Combat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH)
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- Solicitation number
- FA237725RB004
- Agency
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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)
- Place of performance
- Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Air Force Research Laboratory is conducting an Advanced Research Announcement for Combat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH), a research and development program with an estimated total value of $95 million and individual awards ranging from $1 million to $35 million, with proposal submissions open until March 14, 2030. This solicitation is set aside for Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) concerns under NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences).
The program develops technology across TRL 3 to TRL 7 in modeling, simulation, and analysis; technology development; integration; test and evaluation; and transition coordination. Work encompasses sensor exploitation across air, ground, and surface domains; exploitation and fusion of multiple sensor modalities (active and passive) from single and multiple platforms; operationalization of Combat Identification enabling technologies; all-domain and all-sensor modeling and simulation; software and algorithm development; hardware modification; and demonstration testing.
Place of performance is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, with administrative oversight by AFRL/RYZ under Program Manager Kameron Grubaugh. The Statement of Objectives is marked Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and requires qualified contractors to hold a current certified DD Form 2345 (Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement) and submit requests to Kameron.Grubaugh@us.af.mil. A placeholder DD254 is available from the same contact. Personnel assigned to the project must be U.S. citizens to access Air Force bases and IT networks, with limited waiver provisions. The contract is cost-plus-fixed-fee with a six-calendar-year period of performance. Cost-sharing is not required. The solicitation welcomes one-step or two-step proposals and permits both traditional FAR-based contracts and Other Transaction agreements.
An Amendment 1 effective June 7, 2026 adds FAR 52.222-90 (DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors) and updates FAR 52.244-6 (Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services); contractors must acknowledge receipt before offer submission.
Notice text
This program completes work primarily ranging from TRL 3 to TRL 7 in modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A), technology development, integration, test and evaluation (T&E), and transition coordination. The program will look at the follow areas: (1) Sensor exploitation from multiple warfighting domains with focus on air, ground, and surface targets, (2) Exploitation and fusion of multiple sensor modalities, including active and passive modes, from single and multiple platforms,
(3) OMS technologies and third-party software and/or mode exploration
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Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Combat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 05 | Award Notice | |
| Combat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 06 | Award Notice | |
| Combat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 04 | Award Notice | |
| Combat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 06 | Solicitation | |
| Combat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 05 | Solicitation | |
| Combat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 04 | Solicitation | |
| Combat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 03 | Solicitation | |
| Combat Identification Automated Target Recognition Technology (CATCH) Call 02 | Solicitation | |
| This notice | Pre-Solicitation |
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