Broad Agency Announcement: Naval Application of Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence

This Broad Agency Announcement from the Office of Naval Research seeks proposals for applied research and advanced technology development projects applying machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to improve expeditionary command and control and intelligence capabilities for naval environments. Focus areas include developing agents to aid in mission planning and execution, tracking unit capabilities, assessing courses of action, automating control measures placement, using natural language processing for common operational pictures, and more. Proposals are due between August and September 2018, with initial evaluations in August and final selections in October. Awards will be made starting in January 2019. Evaluation criteria include the qualifications and experience of proposed principal investigators and research teams.

No portion of this requirement has been set aside. Anticipated individual award values are up to $13 million per budget activity code for applied research and advanced technology development projects spanning one to three years in duration. Eligible applicants include large businesses and small businesses. Companies may submit multiple white papers. Research proposals may address areas involving predictive modeling, data generation and augmentation, and decision support tools with applications to battlespace awareness, predictive maintenance, and logistics optimization for naval and marine corps programs.