Air Force

Advanced optical and RF communications for space-to-terrestrial links. Develops low SWAP-C components including optical terminals, advanced modems, and resilient tactical data links.

GPS-denied/degraded navigation and timing solutions including resilient space networks, atomic clocks, and alternate PNT systems. Enables global operations without GPS reliance.

Advanced tracking and defeat capabilities for adversary systems with AI/ML automatic target recognition. Includes novel sensing, edge data fusion, and satellite resilience against directed energy.

Advanced sensing and tracking solutions for detection and defeat of adversary systems. Includes infrared missile warning, edge data fusion, and resilient satellite technologies.

Space Development Agency seeks novel architecture concepts and emerging technologies for Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) enabling leap-ahead improvements in space-based warfighter capabilities and command systems.

AI-enabled autonomous control of space vehicles and payloads for coordinated mission effects. Develops algorithms for resource allocation, scheduling, and network orchestration in contested environments.

Advanced processing, command and control algorithms for contested space operations. Includes network defense, secure enclaves, autonomous orchestration, and radiation-hardened processors.

Air Force Broad Area Announcement for air-delivered effects research and development addressing advanced munitions and weapons capabilities.

LYNX Software Technologies COTS software acquisition for Combat Rescue Helicopter development and sustainment operations.

Trusted and Elastic Military Platforms and Electronic Warfare (TEMPEST) BAA seeks methodologies and tools for avionics cybersecurity, open system architecture, and multi-domain operations integration.

Centralized open spiral for innovative commercial solutions within AFRL Foundational Technologies, ranging from advanced components to operational systems development.

Kaiju Broad Agency Announcement from Air Force with controlled unclassified information. Future calls will issue white papers and proposals for advanced air force technology development initiatives.

Multi-Spectrum Defensive Electronic Warfare (MSDEW) ARA develops threat warning and countermeasures sensors/systems for contested environments through design, simulation, and testing.

Air Force structural materials R&D spanning scientific discovery through technology development and transition. Seeks innovations in materials science, composites, alloys, and manufacturing processes.

Air Force CHEERS (Continuing Human Enabling, Enhancing, Restoring and Sustaining) open period solicitation under 10 U.S.C. 4023 for experimental research. Multi-award advanced research projects across multiple technical areas.

CHEERS (Continuing Human Enabling, Enhancing, Restoring and Sustaining) Broad Agency Announcement Open Period 1 seeking medical technology and human enhancement R&D proposals.

Commercial Solutions Opening for innovative testing solutions to meet Air Force Test Center and associated partners' evolving test capabilities and agile methodology needs through calls-based procurement.

Neutron-STAR Advanced Research Announcement for nuclear-related R&D including nuclear explosion monitoring, re-entry environment modeling, materials characterization, and nuclear delivery design. Open BAA seeking white papers on cutting-edge nuclear technology research.

Air Force market research for multi-source Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) user equipment addressing resilient, reliable precision positioning for autonomous systems and guided munitions with DoD security and supply chain compliance requirements.

Platform One Solutions Marketplace open call for innovative DoD software solutions enabling rapid, secure delivery with accelerated timelines and emerging technology integration.

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.

Research and develop advanced materials for airbase operations including composites, heat-resistant pavements, fire-retardant materials, and computational modeling for property prediction.

Develop airfield operational technologies for runway assessment, non-destructive evaluation, and computational modeling to improve sortie generation across diverse environmental conditions.

Infrastructure protection R&D including blast mitigation, physical security, deployable shelters, CBRE threat detection, and computational blast modeling.