Development of advanced warhead technologies including blast effects, reactive materials, and novel target defeat mechanisms. Research focuses on robust, affordable air-launched munitions meeting insensitive munitions requirements.
Advanced missile flight control actuator R&D including miniaturized high-speed actuation, articulating radomes, and adaptive airframe control technologies.
Munitions carriage and release technology R&D for high-density weapon bay integration with multi-missile carrying capacity and advanced communications.
Biotechnology innovation in detection and decontamination of chemical-biological agents using enzymatic systems, microbial remediation, and self-decontaminating coatings.
Develop novel timber construction techniques for expeditionary and high-threat environments including cold-weather shelters, blast-resistant CLT panels, and protective structural innovations.
Develop advanced emergency response and firefighting technologies for airbases, including composite material extinguishment, hazard prediction modeling, and protective equipment innovations.
Airbase energy and utility systems RDT&E including shelter efficiency, renewable power generation, storage, management, and waste minimization technologies.
Space hardware advancements for LINK-182 user radios, multi-waveform capabilities, SGLS, and secure contested communications with LPI/LPD connectivity.
Counterspace capabilities R&D including defensive/offensive technologies, cyber capabilities, phenomenology, and satellite servicing for space protection.
Up to $99M over 5-year period (total BAA funding, not topic-specific)
Radiation belt and plasma particle effects modeling for space systems. Includes spacecraft charging models, materials interaction studies, and nuclear effects analysis.
Development of material substitutes, recycling methods, and rare earth recovery. Addresses supply chain resilience and material conservation for defense applications.
Phase I: up to Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT); Phase II: up to $10,000,000
Advanced processing, command and control algorithms for contested space operations. Includes network defense, secure enclaves, autonomous orchestration, and radiation-hardened processors.
Development of optical materials and processing for photon generation, conversion, and transport. Includes metamaterials, plasmonics, and ceramic optics for imaging and electronic warfare.
NTE $75M per individual contract award; total program NTE $500M
Evaluation and development of photonic materials for sensor and structure survivability. Includes EO/IR protection, optical coatings, laser materials, and environmental interaction testing.
NTE $75M per individual contract award; total program NTE $500M
Biomaterials research using soft matter characterization, synthetic biology, and bioinformatics for accelerated materials development. Focus on biodegradable materials and biological-material interactions.
NTE $75M per individual contract award; total program NTE $500M
Army energetics innovation research in explosives, propellants, and pyrotechnics. Areas include modeling, synthesis methods, high energy density materials, and lifecycle advancement.
Army revolutionary armament design R&D including threat recognition, targeting, and remotely operated platforms. Focus on hypervelocity airframes, novel propulsion, morphing structures, and advanced materials.
Army fuze technology research including Electronic Safe and Arm Devices, MEMS devices, and miniaturized components. Focus on reliability, manufacturability, and G-load survivability.
Army fire control technology R&D including optics, electro-optics, position/navigation sensors, and quantum science. Spans target acquisition, tracking, and autonomous systems integration.