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

Location: Federal
Posted: Sep 29, 2026
Due: Oct 15, 2026
Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE
Type of Government: Federal
Category:
  • 69 - Training Aids and Devices
  • A - Research and development
Solicitation No: W911NF-26-HITS-TO
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  • Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Updated)
  • Updated Published Date: Sep 29, 2026 09:23 am EDT
  • Original Published Date: Jul 09, 2026 02:34 pm EDT
  • Updated Response Date: Oct 15, 2026 04:00 pm EDT
  • Original Response Date: Sep 30, 2026 04:00 pm EDT
  • Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
  • Updated Inactive Date: Oct 30, 2026
  • Original Inactive Date: Oct 15, 2026
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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.



Amendment 2: Submission Deadline extended till: 15 October 2026, no later than 1600 ET


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  • RTP DIVISION 800 PARK OFFICE DRIVE SUITE 4229
  • RESEARCH TRIANGLE PAR , NC 27709-2211
  • USA
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Jul 9, 2026[Sources Sought (Original)] SOURCES SOUGHT FOR COOPERATIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS HYPERSONIC INFRARED TARGET SENSING – TRANSITION OPPORTUNITY (HITS-TO)
Jul 30, 2026[Sources Sought (Updated)] SOURCES SOUGHT FOR COOPERATIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS HYPERSONIC INFRARED TARGET SENSING – TRANSITION OPPORTUNITY (HITS-TO)
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