Opportunity Overview
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 are anticipated. However, the Air Force reserves the right to award zero, one, or more Procurement Contracts...
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| Issuing agency | Dept of Defense |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Category | Scientific Research |
| NAICS | 541715 |
| PSC | AC12 |
| Published | September 09, 2025 |
| Procurement stage | Request for Proposal (RFP) |
| Response due | July 13, 2029 |
| Status | Open — accepting responses |
| Official source | View original notice |
| Last verified | October 11, 2026 |
Source: U.S. Government (SAM.gov) — public domain. GlobalGov is not affiliated with or endorsed by the United States Government.
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