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Foundations of Trusted Computational Information Systems

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This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) FA8750-17-S-7007, issued by the Department of the Air Force through the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at the Rome Research Site, solicits innovative research proposals aimed at developing trusted and resilient computational information systems for secure, affordable, and high-assurance Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence and Cyber (C4+1I) systems. The focus is on advancing technologies in hardware and software that improve security, reliability, scalability, and operational resilience against cyber threats, including self-healing capabilities to maintain mission-essential functions under attack, and techniques to enable trust in both legacy and new systems. Key technical areas include advancements in information processing technology, software engineering for trusted and resilient systems, secure computational architectures, cyber-physical systems integration, and improved software assurance leveraging emerging tools such as machine learning. Amendment 2 to the BAA corrects amendment numbering, updates contracting and technical points of contact, revises foreign participation policies, and refines proposal submission and evaluation criteria in accordance with federal guidelines. The total funding available is approximately $24.9 million across fiscal years 2017 through 2021, with expected individual awards generally ranging from $100,000 to $3 million and durations up to 36 months. Proposals undergo a two-step submission process beginning with white papers; only those white papers deemed of interest will be invited for full proposal submission. The announcement strictly limits foreign participation with specific provisions for fundamental research and entities subject to Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence mitigation. Submissions must adhere to specified formatting, security, and regulatory compliance requirements, particularly for human subjects research. The evaluation criteria prioritize scientific and technical merit, offeror capabilities, solution maturity, and cost reasonableness.

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Department of Air Force seeks resilient, secure C4+1I system research; $24.9M funding, limited foreign participation.

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541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

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AgencyDepartment Of Defense → FA8750 Afrl Rik
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OfficeROME, NY, 13441-4514, USA
Office AddressROME, NY, 13441-4514, USA
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Amber BuckleyContracting Officer

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AMENDMENT 2 for BAA FA8750-17-S-7007 The purpose of this modification is to republish the original announcement, incorporating any previous amendments, pursuant to FAR 35.016(c). This republishing also includes the following changes: (a) This is amendment No. 2 to the BAA. The first amendment was incorrectly listed as amendment No. 3; (b) Updates the Contracting Focal Point throughout; (c) Section I, deletes technical area 3-Quantum Information Processing and renumbers the remaining technical areas; (d) Section III.2: updates the foreign participation/access language; (e) Section IV.3.c: updates the TPOC email for unclassified submissions; (f) Section V.2.b.2: updates the evaluation categories; (g) Section VI.1: updated to reference the most recent version of the RI-Specific Proposal Preparation Instructions, dated Jun 2018; (h) Section VI.4: updated to revise and add new Administrative and National Policy Requirements; (i) Section VI.7: added paragraph (d); (j) Section VII: Updated the technical point of contact (TPOC); (k) Section VII: Update the Alternate Ombudsman information. No other changes have been made. 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 BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) TITLE: Foundations of Trusted Computational Information Systems BAA NUMBER: FA8750-17-S-7007 CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE (CFDA) Number: 12.800 and 12.910 I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION: The Air Force and Department of Defense (DoD) are dependent upon information technologies for almost everything they do, yet more needs to be done to secure the processing foundations upon which information technology infrastructure depends. Additionally, the sheer volume of data types being continuously being collected is now so voluminous that only a small subset of the data collected can effectively be refined into information, knowledge and actionable intelligence for decision makers. The Air Force Research Laboratory is soliciting white papers under this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for research, development, integration, test and evaluation of innovative technologies/techniques that establish trusted foundations for hardware and software that enable secure, resilient, affordable Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence and Cyber (C4+1I) information processing systems. Additional innovative technologies are sought to simultaneously increase the computational sophistication and decision aid capacities of these same systems. Of particular interest are technologies that support hardware and software foundations for high assurance, trusted/secure architectures, increased computational sophistication of general purpose and specialized processing, increased complex system functionality with improved resilience and embedded processing. Also of interest are technologies that can reduce warfighter decision latencies/response time, decrease system costs and system development times, automate labor-intensive/error-prone and costly aspects of system software development, and improve reliability, longevity, upgradability, and usability of emerging and legacy military information systems. Operation in a contested cyberspace domain requires that our systems must be resilient to unforeseen cyber-attacks. System characteristics dependent on geo-distribution, autonomy, and cooperation rely on trust within the system. Many mission critical systems and components currently lack the ability to adapt and be resilient to unforeseen failure and cyber-attacks. Methodologies and techniques to understand, maintain or reestablish trust in the system and its components to ensure mission success during execution and fight-through are non-existent. Resilient systems must possess self-healing capabilities that can dynamically effect change in the system to fight through unforeseen cyber-attacks (while maintaining mission essential functions (MEF)) as well as provide proof of continued or re-established trust in the system, as the dynamic change will have eroded