Category: Opportunity
DoD Communities Of Interest: Big Data
Subject: AFRL Quantum Information Services BAA
Due Date: Rolling Through Sep 30, 2024
Government Organization: Air Force Research Laboratory – Information Directorate (AFRL/RI)
Description:
On January 6, the Air Force Research Laboratory posted an updated broad agency announcement (BAA) for Quantum Information Sciences. For best funding consideration in FY23, white papers should be submitted by 2:00 p.m. Eastern on September 29, 2022.
The Air Force Research Laboratory – Information Directorate (AFRL/RI) is soliciting white papers under this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for research, design, development, concept testing, evaluation, experimentation, integration, and delivery of Quantum Information Sciences supporting the implementation and use of Command, Control, Communications, Computers & Intelligence (C4I)-related information and communications technologies and techniques. In particular, this effort seeks to advance and assess advanced algorithm designs and technologies harnessing emerging quantum computing techniques to support AFRL/RI’s C4I mission.
Research at AFRL/RI’s Rome Research Site, located in Rome, NY, focuses on a range of activities to include information and signal processing, communications and networking technology, cyber research, and high-performance computing. Many problems fundamental to these disciplines can be expressed as optimization problems governing relationships and then represented as mathematical equations. Quantum computing provides a non-classical method for finding the global minimum (optimal solution) given these objective functions and constraints to arrive at the solution rapidly.
AFRL/RI has established a Quantum Information and Science branch (RITQ). Research within this branch will include Quantum Algorithms and Computing, Memory-Node-Based Quantum Networking, Quantum Information Processing, Superconducting Hybrid Quantum Platforms, and Quantum Information Sciences. These technologies will have both in-house and contractual-based requirements to support the overall mission of the RITQ branch.
Further, AFRL/RI is interested in developing a user community around this emerging technology, to consist of other U.S. Government organizations (federal, state, and local), U.S. Government contractors and commercial industry, and academia (both public and private).
Website: https://sam.gov/opp/9cae71c48d45451c830133a4900882e7/view
Questions or assistance, contact:
North Carolina Defense Technology Transition Office (DEFTECH)
Dennis Lewis
lewisd@ncmbc.us
703-217-3127
Bob Burton
burtonr@ncmbc.us
910-824-9609
North Carolina Defense Technology Transition Office | PO Box 1748, Fayetteville, NC 28303