Science and Technology for Autonomous Teammates (STAT)

This is Amendment 6 to the initial Broad Agency Announcement, FA8650-17-S-6001.  This amendment to the BAA solicitation establishes an Open Period to receive white papers for the Executive Functions research area only. The Open Period for this research area is effective as of the date of this Amendment, 22 July 2021. White papers are due no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern on 21 September 2021. Please submit white papers via email to the Contracting POC for the open period, Noreen Bennett, at noreen.bennett@us.af.mil.

Technical POCs for the Open Period:  Juan Vasquez, juan.vasquez.11@us.af.mil; Corey Schumacher, corey.schumacher@us.af.mil

Contracting POC for the Open Period:  Noreen Bennett, noreen.bennett@us.af.mil

See Section V, Open Periods, (starting on page 22 of 35), of BAA Solicitation FA8650-17-S-6001 for detailed instructions on whitepaper submittal.  Also see Section B, page 2 of 35, for additional detail on Open Periods.   

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Call 006 Amendment 03 posted 01 Apr 2021.

Call 006 Amendment 02 posted 22 Mar 2021.

Call 006 Amendment 01 posted 12 Mar 2021.

Call 006 and Attachments are posted 22 Feb 2021.

Technical POC for Call 006:  Trenton White, trenton.white.1@us.af.mil

Contracting POC for Call 006:  Shane Spanier, shane.spanier.3@us.af.mil and Susan Lee, susan.lee.1@us.af.mil

Call 006 Amendment 03 posted 01 Apr 2021.

Call 006 Amendment 02 posted 22 Mar 2021.

Call 006 Amendment 01 posted 12 Mar 2021.

Call 006 and Attachments are posted 22 Feb 2021.

Technical POC for Call 006:  Trenton White, trenton.white.1@us.af.mil

Contracting POC for Call 006:  Shane Spanier, shane.spanier.3@us.af.mil and Susan Lee, susan.lee.1@us.af.mil

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19 February 2021: Amendment 5 revised to provide anticipated Period of Peformance information.

This is Amendment 5 to the initial Broad Agency Announcement, FA8650-17-S-6001.  This amendment to the BAA solicitation establishes an Open Period to receive white papers for the Executive Functions research area only. The Open Period for this research area is effective as of the date of this Amendment, 3 February 2021. White papers are due no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern on 5 March 2021. Please submit white papers via email to the Contracting POC for the open period, Noreen Bennett, at noreen.bennett@us.af.mil.

Technical POC for the Open Period:  Juan Vasquez, juan.vasquez.11@us.af.mil

Contracting POC for the Open Period:  Noreen Bennett, noreen.bennett@us.af.mil

See Section V, Open Periods, (starting on page 22 of 35), of BAA Solicitation FA8650-17-S-6001 for detailed instructions on whitepaper submittal.  Also see Section B, page 2 of 35, for additional detail on Open Periods.   

Call 006 Amendment 02 posted 22 Mar 2021.

Call 006 Amendment 01 posted 12 Mar 2021.

Call 006 and Attachments are posted 22 Feb 2021.

Technical POC for Call 006:  Trenton White, trenton.white.1@us.af.mil

Contracting POC for Call 006:  Shane Spanier, shane.spanier.3@us.af.mil and Susan Lee, susan.lee.1@us.af.mil

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19 February 2021: Amendment 5 revised to provide anticipated Period of Peformance information.

This is Amendment 5 to the initial Broad Agency Announcement, FA8650-17-S-6001.  This amendment to the BAA solicitation establishes an Open Period to receive white papers for the Executive Functions research area only. The Open Period for this research area is effective as of the date of this Amendment, 3 February 2021. White papers are due no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern on 5 March 2021. Please submit white papers via email to the Contracting POC for the open period, Noreen Bennett, at noreen.bennett@us.af.mil.

Technical POC for the Open Period:  Juan Vasquez, juan.vasquez.11@us.af.mil

Contracting POC for the Open Period:  Noreen Bennett, noreen.bennett@us.af.mil

See Section V, Open Periods, (starting on page 22 of 35), of BAA Solicitation FA8650-17-S-6001 for detailed instructions on whitepaper submittal.  Also see Section B, page 2 of 35, for additional detail on Open Periods.   

Call 006 Amendment 01 posted 12 Mar 2021.

Call 006 and Attachments are posted 22 Feb 2021.

Technical POC for Call 006:  Trenton White, trenton.white.1@us.af.mil

Contracting POC for Call 006:  Shane Spanier, shane.spanier.3@us.af.mil and Susan Lee, susan.lee.1@us.af.mil

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19 February 2021: Amendment 5 revised to provide anticipated Period of Peformance information.

