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

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/w911nf26hitsto

- Solicitation number: W911NF-26-HITS-TO
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Open. Offers due September 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of the Army
- Agency: Department of the Army
- Contracting office: W6QK ACC-APG Durham (W911NF)
- First posted: July 9, 2026
- Last posted: July 30, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/21f46ddaa13b49ba8504633abc71dd4d/view

## Description

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.

## Publications

- July 9, 2026: Sources sought, due September 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 295e5ea2dd5b4ad98da79ca253373763. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/295e5ea2dd5b4ad98da79ca253373763/view
- July 30, 2026: Sources sought, due September 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 21f46ddaa13b49ba8504633abc71dd4d. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/21f46ddaa13b49ba8504633abc71dd4d/view

## Points of contact

- HITS RFI, HITS_RFI@army.mil

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