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The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program invites small business concerns to review this pre-solicitation notice for opportunities within its Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) SBIR Phase I solicitation. THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE; NO SUBMISSIONS ARE ACCEPTED AT THIS TIME. The pre-solicitation period for U.S. DOT's FY26 solicitation is from April 29, 2026, through May 29, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) . Full descriptions of U.S. DOT's proposed FY26 Phase I solicitation research topics can be found in Appendix A: U.S. DOT SBIR Proposed FY26 Phase I Research Topics. During the pre-solicitation period, small businesses must post any technical questions concerning the proposed research topics to the SBIR Pre-solicitation Q&A Forum at https://usdot.uservoice.com/forums/967226 (see instructions below). Questions must be limited to specific information related to improving the understanding of a particular topic's requirements. Please note that all posted questions will be publicly available. Do not share solution ideas or proprietary information. Only clarifying questions should be submitted. Telephone inquiries or meeting requests will not be accepted or responded to. Potential offerors should not seek advice or guidance on its solution to any given topic nor submit any materials other than question(s) regarding the topic. The U.S. DOT will not respond to requests for advice or guidance on any offeror's solution to any SBIR topic and will not consider any submitted materials other than questions. Potential offerors must not include in the question(s) any information that they do not wish to be made public. All questions and corresponding answers will be available to the public. Technical questions regarding the research topics will be accepted only during the pre-solicitation period (April 29, 2026, through May 29, 2026). Technical questions will not be accepted after 5:00 p.m. ET on May 29, 2026 . Only questions received by posting to the forum as cited above prior to the deadline will be answered by the U.S. DOT research topic authors. Answers to all questions from the pre-solicitation period will remain available on the forum when the U.S. DOT FY26 SBIR Phase I solicitation is released on or about June 3, 2026. How to Use the SBIR Pre-solicitation Q&A Forum (https://usdot.uservoice.com/forums/967226): Register: Anyone can view questions, but registration is required if you wish to post a question and receive a notification when it is responded to. To create a new account or to sign in with an existing account, click on “sign in” located at the top-right of the page and a new pop-up window will open. You may use an existing Google or Facebook account to access the site, or you may select to create a new account. If you choose to access UserVoice with an existing Google or Facebook account, you will be required to enter your login credentials for Google or Facebook and agr…

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