GlobalX Challenge 26.1: AI-Native Air Interface for Tactical Communication Networks

Key Facts

Status: Open

Posted date: June 9, 2026

Archive date: October 1, 2026

Opportunity ID: 362721

Opportunity number: N0001426SBC03

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Office of Naval Research

Agency code: DOD-ONR

Award floor: $0

Award ceiling: $500,000

Cost sharing required: No

Funding Instrument Types
  • Grant
Category of Funding Activity
  • Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible Applicants
  • Others
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  • status:open
Description

The purpose of the GlobalX Innovation Challenge is to accelerate the traditional knowledge generation cycle, rapidly testing applied research theories to enable the discovery of revolutionary dual-use capabilities for the benefit of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, the commercial marketplace, and the public. Led by the Office of Naval Research Global and targeted at researchers in the Indian subcontinent, this challenge addresses a joint Naval need and seeks to deliver outcomes of value to both the U.S. and India. The expected results are promising, potentially game-changing applied concepts whose maturity may be further advanced through separate follow-on technology development efforts.

GlobalX Challenge 26.1: AI-Native Air Interface for Tactical Communication Networks
The purpose of the GlobalX Innovation Challenge is to accelerate the traditional knowledge generation cycle, rapidly testing applied research theories to enable the discovery of revolutionary dual-use capabilities for the benefit of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, the commercial marketplace, and the public. Led by the Office of Naval Research Global and targeted at researchers in the Indian subcontinent, this challenge addresses a joint Naval need and seeks to deliver outcomes of value to both the U.S. and India. The expected results are promising, potentially game-changing applied concepts whose maturity may be further advanced through separate follow-on technology development efforts.
GlobalX Challenge 26.1: AI-Native Air Interface for Tactical Communication Networks
Open
Office of Naval Research
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Grant
Others
2026-06-09