SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Stratagem: Applying State-of-the-Art Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches to Air Battle Management - FA875020S7007
- Notice Date
- 10/24/2019
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL/RIK - Rome, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, New York, 13441-4514, United States
- ZIP Code
- 13441-4514
- Solicitation Number
- FA875020S7007
- Point of Contact
- Dr. Nathaniel Gemelli, Phone: 315-330-3252, Amber Buckley, Phone: 315-330-3605
- E-Mail Address
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nathaniel.gemelli@us.af.mil, amber.buckley@us.af.mil
(nathaniel.gemelli@us.af.mil, amber.buckley@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- FA875020S7007 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 ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: Initial announcement BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) TITLE: Stratagem: Applying State-of-the-Art Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches to Air Battle Management BAA NUMBER: FA8750-20-S-7007 PART I - OVERVIEW INFORMATION This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step BAA which is open and effective until 29 Sep 2023. 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 4 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 31 Mar 2023, the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding: For Focus Area 1 ONLY: FY20 by 13 Nov 2019 FY21 by 31 Mar 2020 FY22 by 31 Mar 2021 FY23 by 31 Mar 2022 For Focus Areas 2 and 3 ONLY: All potential Offerors are requested to wait to submit white papers for focus areas 2 & 3 until the BAA announcement is updated with specific dates. Due to funding limitations, it is anticipated that only one award will be made under Focus Area 2 and one award under Focus Area 3. Therefore, when the BAA announcement is updated to include white paper dates, if requested, proposals will also have a specific due date. In lieu of an Industry Day, the Government will accept questions regarding the synopsis via email to the TPOCS identified in Section VII until 12:00 PM EST on 30 OCT 2019. The Government will then amend the synopsis with a Q&A document. After its initial posting, the Q&A document will not be updated. Any future changes to the BAA will be done via amendment to the synopsis. Offerors should monitor the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fbo.gov in the event this announcement is amended. CONCISE SUMMARY OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENT: AFRL/RI is seeking innovative research to create a capability to develop new Artificial Intelligence-based capabilities that can reason in real-time about developments in the battlespace during wartime engagements and assist planners and decision makers responsible for reacting to those developments. As the Air Force begins to operate in contested environments against near-peer and/or peer adversaries, the demands on operational planners and warfighters will quickly increase, thereby requiring decision support assistance. In recent years, major developments in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for video game playing agents has suggested that some of these approaches could be considered as candidates to provide that form of decision support. The objective of this effort is three-fold. First, AFRL is looking to investigate and develop machine intelligence approaches for supporting and performing operations in complex adversarial environments. It is imperative to explore the use of existing decision support AI algorithms and machine learning methods applicable to developing strategies and playing complex games. Second, AFRL desires the capability to capture human expertise to augment warfighter capability through the use of game play in Air Force (AF) relevant "video games" via interactive components. We will record and learn from subject matter experts and end-user warfighters using these AF video games that are motivated by operational use cases. Finally, AFRL will apply forms of domain adaptation techniques to transfer AI strategies and/or machine learned models from video game play to AF relevant challenge problems/simulations. AFRL envisions developing AI approaches in unclassified game playing domains and attempting to perform transfer to either unclassified or classified scenarios in tools like Advanced Framework for Simulation Integration and Modeling (AFSIM) or others. In order to develop these capabilities, focus will be placed on using existing game playing engines and newly developed interactive "simulation" environments that can be played by operators, either supported by or against AI agents. BAA ESTIMATED FUNDING: Total funding for this BAA is approximately $9.9M. Individual awards will not normally exceed 24 months with dollar amounts normally ranging from $300,000 to $2,000,000. There is also the potential to make awards up to any dollar value as long as the value does not exceed the available BAA ceiling amount. ANTICIPATED INDIVIDUAL AWARDS: Multiple Awards are anticipated. TYPE OF INSTRUMENTS THAT MAY BE AWARDED: Procurement contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or other transactions (OT) depending upon the nature of the work proposed. In the event that an Other Transaction for Prototype agreement is awarded as a result of this competitive BAA, and the prototype project is successfully completed, there is the potential for a prototype project to transition to award of a follow-on production contract or transaction. The Other Transaction for Prototype agreement itself will also contain a similar notice of a potential follow-on production contract or agreement. AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION: All white paper submissions and any questions of a technical nature shall be directed to the cognizant Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) as specified below (unless otherwise specified in the technical area) (email requests are preferred): Stratagem TPOC : Dr. Nathaniel Gemelli AFRL/RISC 525 Brooks Rd Rome, NY 13441-4505 Telephone: (315)330-3252 Email: nathaniel.gemelli@us.af.mil Copies of white paper submissions should also be sent to: Stratagem BAA MANAGER : Mr. Warren Geiler AFRL/RISC 525 Brooks Rd Rome, NY 13441-4505 Telephone: (315)330-2122 Email: warren.geiler.1@us.af.mil Questions of a contractual/business nature shall be directed to the cognizant contracting officer, as specified below ( email requests are preferred ): Ms. Amber Buckley Telephone (315) 330-3605 Email: amber.buckley@us.af.mil Emails must reference the solicitation (BAA) number and title of the acquisition. Pre-Proposal Communication between Prospective Offerors and Government Representatives : Dialogue between prospective offerors and Government representatives is encouraged. Technical and contracting questions can be resolved in writing or through open discussions. Discussions with any of the points of contact shall not constitute a commitment by the Government to subsequently fund or award any proposed effort. Only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. Offerors are cautioned that evaluation ratings may be lowered and/or proposal rejected if proposal preparation (Proposal format, content, etc.) and/or submittal instructions are not followed.
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