Office of Naval Research – Navy Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program’s Special Broad Agency Announcement (sBAA) Industry Day – Accelerating Maritime Modernization: Innovation in Naval Manufacturing, Sustainment, and Industrial Base Capability

Office of Naval Research – Navy Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program’s Special Broad Agency Announcement (sBAA) Industry Day – Accelerating Maritime Modernization: Innovation in Naval Manufacturing, Sustainment, and Industrial Base Capability

Who: Industry professionals seeking to do business with the Office of Naval Research – Navy ManTech Program

What: The Office of Naval Research (ONR) – Navy ManTech Program plans to conduct an Industry Day to engage the naval manufacturing community in an open forum on its special Broad Agency Announcement (sBAA) on Special Broad Agency Announcement (sBAA) Industry Day – Accelerating Maritime Modernization: Innovation in Naval Manufacturing, Sustainment, and Industrial Base Capability. This sBAA aims to address manufacturing opportunities to facilitate applied research and advanced technology development that enhance naval platform manufacturing and sustainment with the goal of improving speed and throughput of next-generation naval platform manufacturing and sustainment. Presentation topics are intended to inform industry of the sBAA goals and intentions regarding the development of manufacturing and sustainment technologies that support Navy Golden Fleet platforms, including new battleship [BBG(X)/BBGN], next generation frigate [FF(X)], unmanned surface vessels, and associated combat systems. Presentations and discussions topics will include sBAA overview, timeline, and requirements.

Register for the event at the link provided here: https://www.onlineregistrationcenter.com/register/222/page1.asp?m=4269&c=744

Reference for the BAA is located here: https://www.onr.navy.mil/work-with-us/funding-opportunities/accelerating-maritime-modernization-innovation-naval

All registration should be completed by Monday, August 13th, 2026 at 11:59 PM.

All requested attendees will receive confirmation of attendance and specific location of event by email from ONR. It is necessary to limit each affiliation attending to only have two representatives per affiliation to give as much opportunity for engagement as possible. Press will not be allowed to attend.

When: August 20, 2026

Where: Arlington, VA

Confirmation of attendance will be sent a week in advance to include the agenda and the exact location of the event.