Advanced Research Announcement (Ara) Title: Characterization and Assessment for Space Domain Awareness (SDA)

NAICS CODE:  541715

FEDERAL AGENCY NAME: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514

ARA ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE:  Initial announcement

ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) TITLE:  CHARACTERIZATION AND ASSESSMENT FOR SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS (SDA)                                                                                             

ARA NUMBER: FA8750-24-S-7005

PART I – OVERVIEW INFORMATION

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.  While white papers will be considered if received prior to 5pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 12 JUL 2029, the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding:

FY25 by 30 NOV 2024

FY26 by 30 NOV 2025

FY27 by 30 NOV 2026

FY28 by 30 NOV 2027

FY29 by 30 NOV 2028

Offerors should monitor the Contract Opportunities on the SAM website at https://SAM.gov in the event this announcement is amended.

  

CONCISE SUMMARY OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENT:   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.

ARA ESTIMATED FUNDING:  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.

ANTICIPATED INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:  Multiple Awards...