On October 25, the
Air Force Research Laboratory posted the broad agency announcement for Measurement
and Signatures Intelligence Exploitation (MASINT-X). While white papers will be
accepted until September 2020, AFRL recommends that white papers be submitted
by July 6, 2020 for best funding considerations.
The technical objectives of this BAA are to research innovative, disruptive technologies and methods in Measurement and Signatures Intelligence Exploitation (MASINT-X). The MASINT-X BAA seeks significant advances in the exploitation and reporting of six MASINT sub-disciplines.
Total funding for this BAA is approximately $24.9M. Individual awards will not normally exceed 48 months with dollar amounts normally ranging from $100K to $2M. There is also the potential to make awards up to any dollar value.
The six MASINT sub-disciplines
of interest to this solicitation include:
1. Electro-Optical –
Technologies for the detection and exploitation of relevant phenomena by
electro-optical sensors to include laser intelligence (LASINT), Overhead
Non-imaging Infrared (ONIR), Thermal IR (TIR), and spectroscopy.
2. Radar –
Technologies to include Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Inverse SAR, Line of
Sight (LOS), Over the Horizon (OTH), and bi-static radar.
3. Materials –
Technologies to collect, characterize and identify materials, point of origin
by remote or close-in means to include nuclear materials, biological threats to
include the identification of infectious agents of military importance.
Investigations may include improvements in the dissemination of intelligence
information to medical personnel through improvements in bioinformatics and
data management systems.
4. Radio
Frequency – Seek technology to collect, process, and exploit signals
intelligence from Ultra-Wideband (UWB), Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP), High Power
Microwave (HPM), Unintended RF Emissions (URE or RINT) threats.
5. Geophysical –
Seek new capabilities for persistent surveillance of areas of interest using
seismic, magnetic, acoustic, hydro-acoustic or multi-disciplinary approaches.
6. Cyber-Physical – Develop a sub-discipline of MASINT to collect intelligence exploiting the cyber-domain and its interaction with cyber-physical devices such as those available in critical infrastructure or crowd-sourced sensor applications. This capability will exploit the density of devices in the aggregate to complement the other MASINT sub-disciplines. Cyber-Physical MASINT may have the target source(s) overlapping with other sub-disciplines but the data is only available as a result of collection by a comprehensive cyber-physical network or unique secondary effects on digital systems.
Full information is available here.
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