mission/system trust based on the time-consuming, human-intensive and expensive Verification and Validation (V&V) established offline prior to mission deployment. To overcome these challenges, computing architectures require advances in resiliency technologies that enable fight through of unforeseen faults and cyber-attacks, while simultaneously assessing and/or reestablishing trust in near real-time to ensure mission success. This effort will investigate the research, development, and/or application of trusted/secure information processing architecture technologies, products and standards as they relate to the following technical areas: (1) Development of appropriate information technology to enhance the processing capabilities of current and future Air Force C4I systems: This technical area encompasses all information processing technology, both hardware and software, that could potentially contribute to enhancing the security, trustworthiness, functionality, performance, reliability, longevity, scalability, resiliency, upgradability, and usability of legacy or planned Air Force C4I processing systems. Examples of conventional hardware technologies include domain-specific/specialized processing engines (both digital and analog), heterogeneous and many-core processing architectures with emphasis on hardware support for graph analytics processing, semantic operations, energy-efficient and energy-aware processing architectures, high assurance/trusted/secure processing architectures, sophisticated memory controllers and performance optimization tools. (2) Trusted and Resilient Software-intensive Systems Engineering: The objective of the trusted and resilient software-intensive systems engineering technical area is to develop techniques, methodologies and tools to guarantee trust (as measured by correctness, security, reliability, predictability, and survivability) and maintain this trust as self-healing/resilient techniques fight through cyber-attacks to include zero-day attacks. This research area is seeking to extend and advance software development tools that will enable the development and/or execution of trusted and resilient software systems for enterprise and tactical level embedded cyber physical platforms. This area will focus on research and development to advance SW development tools, to include formal tools, model based techniques and/or architectures based approaches to enable the development of software (SW) systems that are both trusted and resilient. Research and development will also be focused on new approaches, methods and/or tools for continuous (runtime) V&V and runtime environments that can monitor and maintain a trusted and resilient envelope of operation. Technical areas of interest include: techniques to enable trust in model-based software engineering; model-based engineering for predictable software attributes; Formal methods tools; provably correct code generation; provably correct code repair, evidence-based software assurance; evolutionary approaches, trusted software and systems composability; modeling, analysis, and verification of autonomous software; novel architectural approaches, strategic "roots of trust," hardening and resiliency techniques such as artificial diversity, containment areas for execution of untrusted software, lightweight runtime monitoring techniques and utilization of hardware (HW) advances, trusted and resilient mechanisms to fight through software failures, cyber-attacks to include zero-day attack; human understanding and trust of automated software development, red teaming, metrics and measures of trustworthy systems, integration, validation and demonstration on a realistic mission critical embedded system exemplar, autonomous resilience, self-healing software systems, and pliable computing. (3) Trusted, secure, and resilient computational systems: The objective of this technical area is to research and develop the essential elements, tools and methodologies for trusted, secure and resilient computing environments, including both the underlying hardware and software, side by side with power, cost, performance, and reliability. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: (a) Problems and challenges with current processor designs for trustworthiness and their solutions; (b) Problems and challenges with current computer architectures for trustworthiness and solutions to them; (c) Tools and methodologies for ensuring trustworthiness of integrated circuits (ICs) and systems targeting malicious inclusions, side-channel attacks, probing attacks, etc.; (d) New computer architectures for secure and reliable computing, including data integrity and code protection and verification; (e) Operating System level constructs, objects, functions and distributions that must be provided to complement the hardware to enable a trustworthy computing base; (f) State-of-the-art software-based assurance designs, methodologies or concepts which are better suited for implementation in hardware than software. This technical area is also interested in research and development for increasing the level of trustworthiness of IC designs, commodity ICs and currently available systems as a whole. Finally, this technical area is also interested in security enhancements possible in the software tool chain used for compiling and linking source code, runtime security as well as research in the implications of state-of-the-art commercially available processor architectures and specially designed processor architectures that will enable delivery of trustworthy, secure and timely information. (4) Cyber Physical Systems (CPS): The objective of this technical area is to develop the tools, methodologies, and foundational science to provide the scalability and interoperability necessary to make the integration and subsequent analysis of computational and physical components and the networks connecting them practicable. Technical areas of interest include: (a) Specification, modeling, and analysis such as heterogeneous models of computation and hybrid discrete and continuous systems; (b) Modularity, composability, predictability, and synthesis addressing the issues of scalability and the integration of legacy systems; and (c) Verification and validation techniques (assurance, simulation, formal methods, correct-and-secure-by-construction, etc.) applicable to these models. (5) Software Assurance: Achieving the degree of Software Assurance across the application space requires a holistic approach that agilely addresses all layers of the supply chain and enterprise including governance, partnerships, process, standards, and education. The objective of this area is to enhance and create the foundations of Software Assurance (SwA). To achieve this objective new and unique methods of conducting software assurance must be pursued. The use of machine learning in SwA analysis can enhance not only classes of tools, but should be used across all SwA activities. This can be applied as a smart SwA tool consolidation framework. The