AMEND 01 DETER White Paper Evaluation Cutoff Dates.pdf

This solicitation requests white papers and proposals for a Directed Energy Technology Experimentation Research Advanced Research Announcement from the Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate. Interested parties may submit white papers at any time, but the cutoff dates for evaluation are March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 each year. White papers received between February 8, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will be evaluated after the June 30 cutoff date.

The solicitation seeks research and development, modeling and simulation, design, prototyping, fabrication, assembly, integration, testing and experimentation of directed energy sources and components, acquisition tracking and pointing systems, directed energy weapon systems, effects testing, modeling and simulation, wargaming, space domain awareness technologies, experiments and demonstrations, and laboratory materials and services. Areas of interest include laser sources, high power electromagnetic sources, beam control, atmospheric compensation, integration of disparate technologies, power and thermal management subsystems, and CONOPS development. Awards will be made as contracts, other transactions, or grants determined appropriate for each proposal. The period of performance will be determined for each award.