Information Mastery in Cognitive Warfare
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- FA238425SB007
- Agency
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Air Force Research Laboratory
Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $24,120,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement, Grant
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Unrestricted
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking research proposals for the "Information Mastery in Cognitive Warfare" program under the Continuing Human Enabling, Enhancing, Restoring and Sustaining (CHEERS) initiative. The solicitation targets multidisciplinary research to advance national security capabilities in information and cognitive domains, incorporating expertise from systems engineering, psychology, sociology, computer science, and operations research. Key research objectives include developing methodologies to define and measure cognitive warfare effects, understand cognitive vulnerabilities, create information maneuver frameworks, and counter adversary cognitive warfare strategies. Applicants must submit white papers by September 6, 2025, with potential for full proposal submission in a subsequent phase. The evaluation will likely focus on scientific merit, innovative approaches, and the potential to create strategic advantages in information-related capabilities.
The total estimated program cost is $24.12 million, with an anticipated contract award of approximately $5.6 million in fiscal years 2026 and 2027, decreasing to $4.25 million in fiscal year 2028, and $4.335 million in fiscal years 2029 and 2030. The period of performance is expected to be 63 months, including 60 months of technical effort and 3 months for final reporting. The research will be performed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, with a Top Secret facility security clearance level. The solicitation is unrestricted, with small businesses encouraged to propose, though foreign industry participation is not authorized at the prime contractor level.
Synopsis
Solicitation: FA384-25-S-B007, CHEERS Call 2, Two-Step BAA
Solicitation Authority: 10 USC 4001 - Federal Acquisition Regulation and its Supplements (FAR(S)); 32 CFR 22.205, Grants and Cooperative Agreements
Related Notice: Multiple Authority Announcement (MAA) FA238424S2233, Continuing Human Enabling, Enhancing, Restoring and Sustaining (CHEERS)
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