framework can then reason over the outputs of tools, then combined with previous data, or knowledge of the software under analysis, the framework can then guide other tools. This guidance should help one class of tool's strength's overcome another class of tool's weaknesses. Additional areas of interest include: Tools Assessment and Categorization; Prototype Software Assurance Demonstration; and SwA technology which advances the state of SwA by addressing technology gaps to improve SwA tools (e.g. precision and recall) and scalability (e.g. code size, expertise required, and execution time). II. AWARD INFORMATION: 1. FUNDING: Total funding for this BAA is approximately $24.9M. The anticipated funding to be obligated under this BAA is broken out by fiscal year as follows: FY17 - $1.9M FY18 - $5.8M FY19 - $5.8M FY20 - $5.8M FY21 - $5.6M Individual awards will not normally exceed 36 months with dollar amounts normally ranging from $100K to $3M. There is also the potential to make awards up to any dollar value as long as that amount does not exceed that BAA ceiling. The Government reserves the right to select all, part, or none of the proposals received, subject to the availability of funds. All potential Offerors should be aware that due to unanticipated budget fluctuations, funding in any or all areas may change with little or no notice. 2. FORM. Awards of efforts as a result of this announcement will be in the form of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or other transactions depending upon the nature of the work proposed. 3. BAA TYPE: This is a two-step open broad agency announcement. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. As STEP ONE - The Government is only soliciting white papers at this time. DO NOT SUBMIT A FORMAL PROPOSAL. Those white papers found to be consistent with the intent of this BAA may be invited to submit a technical and cost proposal, see Section VI of this announcement for further details regarding the proposal. III. ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION: 1. ELIGIBILITY: All qualified offerors who meet the requirements of this BAA may apply. 2. FOREIGN PARTICIPATION/ACCESS: a. This BAA is closed to foreign participation. This includes both foreign ownership and foreign nationals as employees or subcontractors. b. Exceptions. 1. Fundamental Research. If the work to be performed is unclassified, fundamental research, this must be clearly identified in the white paper and/or proposal. See Part II, Section I for more details regarding Fundamental Research. Offerors should still identify any performance by foreign nationals at any level (prime contractor or subcontractor) in their proposals. Please specify the nationals' country of origin, the type of visa or work permit under which they are performing and an explanation of their anticipated level of involvement. You may be asked to provide additional information during negotiations in order to verify the foreign citizen's eligibility to participate on any contract or assistance agreement issued as a result of this announcement 2. Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) companies who have mitigation plans/paperwork in place. Proof of approved mitigation documentation must be provided to the contracting office focal point, Amber Buckley, Contracting Officer, telephone +1 (555) 000-0000, or e-mail contact@example.gov prior to submitting a white paper and/or a proposal. For information on FOCI mitigation, contact the Defense Security Service. Additional details can be found at: https://www.dss.mil/ma/ctp/isia/bams/foci/foci_mitigation/ 3. Foreign Nationals as Employees or Subcontractors. Applicable to any effort not considered Fundamental Research. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that all employees and/or subcontractors who will work on a resulting contract are eligible to do so. Any employee who is not a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident will be restricted from working on any resultant contract unless prior approval of the Department of State or the Department of Commerce is obtained via a technical assistance agreement or an export license. Violations of these regulations can result in criminal or civil penalties. c. Information Regarding Non-US Citizens Assigned to this Project a. Contractor employees requiring access to USAF bases, AFRL facilities, and/or access to U.S. Government Information Technology (IT) networks in connection with the work on contracts, assistance instruments or other transactions awarded under this BAA must be U.S. citizens. For the purpose of base and network access, possession of a permanent resident card ("Green Card") does not equate to U.S. citizenship. This requirement does not apply to foreign nationals approved by the U.S. Department of Defense or U.S. State Department under international personnel exchange agreements with foreign governments. It also does not apply to dual citizens who possess US citizenship, to include Naturalized citizens. Any waivers to this requirement must be granted in writing by the Contracting Officer prior to providing access. Specific format for waiver request will be provided upon request to the Contracting Officer. The above requirements are in addition to any other contract requirements related to obtaining a Common Access Card (CAC). b. For the purposes of Paragraph 1, it an IT network/system does not require AFRL to endorse a contractor's application to said network/system in order to gain access, the organization operating the IT network/system is responsible for controlling access to its system. If an IT network/system requires a U.S. Government sponsor to endorse the application in order for access to the IT network/system, AFRL will only endorse the following types of applications, consistent with the requirements above: a) Contractor employees who are U.S. citizens performing work under contracts, assistance instruments or other transactions awarded under this BAA. b) Contractor employees who are non-U.S. citizens and who have been granted a waiver. Any additional access restrictions established by the IT network/system owner apply. 3. FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES: Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) and Government entities (e.g., Government/National laboratories, military educational institutions, etc.) are subject to applicable direct competition limitations and cannot propose to this BAA in any capacity unless they meet the following conditions: a. FFRDCs: FFRDCs must clearly demonstrate that the proposed work is not otherwise available from the private sector; and FFRDCs must provide a letter on official letterhead from their sponsoring organization citing the specific authority establishing their eligibility to propose to Government solicitations and compete with industry, and their compliance with the associated FFRDC sponsor agreement's terms and conditions. This information is required for FFRDCs proposing to be prime contractors or sub-awardees. b. Government Entities: Government entities must clearly demonstrate that the work is not otherwise available from the private sector and provide written documentation citing the specific statutory authority and contractual authority, if relevant, establishing their ability to propose to Government solicitations. While 10 U.S.C. 2539b may be the appropriate statutory starting point for some entities, specific supporting regulatory guidance, together with evidence of agency approval, will still be required to fully establish eligibility. FFRDC and Government entity eligibility will be determined on a case-by-case basis; however, the burden to prove eligibility for all team members rests solely with the proposer. Government agencies interested in performing work related to this announcement should contact the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC). If resulting discussions reveal a mutual interest, cooperation may be pursued via other vehicles. IV. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION: All responses to this announcement must be addressed to the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) listed in SECTION VII. DO NOT send white papers to the Contracting Officer. 1. SUBMISSION DATES AND TIMES: It is recommended that white papers be received by 2 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the following dates to maximize the possibility of award: FY17 by 31 May 2017 FY18 by 07 Dec 2017 FY19 by 06 Dec 2018 FY20 by 04 Dec 2019 FY21 by 03 Dec 2020 White papers will be accepted until 2 PM EST on 30 Sep 2021, but it is less likely that funding will be available in each respective fiscal year after the dates cited. This BAA will close on 30 Sep 2021. All offerors submitting white papers will be contacted by the TPOC, referenced in Section VII of this announcement. Offerors can email the TPOC for status of their white paper/proposal no earlier than 45 days after submission. 2. CONTENT AND FORMAT: Offerors are required to submit 1 copy of a 2 to 5 page white paper summarizing their proposed approach/solution. The purpose of the white paper is to preclude unwarranted effort on the part of an offeror whose proposed work is not of interest to the Government. The white paper will be formatted as follows: a. Section A: Title, Period of Performance, Estimated Cost, Name/Address of Company, Technical and Contracting Points of Contact (phone, fax and email)(this section is NOT included in the page count); b. Section B: Task Objective; and c. Section C: Technical Summary and Proposed Deliverables. All white papers shall be double spaced with a font no smaller than 12 point. In addition, respondents are requested to provide their Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code, their unique entity identifier and the Electronic Funds Transfer Indicator (if applicable), a fax number, an e-mail address, and reference BAA FA8750-17-S-7007 with their submission. Multiple white papers within the purview of this announcement may be submitted by each offeror. If the offeror wishes to restrict its white papers, they must be marked with the restrictive language stated in FAR 15.609(a) and (b). 3. HANDLING AND MAILING INSTRUCTIONS: a. CLASSIFICATION GUIDANCE. All Proposers should review the NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY PROGRAM OPERATING MANUAL, (NISPOM), dated February 28, 2006 and incorporating Change 2, dated May 18, 2016, as it provides baseline standards for the protection of classified information and prescribes the requirements concerning Contractor Developed Information under paragraph 4-105. Defense Security Service (DSS) Site for the NISPOM is: http://www.dss.mil/. In the event of a possible or actual compromise of classified information in the submission of your white paper or proposal, immediately but no later than 24 hours, bring this to the attention of your cognizant security authority and AFRL Rome Research Site Information Protection Office (IPO): Vincent Guza (contact only is there if a security issue) +1 (555) 000-0000 0730-1630 Monday-Friday +1 (555) 000-0000 Evenings and Weekends Email: contact@example.gov b. CLASSIFIED SUBMISSIONS. AFRL/RITA will accept classified responses to this BAA when the classification is mandated by classification guidance provided by an Original Classification Authority of the U.S. Government, or when the offeror believes the work, if successful, would merit classification. Security classification guidance in the form of a DD Form 254 (DoD Contract Security Classification Specification) will not be provided at this time since AFRL is soliciting ideas only. Offerors that intend to include classified information or data in their white paper submission or who are unsure about the appropriate classification of their white papers should contact the technical point of contact listed in Section VII for guidance and direction in advance of preparation. c. MAILING INSTRUCTIONS. Any mailed responses, unclassified/classified, to this announcement must be sent U.S. Postal Service, registered mail or similar service and addressed to AFRL/RITA, 525 Brooks Road, Rome NY 13441-4505, and reference BAA FA8750-17-S-7007. When mailing follow the directions regarding the number of copies required. Unclassified electronic submission to contact@example.gov will also be accepted. Encrypt or password-protect all proprietary information prior to sending. Offerors are responsible to confirm receipt with the TPOC listed in Section VII. AFRL is not responsible for undelivered documents. If electronic submission is used, only one copy of the documentation is required. Questions can be directed to the TPOC listed in Section VII. 4. OTHER SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS/CONSIDERATIONS: a. COST SHARING OR MATCHING: Cost sharing is not a requirement. Cost sharing may be proposed and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. b. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM). Offerors must be registered in the SAM database to receive a contract award, and remain registered during performance and through final payment of any contract or agreement. Processing time for registration in SAM, which normally takes forty-eight hours, should be taken into consideration when registering. Offerors who are not already registered should consider applying for registration before submitting a proposal. The provision at FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Oct 2016) applies. c. