Attachment_1_Technology_Areas.pdf

Attachment (1) Technology Areas N00421-19-9-0001

NAWCAD has identified technical needs to address the challenges, problems, and future technology needs of the Warfighter. The technology areas are only examples and are not limited to the following. The intent is to ensure that new technological developments occur. Therefore, the Technology Areas Attachment Document will evolve and change over the term of the agreement.

• Air Vehicles:

• Advanced Airframe Materials & Structures

• Corrosion Prevention & Control

• Air Vehicle Aerodynamics & Flight Controls

• Shipboard Interaction

• Advanced Modeling & Simulation

• Life Management of Naval Airframes/Subsystems

• Thermal Management, Fire & Ice Protection

• Hydraulics, Pneumatics & Landing Gear Systems

• Fuel Containment/Aerial Refueling

• Mechanical Systems

• Propulsion and Power:

• Advanced Cycle Propulsion Systems

• State Based Management of Dynamic Components

• Highly Integrated Control System

• Low Observable Signature Technologies (Noise, Radar, Infra-Red)

• Emissions and Pollution Control

• High Speed Aerodynamics

• High Power Density Electrical Systems

• Avionics:

• Sensor/Data Fusion

• Electronic Warfare/Airborne Electronic Attack

• Fiber Optics/Networking

• Acoustics Sensors

• Radar & Antenna Systems

• Communications

• Electro Optical/Special Mission Sensors

• Information Assurance

• Maritime Domain Awareness

• Human Systems:

• Command & Control

• Human, Social, Behavioral, Cultural Modeling

• Human Performance Assessment & Modeling

• Interactive Experimentation

• Protection, Performance & Survivability

• Virtual Environments & Simulation

• Weapons and Energetics:

• Energetic Materials & Energetics Systems

• Weapon Airframe Engineering

• Weapon Guidance and Control

• Weapon Systems Engineering

• Support Equipment (SE) and Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE):

• Electromagnetics

• Diagnostics of Avionics

• Networks, Information Systems & Intelligent Agents

• Controls, Sensors & Instrumentation, Prognostics & Health Monitoring

• Cameras, Displays, Optics

• Robotics

• Warfare Analysis:

• Engagement/Mission/Campaign Analyses

• Operational Suitability/Effectiveness Analyses

• Weapon System Performance Analyses

• Aircraft Suitability Utility Analyses Science and Technology (S&T) Gap

Analyses

• Research and Intelligence:

• Materials Research

• Image and Signal Processing

• Employment of Unmanned Systems

• Optics Research and Fabrication

• Chemical Detection

• Test, Evaluation and Engineering:

• Systems Evaluation, Experimentation & Test

• Air Vehicle Testing

• Shore Based and Shipboard Precision Approach and Landing System (PALS)

Certification

• Stores Compatibility Testing

• Mission Systems Testing

• Weapons Testing

• Ranges

• Air Vehicle Modification & Instrumentation Testing

• Survivability Flight Test

• Time Space Position Information (TPSI)

• Mission Systems Flight Test

• Weapon Effectiveness Testing

• Aero-Mechanical Flight Test

• Threat/Target Systems

• Target Engineering

• Target Airborne Threat Simulation

• Target Combat Environment Testing

• Seaborne Targets

• Integrated Battle-Space Simulation & Test

• Physical and Simulated Environments for Platform, System of System (SoS), and

Family of System (FoS) Test and Evaluation

• Generation of Threat Simulations/Signals for Installed System Testing

• Weapons and Aircraft Systems Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

• Interoperability Evaluations for Communications Signals/Data

• Aircraft Flight Simulation and Stimulation T&E

• Electromagnetic Environment Effects (E3) T&E

• Ground Radar Cross Section (RCS) Measurement and Analysis

• Simulation and Modeling:

• Weapons Training Systems

• Low-cost Photo Texture/Databases

• Virtual Environment Training Technology

• Tactical Decision-Making under Stress

• Parallel Computing as applied to Simulation and Modeling

• Digital Transformation:

• Enterprise Business Transformation Planning & Execution Human, Social, Behavioral, Cultural Modeling

• Integrated Modeling Environment / Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation (M&S), Test & Evaluation (T&E), & Training

• Data Architecture, Design, Engineering, and Management / Sustainment

• Digital Solutions Technology Development / SecDevOps

• Advanced Analytics / Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning

• Talent Management / Digital & Data Careers / Organizational Strategies

• Digital Innovation / Disruptive Digital Technologies