This is Amendment 5 to the initial Broad Agency Announcement, FA8650-17-S-6001.  This amendment to the BAA solicitation establishes an Open Period to receive white papers for the Executive Functions research area only. The Open Period for this research area is effective as of the date of this Amendment, 3 February 2021. White papers are due no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern on 5 March 2021. Please submit white papers via email to the Contracting POC for the open period, Noreen Bennett, at noreen.bennett@us.af.mil.

Technical POC for the Open Period:  Juan Vasquez, juan.vasquez.11@us.af.mil

Contracting POC for the Open Period:  Noreen Bennett, noreen.bennett@us.af.mil

See Section V, Open Periods, (starting on page 22 of 35), of BAA Solicitation FA8650-17-S-6001 for detailed instructions on whitepaper submittal.  Also see Section B, page 2 of 35, for additional detail on Open Periods.   

Call 006 and Attachments are posted 22 Feb 2021.

Technical POC for Call 006:  Trenton White, trenton.white.1@us.af.mil

Contracting POC for Call 006:  Shane Spanier, shane.spanier.3@us.af.mil and Susan Lee, susan.lee.1@us.af.mil

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19 February 2021: Amendment 5 revised to provide anticipated Period of Peformance information.

This is Amendment 5 to the initial Broad Agency Announcement, FA8650-17-S-6001.  This amendment to the BAA solicitation establishes an Open Period to receive white papers for the Executive Functions research area only. The Open Period for this research area is effective as of the date of this Amendment, 3 February 2021. White papers are due no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern on 5 March 2021. Please submit white papers via email to the Contracting POC for the open period, Noreen Bennett, at noreen.bennett@us.af.mil.

Technical POC for the Open Period:  Juan Vasquez, juan.vasquez.11@us.af.mil

Contracting POC for the Open Period:  Noreen Bennett, noreen.bennett@us.af.mil

See Section V, Open Periods, (starting on page 22 of 35), of BAA Solicitation FA8650-17-S-6001 for detailed instructions on whitepaper submittal.  Also see Section B, page 2 of 35, for additional detail on Open Periods.   

19 February 2021: Amendment 5 revised to provide anticipated Period of Peformance information.

This is Amendment 5 to the initial Broad Agency Announcement, FA8650-17-S-6001.  This amendment to the BAA solicitation establishes an Open Period to receive white papers for the Executive Functions research area only. The Open Period for this research area is effective as of the date of this Amendment, 3 February 2021. White papers are due no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern on 5 March 2021. Please submit white papers via email to the Contracting POC for the open period, Noreen Bennett, at noreen.bennett@us.af.mil.

Technical POC for the Open Period:  Juan Vasquez, juan.vasquez.11@us.af.mil

Contracting POC for the Open Period:  Noreen Bennett, noreen.bennett@us.af.mil

See Section V, Open Periods, (starting on page 22 of 35), of BAA Solicitation FA8650-17-S-6001 for detailed instructions on whitepaper submittal.  Also see Section B, page 2 of 35, for additional detail on Open Periods.   

This is Amendment 5 to the initial Broad Agency Announcement, FA8650-17-S-6001.  This amendment to the BAA solicitation establishes an Open Period to receive white papers for the Executive Functions research area only. The Open Period for this research area is effective as of the date of this Amendment, 3 February 2021. White papers are due no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern on 5 March 2021. Please submit white papers via email to the Contracting POC for the open period, Noreen Bennett, at noreen.bennett@us.af.mil.

Technical POC for the Open Period:  Juan Vasquez, juan.vasquez.11@us.af.mil

Contracting POC for the Open Period:  Noreen Bennett, noreen.bennett@us.af.mil

See Section V, Open Periods, (starting on page 22 of 35), of BAA Solicitation FA8650-17-S-6001 for detailed instructions on whitepaper submittal.  Also see Section B, page 2 of 35, for additional detail on Open Periods.   

This is Amendment 4 to the initial  Broad Agency Announcement, FA8650-17-S-6001.  This amended BAA solicitation replaces the original solicitation posted on 07 July 2017 in its entirety.   This amendment increases the estimated program cost from $950M to $1.9B. 

The objective of Science and Technology for Autonomous Teammates (STAT) program is to develop and demonstrate autonomy technologies that will enable various AF mission sets. This research will be part of Experimentation Campaigns in: 1 -Multi-domain Command and Control; 2-Intelligence, Surveillance, Recognizance (ISR) Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (PED); and 3- Manned-Unmanned combat Teaming to demonstrate autonomy capabilities to develop and demonstrate autonomy technologies that will improve Air Force operations through human-machine teaming and autonomous decision-making.  The technology demonstrations that result from this BAA will substantially improve the Air Force's capability to conduct missions in a variety of environments while minimizing the risks to Airmen. The overall impact of integration of autonomous systems into the mission space will enable the Air Force to operate inside of the enemy's decision loop.