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND FIRST-TIER SUBCONTRACT/ SUBRECIPIENT AWARDS: Any contract award resulting from this announcement may contain the clause at FAR 52.204-10 - Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2016). Any grant or agreement award resulting from this announcement may contain the award term set forth in 2 CFR, Appendix A to Part 25 which can be viewed at: http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=8fb6c83606df57968c3e7e145e7d683c&mc=true&node=ap2.1.25_1360.a&rgn=div9 d. ALLOWABLE CHARGES: The cost of preparing white papers/proposals in response to this announcement is not considered an allowable direct charge to any resulting contract or any other contract, but may be an allowable expense to the normal bid and proposal indirect cost specified in FAR 31.205-18. Incurring pre-award costs for ASSISTANCE INSTRUMENTS ONLY are regulated by 2 CFR part 200.458, Pre-Award Costs. e. GOVERNMENT APPROVED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM: An offeror must have a government approved accounting system prior to award of a cost-reimbursement contract per limitations set forth in FAR 16.301-3(a) to ensure the system is adequate for determining costs applicable to the contract. The acceptability of an accounting system is determined based upon an audit performed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). IMPORTANT: If you do not have a DCAA approved accounting system access the following link for instructions: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1cffad228f48b58057072a6c9113799d&tab=core&_cview=1 f. HUMAN USE: All research involving human subjects, to include the use of human biological specimens and human data, selected for funding must comply with Federal regulations for human subject protection. Further, research involving human subjects that is conducted or supported by the DoD must comply with 32 CFR 219, "Protection of Human Subjects" found at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_07/32cfr219_07.html, and DoD Instruction 3216.02, "Protection of Human Subjects and Adherence to Ethical Standards in DoD-Supported Research" found at: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/321602p.pdf. 1) Institutions awarded funding for research involving human subjects must provide documentation of a current Assurance of Compliance with Federal regulations for human subject protection, for example a Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Human Research Protection Federal Wide Assurance found at: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp. 2) All institutions engaged in human subject research, to include subcontractors, must have a valid assurance. In addition, personnel involved in human subject research must document the completion of appropriate training for the protection of human subjects. 3) For all research that will involve human subjects in the first year or phase of the project, the institution must submit evidence of a plan for review by an institutional review board (IRB) as part of the proposal. The IRB conducting the review must be the IRB identified on the institution's Assurance of Compliance. The protocol, separate from the proposal, must include a detailed description of the research plan, study population, risks and benefits of study participation, recruitment and consent process, data collection, and data analysis. The designated IRB should be consulted for guidance on writing the protocol. The informed consent document must comply with 32 CFR 219.116. A valid Assurance of Compliance and evidence of appropriate training by all investigators should accompany the protocol for review by the IRB. 4) In addition to a local IRB approval, an AFRL-level human subject regulatory review and approval is required for all research conducted or supported by the DoD. The Air Force office responsible for managing the award can provide guidance and information about the AFRL-level review process. Confirmation of a current Assurance of Compliance and appropriate human subjects protection training is required before AFRL-level approval can be issued. 5) The time required to complete the IRB review/approval process will vary depending on the complexity of the research and/or the level of risk to study participants; ample time should be allotted to complete the approval process. The IRB approval process can last between 1 to 3 months, followed by a DoD review that could last 3 to 6 months. No funding may be used toward human subject research until all approvals are granted. Therefore, in their cost proposals offerors should separate human use into a separate option. V. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION: 1. CRITERIA: The following criteria, which are listed in descending order of importance and will be used to determine whether white papers and proposals submitted are consistent with the research areas of interest and expected results within the broad topic areas as described in the Funding Opportunity section of this BAA and of interest to the Government: a. Overall Scientific and Technical Merit - The extent to which the proposed technical approach to the development and/or enhancement of the proposed technology demonstrates scientific and technical merit, clearly defined and developed technical concepts and sufficient detail to support the proposed concepts and technical claims. b. Capabilities and Related Experience - The extent to which the offeror demonstrates relevant technology and domain knowledge to establish that the offeror has credible capability and experience to complete the proposed work. c. Openness, Maturity and Assurance of Solution - The extent to which existing capabilities and standards are leveraged and the relative maturity of the proposed technology in terms of reliability and robustness. d. Reasonableness and realism of proposed costs and fees (if any) No further evaluation criteria will be used in selecting white papers/proposals. White papers and proposals submitted will be evaluated as they are received. 2. REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS: a. Only Government employees will evaluate the white papers/proposals for selection. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate has contracted for various business and staff support services, some of which require contractors to obtain administrative access to proprietary information submitted by other contractors. Administrative access is defined as "handling or having physical control over information for the sole purpose of accomplishing the administrative functions specified in the administrative support contract, which do not require the review, reading, and comprehension of the content of the information on the part of non-technical professionals assigned to accomplish the specified administrative tasks." These contractors have signed general non-disclosure agreements and organizational conflict of interest statements. The required administrative access will be granted to non-technical professionals. Examples of the administrative tasks performed include: a. Assembling and organizing information for R&D case files; b. Accessing library files for use by government personnel; and c. Handling and administration of proposals, contracts, contract funding and queries. Any objection to administrative access must be in writing to the Contracting Officer and shall include a detailed statement of the basis for the objection. b. WHITE PAPER/PROPOSAL REVIEW PROCESS: 1. FIRST STEP - White Paper Reviews: The Government will ...

