# Thunderdome 2026: Low-Cost Interceptors for Counter-UAS

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- Solicitation number: NAWCAD-SN-26-Thunderdome
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was July 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of the Navy
- Agency: Department of the Navy
- Contracting office: Naval Air Warfare Center Air Div (N00421)
- Place of performance: Maryland
- First posted: July 10, 2026
- Last posted: July 10, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7a496d20dbf94e39831c567bcaacd600/view

## Description

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) and the UX-24 Unmanned Aircraft Test Squadron, in partnership with Naval Air Warfare Center Webster Outlying Field (NAWC WOLF), are seeking information from industry regarding low-cost interceptors in the Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CUAS) role. This Request for Information (RFI) supports Thunderdome 2026, a Naval Innovative Science & Engineering (NISE) sponsored event. The exercise aims to accelerate the development and showcase capabilities of emerging CUAS technologies to address the rapid expansion of adversarial UAS threats to the warfighter. See Special Notice, NAWCAD-SN-26-Thunderdome, for further details.

## Publications

- July 10, 2026: Special notice, due July 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 7a496d20dbf94e39831c567bcaacd600. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7a496d20dbf94e39831c567bcaacd600/view

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