Targeting Operations and Analytics Development

Amendment / Modification

This document republishes the original Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) FA8750-25-S-7002, incorporating previous amendments. Key changes include:

• Updates to FAR references.

• Adjustment of the Simplified Acquisition Threshold to $350,000.

• Update to the certified cost and pricing data threshold to $2.5M.

• Modifications to proposal formatting language.

• Revisions to debriefing language.

• Updates to specific DFARS clauses and provisions.

• Deletion of a paragraph related to a 15% indirect cost cap.

• Update to the OMBUDSMAN information.

• Part II, Full Text Announcement: Sections IV.2, V.3, V.4, VI.1, VI.3, VI.5.b.3, VI.5.c, VI.7, and Section VII.

No explicit changes to proposal deadlines or submission requirements are detailed in this amendment, beyond the general updates to the BAA's content. Offerors are advised to monitor SAM.gov for further amendments.

Solicitation / RFP / RFQ

This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) FA8750-25-S-7002, issued by the Department of the Air Force, seeks innovative research to develop, test, evaluate, and integrate technologies to improve the joint targeting cycle. The goal is to shorten the killchain, enhance operational awareness, ensure information and connectivity assurance, and enable battle damage assessment. The BAA is open until September 30, 2029.

The BAA focuses on several technology areas:

• Dynamic Targeting Engagement At Scale: Technologies for rapid identification, targeting, and engagement of hundreds of dynamic targets in peer conflict scenarios, including human-on-the-loop (HOTL) and human-in-the-loop (HITL) tools, and low size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) systems.

• Mission Communications: Technologies to assure mission-critical communications in low-bandwidth, low-permissivity environments, and to avoid, mitigate, and counter adversarial interference.

• Combat Assessment: Technologies for tactically relevant combat assessment immediately post-strike to inform re-strike and re-planning, including multi-source fusion approaches.

• Indications & Warning Analytics: Analytics utilizing all data sources to generate battlespace context and understand adversary readiness, intent, and posture via automated I&W/alerting.

• Test and Evaluations: Development and implementation of T&E methodologies, tools, and techniques to validate the performance of the above technologies in realistic environments.

• Estimated Funding: Approximately $499M total.

• Individual Awards: Typically range from $1M to $25M, not normally exceeding 36 months. Potential for awards up to $99.9M.

• Award Instruments: FAR-based Procurement contracts, CFR-based grants and cooperative agreements, or Other Transactions (OTs) under 10 USC 4021, 10 USC 4022, and 10 USC 4023.

• Follow-on Potential: Other Transaction for Prototype agreements may transition to follow-on production contracts or transactions.

• Type: Open, 2-Step BAA. White papers are accepted as initial submissions; formal proposals are by invitation only.

• Submission Dates: Suggested dates for alignment with projected funding (FY25 by March 20, 2025; FY26 by Nov 1, 2025; FY27 by Nov 1, 2026; FY28 by Nov 1, 2027; FY29 by Nov 1, 2028). White papers accepted until Sept 30, 2029.

• White Paper Format: 3-5 pages, double-spaced, 12-point font. Sections: Title/POCs, Task Objective, Technical Summary/Deliverables.

• Evaluation Criteria: Scientific and Technical Merit, Related Experience, Openness/Maturity/Assurance of Solution, Reasonableness/Realism of Costs.

• General: All qualified offerors may apply.

• Foreign Participation: Closed to foreign participation, including foreign ownership and nationals, with exceptions for unclassified fundamental research under specific conditions.

• FFRDCs/Government Entities: Subject to competition limitations; must demonstrate work is not available from the private sector and provide specific documentation.

• OCI: Offerors must disclose and mitigate Organizational Conflicts of Interest.

• S&T Protection: Security Risk Reviews will be conducted; specific documentation (SF 424, Security Program Questionnaire, Privacy Act Statement) required for Senior/Key Personnel.

• Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).

• Specific requirements for NIST SP 800-171 DoD Assessment in SPRS.

• Foreign participation restrictions apply, with detailed requirements for FOCI mitigation and foreign national employees.

• Technical Point of Contact: Ariana Emad (ariana.emad@us.af.mil). Contracting Officer: Amber Buckley (Amber.Buckley@us.af.mil).