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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Enterprise Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO), solicitation FA8652-26-S-C003, is an overarching enterprise framework designed to acquire innovative commercial products and services. Issued under the authority of 10 USC 3458 and DFARS Subpart 212.70, the CSO establishes a structure for issuing competitive solicitations known as Spirals. These Spirals target a wide range of Areas of Interest (AOI) across the Air, Space, Cyberspace/Electronic Warfare, and Cross-Domain technology domains, including hypersonics, cybersecurity, quantum technologies, and human-machine teaming. Resulting awards may take the form of fixed-price FAR Part 12 contracts or Other Transactions for Prototype (OTP). Foreign participation is strictly prohibited. The acquisition process typically follows a two-step approach for Spirals. In Step One, offerors submit a Commercial Solutions Brief (CSB) consisting of a PowerPoint briefing and a white paper. Those categorized as Selectable are invited to Step Two to submit a full Commercial Solutions Proposal (CSP), which includes a technical proposal, a Statement of Work, and a price proposal with an editable Excel pricing model. Evaluation is conducted via subject-matter expert peer review, focusing on technical merit, applicability, importance to agency programs, and funding availability. Strict security and compliance requirements are in place, including mandatory security risk reviews for all senior and key personnel to mitigate foreign influence. Offerors must also perform an Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) analysis and adhere to DoD item unique identification standards (MIL-STD-130) for delivered hardware costing $5,000 or more. Contract administration, including invoicing and payment, is managed electronically through the Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) system.
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Systems for Phenotypic Evaluation, Clinical Trajectories, Response, and Agency (SPECTRA)
Solicitation # ARPA-H-SOL-26-163
The Systems for Phenotypic Evaluation, Clinical Trajectories, Response, and Agency (SPECTRA) program, issued by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) under solicitation ARPA-H-SOL-26-163, aims to advance the understanding and treatment of autism by identifying evolving developmental trajectories across the lifespan. The program focuses on the nonlinear interactions between genetic, biological, behavioral, and environmental factors to move toward personalized intervention. The scope of work is divided into four Technical Areas: Multi-Factor Analysis and Trajectory Identification (TA1), Population-Scale Modeling and Data Integration (TA2), Precision Intervention and Trajectory Testing (TA3), and Technologies for Communication, Quality of Life, and Embedded Assessment (TA4). Key deliverables include an operating federated network with at least ten live nodes, open-license data standards, a versioned model registry, and the development of technologies that combine clinical assessment with tools to improve daily function and quality of life. Awards will be made via Other Transaction (OT) instruments to proposers determined to be the most advantageous to the government based on scientific merit, capabilities, price/value analysis, and relevance to the ARPA-H mission. The program utilizes a milestone-based acceptance process with gates at 12, 24, and 48 months. Technical requirements emphasize privacy-preserving linkage, differential privacy, and secure execution. Proposers must be registered in SAM.gov and are required to use specific templates for Solution Summaries, with staggered submission deadlines ranging from October 2026 through January 2027. ARPA-H prioritizes entities that will conduct the funded work within the United States.
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2026년도 국제공동연구 신속지원사업 신규과제 공모
Solicitation # 2026-1045
The 2026 International Joint Research Rapid Support Project, solicitation number 2026-1045, is a government-funded initiative managed by the National Research Foundation of Korea and the Ministry of Science and ICT. The project focuses on developing core original technologies for high-density parallel light sources, specifically micro-LED and micro-OLED, for use in AI data center optical interconnects. The total government support funding is 737.5 million KRW for a 16-month performance period running from December 2026 to March 2028. This project is classified as a National Strategic Technology in the semiconductors and next-generation OLED sectors, aiming to advance from Technology Readiness Level 3 to TRL 5. A mandatory requirement for this solicitation is the establishment of an international joint research network with Japanese research institutions to secure expertise in organic light-emitting materials and patents. Technical objectives include developing 32-channel arrays with specific performance targets: transmission speeds exceeding 1 GHz for micro-LED and 0.2 GHz for micro-OLED, and driving energy levels of 1 pJ/bit and 20 pJ/bit respectively. Final acceptance requires the submission of a functional prototype and verification through accredited certification bodies, official test reports, or witnessed self-evaluations. All research achievements and commercialization results must be managed through the Integrated Research Information System (IRIS), and the project is subject to technology fee collection and the 3-book 5-public rule for concurrent research limits.
