Air Delivered Effects Broad Area Announcement

The Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate is seeking white papers for research and development in various areas related to air-delivered effects, including weapon airframe systems technology, bioprincipic sensors, autonomous target recognition, and more. The goal is to develop and demonstrate advanced technologies that can be used to improve the effectiveness of air-delivered munitions. • Research areas include: • Weapon airframe systems technology • Bioprincipic sensors and information processing • Autonomous target recognition • Hardware-in-the-loop simulation technologies • Advanced scene generation • EO/IR/LADAR/SAL system research • Navigation and estimation technology • Modeling, simulation, and analysis of advanced weapon concepts The laboratory is looking for innovative and novel concepts based on emerging science and technology, and proposals should have a sound basis in credible theories, principles, and methodologies.