Opportunities

Suspense Date: 16 July 2021
Description: The Laboratory for Analytic Sciences (LAS) at NC State University is excited to release the 2022 LAS Call For White Papers. This document describes and provides examples of research and application areas of interest for LAS in 2022. It is derived from a careful consideration of mission needs (based on discussions with IC partners) as well as the current expertise and interests of LAS-G staff.

Suspense Date: 25 June 2021
Description: The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate’s Simulation & Technology Assessment Branch (AFRL/RVES) invests in agile and affordable modeling, simulation & analysis technologies and testbeds to enable live, virtual, and constructive assessments of new mission concepts and capabilities.

Suspense Date: 2 June 2021
Description: The SBA seeks proposals from the nation’s innovation-focused entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) that outline programs to speed the launch, growth, and scale of deep-tech small businesses across the country. Applicants submit a 12-slide deck and a 90-second video, addressing the relevant elements

Suspense Date: 17 June 2021
OBJECTIVE: This topic aims to develop applied research toward an innovative capability to develop a small form factor system that enables reliable access to the Starlink commercial internet system.

Suspense Date: 17 June 2021
Description: The purpose of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is to strengthen the role of innovative Small Business Concerns (SBCs) in federally-funded research or research and development (R/R&D).

Suspense Date: 8 June 2021
Description: The Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking an integrated, data-driven approach to human performance optimization (HPO) for Air Force Special Warfare (AFSW) service members. Effective HPO demands integrating multiple disciplines--cognitive performance, physical performance, nutrition, and recovery--in context-specific environments and is an essential component of readiness in the special warfare community.

Suspense Date: 17 June 2021
Description: This topic aims to develop applied research toward an innovative capability to develop a small form factor antenna that enables Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications for small handheld devices.

Suspense Date: 6 June 2021
Description: The Department of Defense (DoD) seeks commercial solutions to develop artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for networked collaborative autonomous (NCA) air platforms in a digital engineering environment. Solutions must be capable of coordinating and prioritizing actions in complex and contested environments

Suspense Date: 29 June 2021
Description: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Small Business Programs Office (SBPO) is issuing an SBIR/STTR Opportunity (SBO) inviting submissions of innovative research concepts in the technical domain(s) of Electronics, Information Systems. In particular, DARPA is interested in understanding the feasibility of SQUad Intelligent Robotic Radio Enhancing Links (SQUIRREL).

Suspense Date: 29 June 2021
Description: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Small Business Programs Office (SBPO) is issuing an SBIR/STTR Opportunity (SBO) inviting submissions of innovative research concepts in the technical domain(s) of Information Systems. In particular, DARPA is interested in understanding the feasibility of Accurate Passive Processes for Remote Analysis of Internal Structure via Externals (APPRAISE).

Suspense Date: 29 June 2021
Description: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Small Business Programs Office (SBPO) is issuing an SBIR/STTR Opportunity (SBO) inviting submissions of innovative research concepts in the technical domain(s) of Materials/Processes. In particular, DARPA is interested in understanding the feasibility of Additive Manufacturing of Rhenium for Propulsion Applications.

Suspense Date: 29 June 2021
Description: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Small Business Programs Office (SBPO) is issuing an SBIR/STTR Opportunity (SBO) inviting submissions of innovative research concepts in the technical domain(s) of Information Systems. In particular, DARPA is interested in understanding the feasibility of Lifting Legacy Code to Safer Languages (LiLaC-SL).

Suspense Date: 29 June 2021
Description: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Small Business Programs Office (SBPO) is issuing an SBIR/STTR Opportunity (SBO) inviting submissions of innovative research concepts in the technical domain(s) of Information Systems. In particular, DARPA is interested in understanding the feasibility of Mobile Anti-Totalitarian HumaNets (MATH).

Suspense Date: 30 June 2021
Description: SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM PEO SOF Digital Applications (PEO-SDA), seeks to identify technologies to accelerate the application of innovative commercial software into deployable warfighting capabilities. Modular software solutions may be integrated into the Mission Command System to unify the SOF enterprise via a Common Operational Picture (COP).

Suspense Date: 12 May 2021
Description: SOFWERX, in concert with the USSOCOM Science and Technology (S&T) Office, will host a Virtual Tech Sprint to identify technology solutions that will provide advanced computing to support localized SOF teams in degraded, disconnected, and contested or anti‐access/area denial (A2/AD) communications environments.