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ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) TITLE: CHARACTERIZATION AND ASSESSMENT FOR SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS (SDA)
Solicitation # FA875024S7005
The Department of the Air Force, through the Air Force Research Laboratory Rome Research Site, issued Advanced Research Announcement FA8750-24-S-7005 to solicit research for the design, development, demonstration, and testing of technologies supporting Space Domain Awareness and Space Superiority. The primary objective was to advance intelligent tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, and dissemination of data, with a specific focus on High-Performance Computational SDA utilizing ground, orbital, and cyber intelligence to create integrated, predictive capabilities. The program had an estimated total funding ceiling of 99 million dollars, with individual awards typically ranging from 1 million to 10 million dollars over a period not exceeding 48 months. Awards were intended to be made via FAR-based procurement contracts or Other Transactions. The solicitation process was structured as an open, two-step ARA requiring initial white paper submissions, with formal proposals accepted by invitation only. Evaluation criteria focused on overall scientific and technical merit, related experience, and the openness and maturity of the proposed solution. All submissions were subject to rigorous security risk reviews to identify foreign influence and required strict adherence to S&T protection and cybersecurity standards. However, per Amendment 3, this ARA was officially cancelled and closed on September 9, 2025, and the government is no longer accepting white papers.
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Signals Intelligence Focused Technologies for Exploitation and Reporting (SIFTER)
Solicitation # FA875024S7007
The Signals Intelligence Focused Technologies for Exploitation and Reporting (SIFTER) program is an open, two-step Advanced Research Announcement (ARA) issued by the Department of the Air Force, AFRL Rome Research Site. The program seeks innovative research, algorithms, and methodologies to enhance the exploitation, dissemination, and analytics of adversarial signal information. Key areas of emphasis include onboard processing for manned and unmanned ISR platforms, high-speed signal detection and prosecution, cross-domain multi-sensor data analytics, and compliance with Open System Architecture (OSA) for operationally relevant environments. This effort is a follow-on to the previous SIETE program. The ARA is effective until September 28, 2029, with total estimated funding of approximately 99.9 million dollars. Individual awards typically range from 1 million to 5 million dollars with a performance period not exceeding 60 months, though awards may vary based on available ceiling funds. The government may utilize FAR-based procurement contracts or Other Transactions (OTs) for these awards. Initial submissions are limited to white papers of 3 to 5 pages, with formal proposals accepted by invitation only. To align with projected funding, suggested submission deadlines are provided for fiscal years 2025 through 2029. Prospective offerors must adhere to strict submission guidelines and security requirements, including a holistic decision-making process that evaluates both technical merit and security risks. All proposals are subject to a Security Risk Review to identify undue foreign influence, and offerors must disclose any participation in foreign government talent recruitment programs. Additionally, respondents must identify potential organizational conflicts of interest and provide a mitigation plan. For those pursuing OT agreements, the government requires significant participation from nontraditional defense contractors, nonprofit research institutions, or small businesses, or a cost share of at least one-third of the total project cost.
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SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE (SIGINT) SOLUTIONS FOR EVOLVING SCENARIOS (SESS)
Solicitation # FA875023S7005
The Department of the Air Force, through the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rome Research Site, is seeking innovative research and development for Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Solutions for Evolving Scenarios (SSES). This open, two-step Broad Agency Announcement (BAA FA8750-23-S-7005) focuses on emerging Cyber and SIGINT real-time processing solutions to enhance tactical information collection, geolocation, extraction, identification, analysis, simulation, and reporting. The program aims to provide the Intelligence Community and warfighters with scalable, open-architecture tools for situational awareness and battlespace dominance, specifically targeting three technology areas: Information Extraction, Signal Processing, and Automation Enhancements. The BAA is effective until September 25, 2028, with total estimated funding of approximately 99.9 million dollars. Individual awards typically range from 250,000 to 15 million dollars and generally do not exceed 36 months. The government may utilize various award instruments, including FAR-based procurement contracts, DODGARS-based grants, cooperative agreements, or Other Transactions (OT). Selection is based on quantifiable benefits, related experience, the maturity and openness of the solution, and cost realism. Additionally, research must adhere to Gold Standard Science principles, ensuring reproducibility and transparency in accordance with Executive Order 14303. Interested parties must first submit a three-to-five page white paper electronically; formal technical and cost proposals are accepted by invitation only. Submissions must include the offeror's CAGE code and unique entity identifier. Due to the sensitive nature of the work, all proposals undergo a Security Risk Review for key personnel to mitigate foreign influence and must comply with NISPOM standards for classified information. Offerors are encouraged to align their submissions with suggested fiscal year dates to better match projected funding availability.
