Air Force Explore Opportunity Call
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
This opportunity was awarded. See its 3 award notices in the notice history.
- Solicitation number
- FA8650-19-S-9345
- Agency
- Air Force Research Laboratory Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- PSC
- Not on record
- Place of performance
- TBD, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Air Force is seeking transformational Capability Ideas through the Air Force Explore Opportunity Call to address three functional challenges in aviation rearming/refueling, personnel recovery kit delivery, or vehicle tracking through commercial imagery and advance at least one of five strategic Air Force capabilities. Ideas must be submitted through white papers by November 12, 2019 outlining the overall concept and operational utility, and will be evaluated based on relevance to the functional challenge, transformational potential, operational viability, and demonstration of feasibility. A pre-proposal conference was held on October 29, 2019.
There is no set-aside designated for this opportunity. The primary NAICS code is 541715 with PSC codes R408 and R699 likely to apply. Awards for selected idea maturation plans are expected to range from $1-2 million to fund efforts of 6-18 months duration to assess operational viability and demonstrate technical feasibility of transformational capabilities through various analytical approaches.
Notice text
Background
The Air Force Science and Technology (S & T) Strategy (April 2019) drives coordinated efforts to provide Airmen the scientific and technological advances needed to deter war and protect vital national interests. The strategy seeks to enhance Air Force technological advantage and military superiority during a time of great power competition through 2030 and beyond. Aligned with the National Defense Strategy, it calls for a rapidly innovating force with disruptive capabilities powered by scientific and technological advances. Through sustained commitment to the goals outlined in the Science and Technology Strategy, the Air Force will set an unmatched pace in the delivery of transformational capabilities to Joint warfighters in support of national defense.
Vision
The guiding vision of the Strategy is an Air Force that dominates time, space, and complexity in future conflict across all operating domains to project power and defend the homeland. It calls for unmatched pace of action, seeks unparalleled awareness, reach and effect, and drives the force to harness the power of complexity to enhance resilience in contested environments and to impart overwhelming confusion on adversaries. Air Force science and technology will propel the transformational operational capabilities that will make this vision a reality.
The Air Force has identified five strategic capabilities that directly support this guiding vision:
• Global Persistent Awareness
• Resilient Information Sharing
• Rapid, Effective Decision-Making
• Complexity, Unpredictability, and Mass
• Speed and Reach of Disruption and Lethality
The transformational science and technology that will advance solutions along these capabilities will aim for significant technical achievements that demonstrate the viability of leap-ahead capabilities. See Air Force Science and Technology Strategy.
Air Force (AF) Explore Opportunity Call
AF Explore Opportunity Call consists of a three step process to identify, and potentially fund, the maturation of transformational Capability Ideas that address three AF Explore Functional Challenges (Appendix #1) while advancing one, or more, of the five Air Force Strategic Capabilities. In order to realize the vision of the Strategy, AF Explore is seeking transformational Capability Ideas from the nation's best and brightest innovators in industry, academia, government, non-profits and other non-traditional partners. Please see associated website www.afexplore.com.
Capability Ideas include an associated Idea Maturation Plan which consists of aggressive, short-duration applied research and development efforts to assess operational viability and demonstrate feasibility of transformational warfighter capabilities, including their associated business and use cases. Idea Maturation Plans can demonstrate operational viability and feasibility of the Capability Idea through various approaches including, but not limited to: modeling & simulation, military utility experimentation, exercise participation, technical analysis, technology/concept maturation, risk reduction activities, and subject matter expertise input.
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Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| FINAL_AF_Explore_Opportunity_Call_AMD_03.pdf | ||
| FINAL_AF_Explore_Opportunity_Call_AMD_02.pdf | ||
| FINAL_AF_Explore_Opportunity_Call_AMD_01.pdf | ||
| AF_Explore_Opportunity_Call.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Purpose Aerial Vehicle Design, Prototyping, and Testing | Award Notice | |
| Air-Launched Rescue Package Delivery System | Award Notice | |
| In-flight Towed Munition Rearming with the Lanyard for Autonomous Store Supply and Offloading (LASSO) System | Award Notice | |
| Air Force Explore Opportunity Call | Pre-Solicitation |
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