Notice ID: FA875025S7002
This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step BAA which is open and effective until 30 September 2029. Only white papers will be accepted as initial submissions; formal proposals will be accepted by invitation only.
TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS:
The Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting white papers under this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for research, development, integration, test and evaluation of technologies/techniques to improve the joint targeting cycle by shortening the killchain, improving the speed of decisions, providing information and connectivity assurance during execution, and enabling battle damage assessment. These technologies should address one or more of the following focus areas:
- Dynamic Targeting Engagement at Scale
Technologies are required that are capable of matching the speed and scale of a potential peer conflict. Hundreds of dynamic targets must be found, fixed, tracked, targeted, and engaged at tactically relevant timescales. This dynamic threat far outpaces the capacity of humans to effectively prosecute within the short timespan anticipated during a modern conflict. Specific technologies of interest include…
- Mission Communications
Operational environments will require mission-critical communications assurance. Operating in a low-bandwidth, low-permissively environment creates significant challenges for passing information and relaying commands during operations. Additionally, adversarial interference in the electromagnetic spectrum poses a threat…
- Combat Assessment
Technologies are needed to provide tactically relevant combat assessment during mission execution to inform re-strike and re-planning. Every course of action inherently carries a chance of mission failure. The state of practice for traditional targeting involves generating after-action reports including battle-damage…
- Indications & Warning Analytics
During competition and escalation phases of conflict, DAF intelligence analysts and planners will be provided Indications & Warning (I&W) to optimize collection strategies and develop blue courses of action. This technical area addresses analytics which utilize all available data sources to generate battlespace context and understanding of…
- Test and Evaluations
To ensure the operational effectiveness, suitability, and survivability of the aforementioned technologies, robust testing and evaluation (T&E) processes are required. This focus area will consider the development and implementation of T&E methodologies, tools, and techniques that can be used to validate the performance of these technologies in realistic, operationally relevant environments. Testing and evaluation will be conducted in…
Multiple Awards are anticipated.
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