parameters and pre-processing rules
- · Raw training data and the details of your collection pipeline
- · Full source code and build or deployment scripts
- · Cost structure and unit-price formulae
- · Named customers, contract terms and pricing
- · How an unfiled invention is actually implemented
- HIGHPoC/공동개발 IP 귀속 조항 확인
공동개발 산출물의 지분·개선발명(improvement) 귀속·배경지식(background IP) 분리 조항을 협약서에서 확인하십시오.
- MEDIUMRequest an NDA
Ask in writing for a mutual NDA before submitting detailed technical material; if it is refused, keep what you submit at summary level.
4 evidence item(s) from the source
- UNKNOWN
No document list was collected, so the exposure of technical material cannot be judged.
Source link - UNKNOWN
No NDA clause could be found.
Source link - UNKNOWN
IP ownership terms could not be found.
Source link - UNKNOWN
Ownership of the deliverables terms could not be found.
Source link
- · The list of required documents was not collected — check the announcement for what technical material must be submitted.
- · Whether an NDA can be signed is not stated (needs verification).
- · IP ownership terms are not stated (needs verification).
- · Ownership of the deliverables is not stated (needs verification).
- · Data-rights terms are not stated (needs verification).
- · How submitted material may be reused is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether an exclusivity clause applies is not stated (needs verification).
- · Whether a right of first refusal applies is not stated (needs verification).
This assessment is derived from the stored announcement, document and contract fields. Anything the source does not state is marked "needs verification" — it never asserts that your idea will be taken. Generated by local:rules-v1 · 3h ago
AI Analysis
Pros · cons · difficulty · competition · attractiveness
From paperwork and review stages
Heuristic from award size and type
Amount, terms and IP combined
Weighted average of five dimensions
- Needs verification
- − 현지 법인 설립이 필요합니다.
- − 해외 기업은 지원할 수 없습니다.
- ! IP 귀속 조항이 확인되지 않았습니다 (확인 필요).
- ! 중복 수혜 제한 규정을 사전에 확인하십시오.
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Needs verificationD-229
Source & Provenance
Every value carries its source URL and fetch time
- Official URL
- https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/topics-app/
- Application URL
- https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/topics-app/
- Last fetched
- 2026.08.20
- Human review
- Not reviewed — check the official announcement
- First seen
- 2026.08.20
- Data status
- Auto-collected, not reviewed
- AI enrichment
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