STAT will develop and apply autonomy technologies to enhance the full mission cycle, including mission planning, mission execution, and post-mission analysis.  Particular areas of interest include multi-domain command and control, manned-unmanned teaming, and information analytics. The technology demonstrations that result from this BAA will substantially improve the Air Force's capability to conduct missions in a variety of environments while minimizing the risks to Airmen. The overall impact of integration of autonomous systems into the mission space will enable the Air Force to operate inside of the enemy's decision loop.

This effort plans to demonstrate modular, transferable, open system architectures, and deliver autonomy technologies applicable to a spectrum of multi-domain applications.  Development efforts will mature a set of technologies that enable airmen to plan, command, control, and execute missions with manageable workloads.  The software algorithms and supporting architectures shall:

    - Ingest and understand mission taskings and commander's intent
    - Respond appropriately to human direction and orders
    - Respond intelligently to dynamic threats and unplanned events

Chosen technologies will be open, reusable, adaptable, platform agnostic, secure, credible, affordable, enduring, and able to be integrated into autonomous systems.  The program will be comprised of various technologies developed by AFRL and Industry, integrated into technology demonstrations and deliverables with all the necessary software, hardware, and documentation to support AFRL-owned modeling and simulation environments for future capability developments.  Thus, all technology development efforts must adhere to interface designs and standards.

The objective of Science and Technology for Autonomous Teammates (STAT) program is to develop and demonstrate autonomy technologies that will enable various AF mission sets. This research will be part of Experimentation Campaigns in: 1 -Multi-domain Command and Control; 2-Intelligence, Surveillance, Recognizance (ISR) Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (PED); and 3- Manned-Unmanned combat Teaming to demonstrate autonomy capabilities to develop and demonstrate autonomy technologies that will improve Air Force operations through human-machine teaming and autonomous decision-making.  The technology demonstrations that result from this BAA will substantially improve the Air Force's capability to conduct missions in a variety of environments while minimizing the risks to Airmen. The overall impact of integration of autonomous systems into the mission space will enable the Air Force to operate inside of the enemy's decision loop.

STAT will develop and apply autonomy technologies to enhance the full mission cycle, including mission planning, mission execution, and post-mission analysis.  Particular areas of interest include multi-domain command and control, manned-unmanned teaming, and information analytics. The technology demonstrations that result from this BAA will substantially improve the Air Force's capability to conduct missions in a variety of environments while minimizing the risks to Airmen. The overall impact of integration of autonomous systems into the mission space will enable the Air Force to operate inside of the enemy's decision loop.

This effort plans to demonstrate modular, transferable, open system architectures, and deliver autonomy technologies applicable to a spectrum of multi-domain applications.  Development efforts will mature a set of technologies that enable airmen to plan, command, control, and execute missions with manageable workloads.  The software algorithms and supporting architectures shall:

    - Ingest and understand mission taskings and commander's intent
    - Respond appropriately to human direction and orders
    - Respond intelligently to dynamic threats and unplanned events

Chosen technologies will be open, reusable, adaptable, platform agnostic, secure, credible, affordable, enduring, and able to be integrated into autonomous systems.  The program will be comprised of various technologies developed by AFRL and Industry, integrated into technology demonstrations and deliverables with all the

necessary software, hardware, and documentation to support AFRL-owned modeling and simulation environments for future capability developments.  Thus, all technology development efforts must adhere to interface designs and standards.

Call 004 (2-Step) - The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is issuing a call for white papers under the STAT BAA to solicit industry approaches for a Skyborg System Design Agent (SDA).

The greater Skyborg program will directly support the initiatives outlined in the 2018 USAF Artificial Intelligence Strategy and the 2019 Executive Order of Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Air Force has committed to executing the appropriate transition plans across resources, missions, and organizations as technology development objectives are achieved.

This Skyborg SDA effort consists of incremental program phases that correspond to the overall program goals. A detailed description of the phased SDA statement of objectives is contained in a separate For Official Use Only (FOUO) Supplement to the call.

The objective of this call for white papers is to gauge industry interest, determine the industrial base, validate cost estimates, and solicit industry approaches to a software-centric SDA. After a review of the submitted white papers, the Skyborg program office plans to issue a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) to selected respondents as the second part of the call process. The USG anticipates one or more respondents will be notified to submit a proposal. However, the USG anticipates only one Skyborg SDA award in FY2020. Further details on the SDA concept can be found in Section I.2. of the call.

The purpose of this posting is to provide Amendment 2 to Call 003 and to provide a Questions and Answers Document.

