UAS Broad Agency Announcement Call 002-2027 for Whitepapers

Solicitation: 697DCK-25-R-00278; Amendment 002

Call 002-2027

697DCK-25-R-00278; Amendment 002

WHITEPAPER CALL 002-2027

DEMONSTRATION AND VALIDATION OF SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO

ENABLE THE SAFE INTEGRATION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

(UAS) INTO THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS)

Date: November 10, 2026
I.

BACKGROUND

This FAA Call for Whitepapers is being issued under UAS Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Solicitation #697DCK-25-R-00278 that was published on the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) website at
https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b21f5b8f19d74a479b1ce8befa69ad54/view on September 30, 2025. To be eligible for consideration and potential award, Respondents must adhere to all requirements stated within the UAS BAA Solicitation #697DCK-25-R-00278 in its entirety, in conjunction with this request for Whitepapers when responding to this Call.

II.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

1. The Respondent must submit a Whitepaper associated with one of the Focus Areas listed within Solicitation #697DCK-25-R-00278.
2. The Respondent must be a Commercial Entity that contracts with a Test Site. 3. The Respondent must submit a Letter of Attestation (LOA) from the partnering FAA UAS Test Site, as described in Solicitation #697DCK-25-R-00278. LOAs must be signed by the UAS Test Site Director or an Authorized Representative. Letters signed by designated UAS Test Site Operators will NOT be accepted.
4. Respondents proposing testing at multiple locations must specify the number and details of the locations. A FAA UAS Test Site must support or perform demonstration and validation activities under the testing.
5. The Respondent must provide a project rough order of magnitude (ROM). For

awareness, the FAA is providing notice that any resulting awards are on a cost matching price basis. The resulting contracts from this BAA shall be cost-sharing contracts. This contract type will be a cost reimbursement contract where the contractor receives no fee and is reimbursed only for an agreed upon portion of its allowable cost. Cost1

Solicitation: 697DCK-25-R-00278; Amendment 002

Call 002-2027

sharing may be accomplished by a contribution to either direct or indirect costs, provided such costs are reasonable, allocable and allowable in accordance with the cost principles of the resulting contracts. Allowable costs which are absorbed by the contractor as its share of contract costs may not be charged directly or indirectly to the Agency or the Federal Government.
Cost-sharing may be accomplished in various forms or combinations. These include, but