US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Broad Agency Announcement

The Soldier Center is seeking solutions in the following scientific and technical areas: • Combat Feeding & Equipment – Ration development, field feeding systems • Soldier Protection & Survivability – Headborne protection, modular armor, chemical/biological protection, nanotechnology • Modeling & Simulation – Soldier effectiveness, operational survivability • Human Performance & Biomechanics – Body-worn systems, hand-held devices, soldier-centric sensors • Expeditionary Maneuver Support – Energy efficiency, EMI/EMP protection, battlefield mobility • Aerial Delivery – Advanced airdrop systems for personnel and cargo • Simulation & Training Technology – Medical training, AI-based battlefield visualization, cyberspace warfare training This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is intended to fulfill requirements for scientific study and experimentation directed toward advancing state-of-the-art technologies and/or increasing knowledge and understanding as a means of eliminating current technology barriers. This BAA DOES NOT focus on specific systems or hardware solutions. This BAA identifies DEVCOM SOLDIER CENTER research/exploratory development areas of interest and provides prospective offerors information on the preparation of proposals along with proposal evaluation factors. The Government may award purchase orders, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions against this BAA. Read the Full BAA & Submission Guidelines: On SAM.gov https://sam.gov/opp/e8c7609f0f154df4afda846595bca888/view

The DEVCOM Soldier Center will consider concept papers and proposals based on this BAA from the following organizations and firms interested in conducting scientific research:• degree-granting colleges and universities,• nonprofit research institutes,• foreign organizations, and• commercial firms (including Large Businesses, Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Women-Owned Small Businesses, Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Businesses, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. Proposals from government facilities and organizations WILL NOT be considered under this program announcement.

i. The overall scientific and/or technical merits of the proposal. ii. The potential contributions of the effort to the Army mission and the extent to which the research effort will contribute to balancing the overall Army research program. iii. The qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the proposed PI, team leader, or other key personnel who are critical to achievement of the proposed objectives.

Match: none required (federal program listing). This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. Not Applicable

Fiscal year 2018: INTERNET OF BATTLEFIELD THINGS - The overall objective is to develop the fundamental understanding of dynamically-composable, adaptive, goal-driven Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBTs) to enable predictive analytics for intelligent command and control and battlefield services. DCIST -Develop the underpinning science to extend the reach, situational awareness, and operational effectiveness of Intelligent System/Soldier teams against dynamic threats in complex and contested environments and provide technical and operational superiority through fast, intelligent, resilient and collaborative behaviors. Fiscal year 2021: Develop Protein Crystal Polymer Hybrids; Listening to the Bioelectronic Signature of Cells; Corrosion Investigation and Modeling; Decoding Multisensory Information at Different Spatiotemporal Scales of Neuronal Resolution; Social Intelligent Agents; and Experimental Strain-Based Tissue Damage Analysis to Model Impact and Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury Scenarios. Fiscal year 2023: Example 1: Texas Tech University was awarded a grant W911NF2410035 for effort titled �Using fNIRS to Predict and Diagnose the Cause of Performance Decrements in...