BAA S&TCD 2018
Background
1. The Broad Agency (BAA), ************ number BAA-18-R-STCD, is ********* by the US Army Control, *************** Cyber, Intelligence, ************* and (C5ISR) Center, Space and Terrestrial *********** (S&TCD) and will be open for five (5) years from the date of original issue. The BAA will be valid through 19 June 2023, unless terminated sooner. This BAA includes research interests from the S&TCD, which is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland.
2. C5ISR develops and integrates control, *************** intelligence, ************* and (C4ISR) technologies that enable information dominance and decisive lethality for the networked Warfighters. The C5ISR S&TCD provides the Army with secure /networking technologies through research and development (R&D) innovations.
S&TCD has six Program Divisions: Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CSIA), Satellite Systems (SATCOM), Systems Engineering, Architecture, Modeling and Simulation (SEAMS), Radio Frequency (RFC), Tactical (TC), Operations (OPS). Each Division has a specific mission area of responsibility in support of the Army's need for the most modern strategic and tactical communication technologies.
General Information
1. The BAA is issued under the provisions of Parts 35.016 and 6.102(d)(2)(i) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which provides for the competitive selection of research and development proposals submitted in response to this . FAR 35.016 provides for the issuance of a BAA as a means of soliciting proposals for basic and applied research and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement. To be eligible for consideration and possible contract award, the technology or methodology shall be either basic research, applied research, advanced technology development not for a specific system/hardware, or demonstration and validation. BAAs may be used by agencies to fulfill their requirements for scientific study and experimentation directed toward advancing the state-of-the-art or increasing knowledge or understanding rather than focusing on a specific system or hardware solution. The BAA shall only be used when meaningful proposals with varying technical/scientific approaches can be reasonably anticipated.
Basic Research
Defined as research directed toward increasing knowledge in science with the primary aim being a fuller knowledge or understanding of the subject under study, rather than any practical application of that knowledge.
Applied Research
Is an effort that normally follows basic research, but may...
