Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Office-Wide Broad Agency Announcement BAA
Projects in Support of Naval Aviation: Basic Research and Applied Research
N00421-19-S-0002
Grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=316838
N00421-19-S-0002 at FedBizOpps   https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=e1ff707fca855245315...

Required White Papers may be submitted at any time up until June 6, 2020, 5:00 PM Eastern time.

NAWCAD has identified the research needed to address the challenges, problems, and future technology needs of the Warfighter. Research Opportunity Areas of Interest:
-  Systems Engineering. Areas of research include but are not limited to the following: systems safety engineering, air platform development and integration, system of systems architectures, aviation/ship integration, combat survivability, reliability and maintainability engineering, anti‐tamper engineering, electromagnetic environmental effects engineering, and manufacturing.
-  Cost Analysis. Areas of research include but are not limited to the following: cost modeling, cost estimating, database development and management, and the development of cost, schedule, and technical algorithms and tools.
-  Air Vehicles. Areas of research include but are not limited to the following: reliability engineering, aeromechanics & flight controls, structural mechanics, life management of airframes, material science, airframe materials, corrosion prevention & control, thermal management, fire & ice protection, subsystem function, design, integration and maintainability (mechanical systems, hydraulics, pneumatics and landing gear), and fuel containment/aerial refueling.
-  Power and Propulsion (P&P). Areas of research include but are not limited to the following: reliability engineering, fuel systems, controls and diagnostics, airbreathing engines, fuels & lubricants, electrical power generation, auxiliary power, low observable signature technologies, propulsion life management, and mechanical systems.
 -   Avionics. Areas of research include but are not limited to the following: flight information systems, electronic warfare systems, radio frequency engineering, signal processing, electro‐optic engineering, acoustic engineering, software development & quality assurance, mission computer technology, target recognition and communication networks.
-   Human Systems. Areas of research include but are not limited to the following cockpit controls and displays, ergonomics, anthropomorphic measurement, human performance assessment & modeling, flight gear, protective equipment, survival equipment, chemical‐biological gear, fire suppression, virtual environments, and human factor engineering (social, behavioral, cultural) and reliability.
-   Weapons & Energetics. Areas of research include but are not limited to the following: energetic material & systems, weapon airframe engineering, weapon guidance & control, and weapon systems engineering.
-  Support Equipment. Areas of research include but are not limited to the following: launch and recovery equipment, electro‐magnetics, high‐energy generation and control, environmental sensing, prognostics & health monitoring, automatic testing of hardware and software, displays, information systems & intelligent agents, advanced computer & data processing applications.
-   Warfare Analysis. Areas of research include but are not limited to the following: operational suitability, maritime effectiveness, aircraft concepts, weapon concepts, decision analysis, vulnerability, and capability based assessment.
-   Research and Intelligence. Areas of research include but are not limited to the following: image & signal processing, unmanned systems, optics research & fabrication and chemical detection.
--  Test and Evaluation Engineering. Areas of research include but are not limited to the following: telemetry, communications, data links & data acquisition, mission system testing, target engineering, airborne threat simulation, integrated battle‐space simulation & test, hardware‐in‐the‐loop testing, flight instrumentation, ground radar analysis, test article configuration, navigation, and identification.
-  Simulation and Modeling. Areas of research include but are not limited to the following: weapon training systems, parallel computing, virtual environments, tactical decision‐making, training technologies, verification, and validation.

NAWCAD may also consider submissions outside these areas if the white paper/proposal involves the development of novel-based capabilities with potential to enhance naval capabilities.
Students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty, and NAWCAD personnel working on projects may pursue this work in government and/or educational institution facilities, depending on the capability and availability of each other’s facilities, equipment and material to support these projects.