Business Opportunities

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Sensors Directorate - Rome, NY is soliciting white papers under this BAA for the performance of research, development, design, and testing that directly supports its core mission. This includes Space and Near-Space Sensors and Systems; Strategic and Tactical Networks; Information Assurance; Counter Underground Facilities; Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Defense; Small Unit Operations; Maritime Operations; and Core Strategic Technologies.

Objective:  

Objective:   The objective of the Phase I effort is to develop technologies for extremely lightweight, low power thermal micro-cameras for use on micro-vehicles. Proposed research should investigate and exploit innovative approaches that will enable revolutionary advances in lightweight, low power infrared (IR) cameras.

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OBJECTIVE: Develop a tethered antenna for a UUV that will support two-way RF communication and GPS
reception. The inspiration being the floating wires and communication buoys utilized by submarines.
DESCRIPTION: UUVs are used in many applications where the placement of a sensor underwater is required.
Examples include bathymetric survey and mine detection systems. The UUVs generally navigate via an inertial
navigation unit that is fixed to GPS prior to diving or acoustically via transponders in fixed locations. The

OBJECTIVE: Develop an integrated near real-time solution capable of determining the optimal multi-spectral bands for target detection, storing complete mission data, and parsing resultant data and metadata for transmission of hyperspectral imaging system.

OBJECTIVE: Develop and demonstrate architecture innovations for precision relative GPS/INS navigation systems that satisfy the stringent accuracy, integrity and continuity performance required to support autonomous, networked, low-observable (LO) unmanned air systems.