Amendment 4: first repub 2025

AMENDMENT 4 TO ARA FA8750-24-S-7007

The purpose of this modification is to republish the original announcement, incorporating any previous amendments, pursuant to FAR 35.016(c). This republishing also includes the following changes:

Part II, Full Text Announcement:
Section III.2.b.2, updates the FOCI guidance;
Section IV.4.b, updates the provision date;
Section V.2.; corrects numbering and updates paragraph e language; Section V.4; updates the thresholds;
Section VI.1, updates proposal formatting language;
Section VI.7, updates the provisions;
Section VI; adds paragraph 9
Section VII: updates the OMBUDSMAN.
No other changes are made.

NAICS CODE: 541715

FEDERAL AGENCY NAME: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, NY, 13441-4514 ARA ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: Modification

ADVANCED RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (ARA) TITLE: Signals Intelligence Focused Technologies for Exploitation and Reporting (SIFTER)

ARA NUMBER: FA8750-24-S-7007

PART I – OVERVIEW INFORMATION

This announcement is for an Open, 2 Step ARA which is open and effective until 28 September 2029. Only white papers will be accepted as initial submissions; formal proposals will be accepted by invitation only. While white papers will be considered if received prior to 3pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 28 September 2029, the following submission dates are suggested to best align with projected funding:

FY25 by 21 OCT 2024

FY26 by 25 SEP 2025

FY27 by 25 SEP 2026

FY28 by 25 SEP 2027

FY29 by 25 SEP 2028

Offerors should monitor the Contract Opportunities on the SAM website at https://SAM.gov in the event this announcement is amended.

CONCISE SUMMARY OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENT: Seeking innovative research to investigate algorithms, methodologies, and techniques for the demonstration and evaluation of enhanced signal information exploitation, dissemination, and analytics of existing and emerging adversarial systems. Areas of emphasis include 1) onboard processing enhancements of manned and unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) platforms; 2) high speed signal detection and prosecution technology demonstration, 3) cross domain multi-sensor/multi-platform data analytics, and 4) Open System Architecture (OSA) compliance for demonstration in operationally relevant environments. This ARA is a follow-on to ARA FA8750-22-S-7002 entitled “Signals Information Exploitation Technology Enhancements (SIETE).