The purpose of this posting is to provide a Questions and Answers Document for Call 003.

The purpose of Amendment 1 to Call 003 is to extend the proposal due date to 10 July 2018, 3:00 p.m local WPAFB Time. This amendment also extends the due date for question submittal to 26 June 2018, 3:00 p.m. local WPAFB Time. In addition to addressing questions to the Agreements Officer as noted on page 3 and page 24 of the Call, the Government requests offerors also copy Heather Carino, Agreements Negotiator, AFRL/RQKHC, heather.carino@us.af.mil, (937) 713-9859, on all questions.

Call 003 Autonomy Collaboration Research Network (ACRNet) - This solicitation seeks proposals from organizations interested in entering into a Cooperative Agreement or other assistance instrument for the purpose of establishing a state-of-the-art, end-to-end, sustainable collaborative research consortium for autonomy technologies for the aerospace industry.

The purpose of Amendment 1 on Call 002 is to update the Call to allow for email submittals and to update the phone number of the contracting point of contact.

Call 002 (2- Step) - AFRL will be conducting research and development in AI resulting in transition to operational systems with missions related to processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED). The ACT3 government experts will work hand-in-hand with industry and academia to develop innovative and operationally relevant capabilities. The scope of the effort will span advanced technology development and will utilize modern information technology (IT) systems capabilities to accelerate development. Industry support can span any or all of the following thrust areas.
Thrust 1 - Algorithm Development
Thrust 2 - Human Machine Teaming (HMT)

The purpose of Amendment 2 is to update the NAICS code on page 1 of the BAA and to update page 35 of the BAA to include Attachment 8, Model Cooperative Agreement.

The purpose of Amendment 1 is to establish an Open Period to receive whitepapers for the System Integration research area. The Air Force is not accepting whitepapers on any other research areas at this time.

The Open Period for the System Integration research area is effective as of the date of this amendment. Whitepapers are due no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern on 13 April 2018.

See Section V, Open Periods, (starting on page 22 of 35), of BAA Solicitation FA8650-17-S-6001 for detailed instructions on whitepaper submittal. Also see Section B, page 2 of 35, for additional detail on Open Periods.

RFI - Consortium for the Development of Autonomy Technologies - Questions and Answers - 18 Jan 18

The due date for receipt of questions has passed. The due date for the RFI remains 19 Jan 18.

As a reminder, this RFI is solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation.

Request for Information (RFI) - AFRL seeks information on capabilities to develop/ populate and administer a consortium of approximately 50-100 industry and academia members who represent autonomy technology developers who are or could be addressing current and future Air Force and industry issues through collaborative research and industry implementation.

This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation.

The objective of Science and Technology for Autonomous Teammates (STAT) program is to develop and demonstrate autonomy technologies that will enable various AF mission sets. This research will be part of Experimentation Campaigns in: 1 -Multi-domain Command and Control; 2-Intelligence, Surveillance, Recognizance (ISR) Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (PED); and 3- Manned-Unmanned combat Teaming to demonstrate autonomy capabilities to develop and demonstrate autonomy technologies that will improve Air Force operations through human-machine teaming and autonomous decision-making. The technology demonstrations that result from this BAA will substantially improve the Air Force's capability to conduct missions in a variety of environments while minimizing the risks to Airmen. The overall impact of integration of autonomous systems into the mission space will enable the Air Force to operate inside of the enemy's decision loop.

STAT will develop and apply autonomy technologies to enhance the full mission cycle, including mission planning, mission execution, and post-mission analysis. Particular areas of interest include multi-domain command and control, manned-unmanned teaming, and information analytics. The technology demonstrations that result from this BAA will substantially improve the Air Force's capability to conduct missions in a variety of environments while minimizing the risks to Airmen. The overall impact of integration of autonomous systems into the mission space will enable the Air Force to operate inside of the enemy's decision loop.

This effort plans to demonstrate modular, transferable, open system architectures, and deliver autonomy technologies applicable to a spectrum of multi-domain applications. Development efforts will mature a set of technologies that enable airmen to plan, command, control, and execute missions with manageable workloads. The software algorithms and supporting architectures shall:

- Ingest and understand mission taskings and commander's intent
- Respond appropriately to human direction and orders
- Respond intelligently to dynamic threats and unplanned events

Chosen technologies will be open, reusable, adaptable, platform agnostic, secure, credible, affordable, enduring, and able to be integrated into autonomous systems. The program will be comprised of various technologies developed by AFRL and Industry, integrated into technology demonstrations and deliverables with all the necessary software, hardware, and documentation to support AFRL-owned modeling and simulation environments for future capability developments. Thus, all technology development efforts must adhere to interface designs and standards.