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: ADVANCED TRACKING ARCHITECTURE USING AI (ATA-AI) BAA or ARA NUMBER: FA8750-24-S-7004 PART I � OVERVIEW INFORMATION This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step ARA which is open and effective until 12 July 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 July 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, test, evaluate, and deliver innovative technologies and techniques for Next Generation Target Tracking architectures, which exploit a wide array of data sources and leverage the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Machine Inferencing (MI) algorithms in a High Performance Computing (HPC) enabled framework. 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 or Other Transactions, for all, some, or none of the solicited effort based on...
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Start a free GlobalGov account| Issuing agency | AFRL RIK |
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| Country | United States |
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| Category | Research & Development |
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| NAICS | 541715 |
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| PSC | AC12 |
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| Published | July 29, 2026 |
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| Procurement stage | Request for Proposal (RFP) |
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| Response due | July 13, 2029 |
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| Status | Open — accepting responses |
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| Official source | View original notice |
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| Last verified | October 12, 2026 |
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