Air Force

Space payload hosting technologies for RF/optical communications terminals with reduced integration time, cost, and complexity.

High-rate mesh backbone networks with fast data transfer, minimized latency, optimized routing, and dynamic adaptation for contested environments.

Multi-level security operations development for contested environments with cross-domain solutions, innovative security architectures, and formal verification methods.

RF communication payload maturation including TT&C protocols, constellation commanding, waveform repurposing, and software-based transmission systems.

Space hardware advancements for LINK-182 user radios, multi-waveform capabilities, SGLS, and secure contested communications with LPI/LPD connectivity.

Optical inter-satellite link advancements including terminal standardization, low SWaP-C designs, high data rates, and distributed ground station networks.

Enterprise hybrid architecture for space-to-space communications enabling disparate systems integration using COTS and commercial standards.

Novel communication techniques for contested environments including high data rate, interoperability, AI/ML, quantum communications, and advanced antennas.

Cyber defense enhancements leveraging AI for threat detection, secure software development, zero trust architectures, and supply chain security.

Advanced data links and waveforms for contested/interference environments with LPI/LPD capabilities and compensation for high-rate orbital doppler effects.

Alternative PNT systems independent from GPS including optical/RF ranging, navigation signals, and low SWaP-C quantum inertial sensors.

Ground support infrastructure for constellation tasking and orchestration including C2 capabilities, intelligent automation tools, and mesh network management.

Space-to-Space Communications BAA addressing proliferated low-earth orbit networking challenges, seeking Link-182 system development and space mesh networking architectures.

Cyber warfare operations prototypes for DoD platform transition. Develops offensive and defensive cyber capabilities to achieve superiority in contested cyber domain.

Multi-billion dollar OTA consortium for accelerating modernization of national test infrastructure supporting next-generation defense systems through pre-qualified industrial partners.

Air Force seeks innovative Next Generation Aircraft Protection technologies across four capability areas: system architecture, sensing, processing, and countermeasures with modular open architecture design.

Air Mobility Command seeks innovative commercial solutions for IT needs through open competitive solicitation with multiple areas of interest to be posted under this umbrella CSO.

Directed Energy Technology Experimentation Research (DETER) ARA seeks R&D, prototyping, and testing of directed energy sources and systems for laboratory and field trials.

ARORA develops advanced photonic technologies through cooperative partnerships, designing and testing prototype photonic systems for DoD applications and modernization efforts.

AFRL open BAA for novel aerospace concepts and R&D to mature transformative technologies across TRL levels, enabling study efforts and advanced technology development for warfighter advantage.

Air Force Research Laboratory seeks manufacturing technology R&D to discover new capabilities and efficiencies, transitioning innovations to factory and depot operations within high-impact defense domains.

Resilient Analytic Platforms for Intelligence Delivery (RAPID) ARA seeks innovative cloud-based intelligence analysis tools, workflow automation, and cyber-resilient dashboards. Estimated $237M total funding.

Counter-UAS and swarm defense R&D spanning electronic warfare, cyberspace, and autonomy. Develops integrated C-sUAS kill chain with low-collateral effects and UAS traffic management.

Cyber targeting analysis R&D for adversary system exploitation. Develops tactics and techniques for cyber operations against evolving threats through proof-of-concept technology.

Tactical edge computing and secure information sharing R&D. Develops cross-domain solutions for seamless information flow across red-black boundaries in contested networks.