On October 16, the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) posted an advanced research announcement (ARA) for Characterization and Assessment for Space Domain Awareness (SDA). For best funding consideration for FY25, AFRL recommends that white papers be submitted by November 30, 2024.
This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step ARA which is open and effective until 12 JUL 2029. Only white papers will be accepted as initial submissions; formal proposals will be accepted by invitation only.
AFRL is seeking research to design, develop, demonstrate and test technologies for intelligent tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, analysis and dissemination of data/information in support of Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and Space Superiority; High-Performance Computational SDA: Experimental techniques and applications from ground, orbital and cyber intelligence analysis to provide an integrated, predictive SDA capability.
Total funding for this ARA is approximately $99M. Individual awards will not normally exceed 48 months with dollar amounts normally ranging from $1M to $10M. There is also the potential to make awards up to any dollar value as long as the value does not exceed the available ARA ceiling amount.
Multiple Awards are anticipated. However, the Air Force reserves the right to award zero, one, or more Procurement Contracts or Other Transactions, for all, some, or none of the solicited effort based on the offeror’s ability to perform desired work and funding fluctuations. There is no limit on the number of OTs that may be awarded to an individual offeror.
Review the AFRL SDA ARA.
Source: SAM
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