DARPA Information Innovation Office I2O Office-wide BAA

Sponsor Deadline: 

Aug 30, 2019

Letter of Intent Deadline: 

Jul 18, 2019

Sponsor: 

DOD Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

UI Contact: 

DARPA Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-wide BAA Broad Agency Announcement
HR001118S0057
Grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=308968
FedBizOpps  https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=231c6de648bed959a18...

This BAA seeks revolutionary research ideas for topics not being addressed by ongoing I2O programs or other published solicitations. Potential proposers are highly encouraged to review the current I2O programs (http://www.darpa.mil/about-us/offices/i2o) and solicitations (http://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunities) to avoid proposing efforts that duplicate existing activities or that are responsive to other published I2O solicitations.

Abstract Due Date: July 18, 2019, 12:00 noon (ET) Proposers are highly encouraged to submit an abstract.
Proposal Due Date: August 30, 2019, 12:00 noon (ET)
BAA Closing Date: August 30, 2019, 12:00 noon (ET)

Symbiosis.   Enabling computing systems in this manner is of critical importance because sensor, information, and communication systems generate data at rates far beyond what humans can assimilate and understand for enabling effective action. Incorporating these technologies into military systems that collaborate with warfighters will facilitate better decisions in complex, time-critical, battlefield environments; enable a shared understanding of massive, incomplete, and contradictory information; and enable unmanned systems collaborating with human warfighters to perform missions safely and with higher degrees of autonomy

Analytics. We need analytical tools and technologies that rapidly transform the data and information in these ecosystems into effective courses of action for conflict resolution, stabilization, and other complex challenges. These tools and technologies enable an emerging data-centric paradigm: collect/curate data emphasizing the human domain but inclusive of all other domains; analyze data for entities, relationships, and trends; synthesize models for situational awareness, prediction, and intervention; and engage allies, stakeholders, and adversaries through appropriate channels.

Cyber. The information and operational technology used in networks and systems must operate through a cyber-attack or enable rapid recovery from such an attack. Subtle or overt escalations of cyber conflict intensity and adversary attacks must be detected, understood, and attributed in a timely fashion. The U.S. must have the ability to mount an accurate, timely, effective, and appropriately-scaled cyber response to any cyber-attack, a response that is calibrated to discourage further escalation.

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