Attachment E - Market Research Overview.pdf

This file is an attachment showing a market research overview diagram for NOAA's Radar Next program, subject to FAR 52.232-18 Availability of Funds. The diagram illustrates the market research approach starting with Technical, Scientific, and Programmatic Questions that feed into three parallel research streams:

The main research path shows a "Radar Next Market Research Approach" leading to both an RFI and Broad Agency Announcements (BAA). The RFI focuses on five areas including improved radar technologies, PAR antenna technology, operational use, radial velocity measurements, and volume scanning. The BAA portion covers eight areas including future radar architecture, networking, data integration, PAR technology maturation, weather detection advancements, AI applications, mobile radar operations, and offeror-proposed research. Two additional parallel paths show NOAA Research & Analysis (covering X-band study, weather radar research, and future experimentation) and FFRDC Support (focusing on backbone definition, architecture planning, and data integration). All streams ultimately inform requirements, CONOPS, and AOA development.