Description
The Department of the Air Force is seeking innovative research to develop a Composable Collaborative Planning system to overcome the limitations of existing planning techniques. The focus is on addressing the Force Flow planning problem for Operation Plan (OPLAN) development, enabling parallel planning across diverse teams, and reducing planning time. Key aspects include dependency and assumption tracking, composable and collaborative planning framework, and sharing resources and context among planning stages. The project aims to analyze the impact of Contested Logistics on the time-phased force deployment list and provide a viable logistics tail for OPLANs.
• The BAA is open for submissions until 28 Feb 2026, with suggested submission dates for different fiscal years.
• Individual awards will not normally exceed 24 months, with dollar amounts ranging from $500,000 to $2,000,000 per Technical Area.
• The project involves developing an analytical environment for logistics supply chain models and conducting what-if analyses on the impacts of Contested Logistics.
• The system should allow planners to explore mitigation strategies and conduct automated Contested Logistics Feasibility Analysis.
• The scope of Contested Logistics considered includes degraded or denied supply quantity, threats to movement of supply, and threats to stockpiles.
• The Government encourages participation from the scientific and industrial communities, including small businesses, large businesses, academia, and non-profit entities.