NRL Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Research

Amendment 0006 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. -------------------------------------------------------------- Amendment 0005 The purpose of this amendment is to provide a searchable list of Summary Topics contained in Appendix 1. Expanded descriptions of each topic can be found in the full announcement pdf. APPENDIX 1 – RESEARCH DESCRIPTION - SUMMARY TOPICS II. Detailed information about the funding opportunity The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the Navy's corporate laboratory. NRL conducts basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines. The basic research program is driven by perceptions about future requirements of the Navy. The Navy's operational effectiveness depends on its ability to keep pace with rapidly developing technologies. NRL contributes to this requirement by conducting research in the following areas, organized into NRL'S three research directorates and Naval Center for Space Technology: Systems Directorate Code 5000 Materials Science and Component Technology Directorate Code 6000 Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate Code 7000 Naval Center for Space Technology Code 8000 A. SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE - CODE 5000 53-24-01 - HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR 53-24-01C - HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR (CLASSIFIED) 53-24-02 - LOW-COST WIDEBAND ANTENNA ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES 53-24-03 - ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS 55-24-01 - INFORMATION AND DECISION SCIENCES 55-24-02 - MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HIGH ASSURANCE COMPUTING 55-24-03 - HIGH ASSURANCE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING 55-24-04 - ADVANCED NAVAL NETWORK SOLUTIONS 55-24-05 - FEDERATED, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING/NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE 56-24-01 - OPTICAL SCIENCES R&D 57-24-01 - ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 57-24-02 ​ - SHIPBOARD ELECTRONIC WARFARE B. MATERIALS SCIENCE AND COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE CODE 6000 60-24-01 - HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ON MASSIVELY PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES 61-24-01 - ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE, CONVERSION AND COMMAND/CONTROL 61-24-02 - CORROSION PROCESSES, CONTROL, MITIGATION, AND TECHNOLOGY 61-24-03 - APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND ADVANCED LASER TECHNIQUES 61-24-04 - MULTIECHELON DIAGNOSTICS (MEDx) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TIERED EVALUATION 63-24-01 - MATERIALS PERFORMANCE, PROCESSING, AND MODELING 67-24-01 - BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN PLASMA SCIENCE 68-24-01 - RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH 68-24-02 - PHOTOVOLTAICS FOR PORTABLE POWER C. OCEAN AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE CODE 7000 71-24-01 - ACOUSTIC SIMULATION AND TACTICS 72-24-01 - LOW FREQUENCY RADIO INTERFEROMETRY 72-24-02 - OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING OF THE COASTAL REGIME 72-24-03 - REMOTE SENSORS AND IMAGING SYSTEMS 72-24-04 - AIRBORNE, SHIPBOARD, AND OVERHEAD DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS 73-24-01 - OCEAN DYNAMICS AND PREDICTION OCEANOGRAPHY 73-24-02 - SEAFLOOR SCIENCES 73-24-03 - GEOSPATIAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY 75-24-01 - ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS, ANALYSIS, AND PREDICTION 76-24-01 - RESEARCH INTO SPACE, BACKGROUNDS, IMAGING AND MODELING D. NAVAL CENTER FOR SPACE TECHNOLOGY CODE 8000 82-24-01 - SPACECRAFT & SPACE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY -------------------------------------------------------------- Amendment 0004 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers and revise Appendix 1 Summary Topics and email addresses in it’s entirety. -------------------------------------------------------------- Amendment 0003 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. ------------------------------------------------------------- Amendment 0002 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. ------------------------------------------------------------- Amendment 0001 The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. -------------------------------------------------------------- The Naval Research Laboratory is interested in receiving innovative proposals that offer potential for advancement and improvement in the technical topic areas listed. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in FAR 6.302(d) that provides for the competitive selection of research proposals. The Government reserves the right to select for award all, some, or none of the proposals received. Awards under this BAA are expected to take the form of Contracts, Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Other Transactions may also be awarded if appropriate. NRL encourages Educational Institutions, Small Businesses (SBs), Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (SDBs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) to submit proposals under this BAA. In order to conserve valuable offeror and Government resources, prospective offerors shall first submit a White Paper (WP) to the email address identified in the individual Summary Topics contained in Appendix 1, to include a rough cost estimate. If there is interest in the proposed research the offeror will be invited to submit a Formal Proposal. The selection of proposals for award will be based on a scientific review of proposals submitted in response to each BAA Summary Topic. The major purpose of the evaluation will be to determine the relative merit of the technical approach of each proposal. Business and contractual aspects, including proposed cost and cost realism, will also be considered as part of the evaluation. Selection of proposals for award will be based on the potential benefits to the Government weighed against the cost of the proposals, in view of the availability of funds. The complete BAA including proposal preparation instructions, award considerations, and evaluation criteria is also available at https://www.nrl.navy.mil/Doing-Business/Contracts/Broad-Agency-Announcements/ .

Amendment 0004 - Appendix I

Amendment 0004 – September 30, 2025
NRL BAA Announcement #N00173-24-S-BA01
Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Basic and Applied Scientific
Research
The purpose of this amendment is to extend the due date for acceptance of White Papers
and revise Appendix 1 in it’s entirety as follows:
APPENDIX 1 – RESEARCH DESCRIPTION - SUMMARY TOPICS
II. Detailed information about the funding opportunity
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the Navy's corporate laboratory. NRL conducts
basic and applied research for the Navy in a variety of scientific and technical disciplines. The
basic research program is driven by perceptions about future requirements of the Navy.
The Navy's operational effectiveness depends on its ability to keep pace with rapidly
developing technologies. NRL contributes to this requirement by conducting research in the
following areas, organized into NRL'S three research directorates and Naval Center for Space
Technology:
Systems Directorate Code 5000
Materials Science and Component Technology Directorate Code 6000
Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology Directorate Code 7000
Naval Center for Space Technology Code 8000

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A. SYSTEMS DIRECTORATE - CODE 5000
53-24-01 - HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR
The Systems Section of the Advanced Radar Branch of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
conducts research and development in concepts and techniques for using high frequency (3 MHz
to 30 MHz) radar to meet U.S. Navy mission requirements.