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EXTREME COMPUTING
Solicitation # FA875023S7004
The Department of the Air Force, through the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), is soliciting white papers for Broad Agency Announcement FA8750-23-S-7004, titled Extreme Computing. This open, two-step solicitation is effective until September 20, 2028, and focuses on the research, development, integration, test, and evaluation of advanced computing technologies. Key technical areas include computational diversity, efficient computing architectures, machine learning and artificial intelligence in embedded systems, computing at the edge, nanocomputing, space computing, and robust algorithms. The effort specifically targets C4ISR and Cyber applications for size, weight, and power constrained Air Force platforms. Total estimated funding for this BAA is approximately 497.9 million dollars. While individual awards typically range from 1 million to 3 million dollars with durations up to 36 months, there is potential for awards up to 99.9 million dollars. The government may utilize various award instruments, including FAR-based procurement contracts, CFR-based grants and cooperative agreements, or Other Transactions (OTs). Initial submissions are limited to 3-to-5-page white papers, with formal proposals accepted by invitation only. Evaluation is based on a trade-off approach weighing assessed risk against potential scientific benefit. Primary criteria for white papers include overall scientific and technical merit, related experience, solution openness and maturity, and cost realism. For assistance instruments, adherence to Gold Standard Science principles and alignment with presidential policy priorities are mandatory. Additionally, all proposals undergo a security risk review to protect science and technology from undue foreign influence. Offerors must comply with strict organizational conflict of interest disclosures and provide proof of mitigation for any foreign ownership, control, or influence.
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ULTRA-BROADBAND TERAHERTZ RADIO DEVELOPMENT
Solicitation # FA875023S7009
The Department of the Air Force, through the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rome Research Site, has issued Broad Agency Announcement FA8750-23-S-7009 to solicit innovative research for the development and demonstration of ultra-broadband terahertz radios operating between 100 and 300 GHz. The objective is to create a compact communications system capable of dynamically adjusting carrier frequency, output power, and data rates to support future Air Force capabilities in contested spectrum environments. Key technical requirements include a fast flexible baseband modem supporting spreading bandwidths up to 10 GHz and data rates from 1 Mbps to 1 Gbps, as well as precise terahertz beam forming and shaping. The agency is specifically seeking systems that can meet threshold and objective parameters for transmission range, beamwidth, and pointing accuracy, though it is not currently interested in specific waveform designs. This open, two-step BAA is effective until September 19, 2028, and utilizes a white paper submission process, with formal proposals accepted by invitation only. Total estimated funding is approximately $9.9 million, with individual awards typically ranging from $200,000 to $4 million and generally not exceeding a 36-month duration. Awards may be issued as FAR-based procurement contracts, DODGARS-based grants and cooperative agreements, or Other Transactions (OT). Evaluation is based on a trade-off approach considering technical merit, mission relevance to DOW missions, and cost realism, with recent amendments incorporating Gold Standard Science principles per Executive Order 14303. Offerors must comply with strict Science and Technology (S&T) protection requirements, including security risk reviews and Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) mitigation documentation.
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Automated Processes for Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval
Solicitation # FA875024S7006
The Department of the Air Force, through the Air Force Research Laboratory Rome Research Site, is seeking innovative research under Broad Agency Announcement FA8750-24-S-7006 to develop and deliver technologies for processing and exploiting multi-source, multi-domain data. The effort focuses on utilizing classified, open source, and non-traditional source data to improve Battlespace Awareness, derive decision-quality information, and automate analysis and decision processes. Specific technical goals include creating algorithms to detect behavioral deviations, anticipate future behavior, and identify knowledge gaps to generate collection hypotheses. This is an open, two-step BAA effective until September 9, 2029, with total estimated funding of approximately 99 million dollars. Individual awards typically range from 3 million to 35 million dollars with a performance period generally not exceeding 48 months. The government may utilize various award instruments, including FAR-based procurement contracts, Other Transactions, and assistance instruments. Initial submissions are limited to white papers of 3 to 5 pages, with formal proposals accepted by invitation only. Suggested submission dates for white papers are aligned annually by fiscal year through November 30, 2028. Proposals are evaluated based on technical merit, innovation, and feasibility, with a specific emphasis on Gold Standard Science principles and the delivery of immediately demonstrable results. All submissions undergo a rigorous Security Risk Review to protect science and technology from undue foreign influence, requiring the disclosure of all current and pending research support for key personnel. Offerors must also disclose any potential organizational conflicts of interest and provide proof of mitigation for foreign ownership, control, or influence. Small businesses, academia, and non-profit entities are encouraged to apply.
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