The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate sought research to design, develop, demonstrate, and test technologies for intelligent tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, and dissemination of data/information supporting Space Domain Awareness and Space Superiority, including high-performance computational SDA. Total funding for the announcement was approximately $99M, with individual awards normally not exceeding 48 months and typically ranging from $1M to $10M; multiple awards were anticipated. Awards could be FAR-based procurement contracts or other transactions, with potential follow-on production for successful prototype efforts. The effort was associated with AFRL’s Rome Research Site in Rome, NY. The announcement has since been cancelled and is closed, so no further white papers will be accepted.

This Advanced Research Announcement (ARA) from the Air Force Research Laboratory seeks research for technologies supporting Space Domain Awareness and Space Superiority, including intelligent data tasking and high-performance computational analysis. The total funding for this now-closed program was approximately $99 million, with individual awards typically ranging from $1M to $10M and lasting up to 48 months. The performance location for the agency contacts is Rome, New York. The announcement was an open, two-step process where only white papers were accepted as initial submissions, with formal proposals by invitation only. The ARA has been canceled and is no longer accepting submissions.