White Sands Basic Research Opportunity

The Department of Defense is seeking innovative research and development proposals to enhance fleet operational readiness and support capabilities. The proposals should leverage advanced technologies and data-driven solutions to improve the maintenance, modernization, and sustainment of naval assets. The topics of interest include Naval Combat System Readiness, Hypersonic & Suborbital Research and Validation, Directed Energy, Electronic Warfare, and Cybersecurity, Manufacturing & Prototyping, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Capability. The goal is to maximize fleet readiness through data-informed strategies, quality, on-time delivery, and continuous improvement. Some of the key areas of interest include: • Predictive analysis techniques for enhanced understanding of enemy actions and adaptive planning • Fully immersive, simulation-based training using virtual and mixed reality environments • Artificially intelligent agents to improve training effectiveness and reduce costs • Predictive data analytics to predict ship maintenance issues • Utilization of proactive fault monitoring for increased operational availability and reduced downtime • Hypersonic test-beds and payload validation techniques • Novel high-heat flux measurement methods • Ablatives and materials research • Innovative approaches to prototyping and testing of new flight vehicles • Advanced propulsion systems • Guidance, navigation and control systems optimized for hypersonic flight • Thermal management strategies • Autonomous flight termination systems • Advanced telemetry encoder and modulation technologies