SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE (SIGINT) SOLUTIONS FOR EVOLVING SCENARIOS (SESS)

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Opportunity SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE (SIGINT) SOLUTIONS FOR EVOLVING SCENARIOS (SESS)

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Notice ID FA875023S7005

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Contract Opportunity Type Presolicitation

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Inactive Dates Sep 25, 2028

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Published Date May 28, 2026 10:00 AM EST

Department/Ind. Agency DEPT OF DEFENSE

Sub-tier DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE

Major Command AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND

Sub Command 1, 2, 3 AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY

Office FA8750 AFRL RIK

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Product Service Code AC12 - NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH

NAICS Code 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

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NAICS CODE: 541715

FEDERAL AGENCY NAME: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514

BAA or ARA ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: Initial announcement

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) TITLE: Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Solutions for Evolving Scenarios (SSES)

BAA NUMBER: FA8750-23-S-7005

PART I, OVERVIEW INFORMATION

This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step BAA which is open and effective until 25 SEP 2028. Only white papers will be accepted as initial submissions; formal proposals will be accepted by invitation only. While white papers will be considered if received prior to 2pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 25 SEP 2028, the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding:

FY24 by 15 NOV 2023

FY25 by 15 AUG 2024

FY26 by 15 AUG 2025

FY27 by 14 AUG 2026

FY28 by 13 AUG 2027

Offerors should monitor the Contract Opportunities on the SAM website at https://SAM.gov in the event this announcement is amended.

CONCISE SUMMARY OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENT: Seeking innovative research to develop emerging Cyber and SIGINT real-time processing solutions to improve tactical information collection, geolocation, extraction, identification, analysis, simulation and reporting in support of the…

Topic areas: General and Cross-cutting R&D, Security and Defense, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

Funding amount

This contract provides Varies in funding.

Deadline

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; there is no single fixed deadline.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• SME
• MidCaps
• Large Company
• Startups
• University
• Research Organization
• NGOs
• Public Authorities

Eligibility

The program did not publish a separate eligibility statement. See the official opportunity page for the full eligibility criteria.

Agency

SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE (SIGINT) SOLUTIONS FOR EVOLVING SCENARIOS (SESS) is administered by Department Of Defense (DOD), listed via SAM.gov.