Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) Small-Scale Industry Prototype

The purpose of this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) is to demonstrate industry-led Cooperative Driving Automation (CDA) prototypes in controlled and real-world conditions to generate data-driven insights that will support the development of a national strategy to deploy CDA across rural, suburban, and urban roadway systems. The effort prioritizes industry-ready CDA technology for use cases with clear safety and/or mobility benefit potential, specifically focusing on: (1) Work Zone Management, (2) Traffic Incident Management, (3) Cooperative Perception, and/or (4) Emergency/Transit Vehicle Awareness. • The proposed CDA prototype must align with the objective to improve safety and mobility by validating trusted interactions between vehicles and infrastructure using V2X communication. • The prototype must address high-priority, deployable use cases such as Work Zone Management, Traffic Incident Management, Cooperative Perception, or Emergency/Transit Vehicle Awareness. • The proposal must clearly articulate a value proposition demonstrating how the trusted cooperative system yields quantifiable improvements in crash avoidance, traffic flow, and efficiency compared to standalone automation or V2X technology alone. • The proposed prototype must have the potential for national scalability, demonstrating adaptability across varying geographic regions, traffic volumes, and current communication infrastructure maturity levels.