UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Broad Agency Announcement

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point's mission is "to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army." The United States Military Academy is located at West Point, New York. USMA executes research to enhance the education of cadets, develop the faculty professionally, and address important issues facing the Army and the Nation. In addition, the Academy conducts research and analysis in emerging fields that may realize novel or vastly improved Army capabilities. At West Point, research is organized and administered through centers and institutes, most of which reside within academic departments. These centers and institutes, affiliated with each other through the Academy Research Council (ARC), coordinated and supported by the Academic Research Division (ARD), provide the infrastructure necessary to tackle the nation’s and the world’s most challenging problems. Our research centers and institutes bring context to the classroom, are central to our vibrant and pioneering faculty, and are one way West Point connects to the Army and to the Nation. Our students are driven, our faculty is world-class, and through our centers, scholars and scientists thrive and produce their best work. Cadets regularly win Best Paper Awards at national and international graduate-level conferences, our faculty hold fellowships and chairmanships in their discipline's national organizations and our products are deployed to the soldier. In addition to applied research, there are centers and institutes at West Point that focus on other aspects of the USMA mission. The USMA BAA identifies topics of interest to the USMA departments, directorates, and research centers and institutes. These groups focus on executing in-house research programs, with a significant emphasis o

Details

• Agency: Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command
• Department: Department of Defense
• Opportunity #: W911NF-20-S-0008
• Instrument: grant;cooperative_agreement;other;procurement_contract

Eligibility

Eligible applicants under this BAA include institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, foreign organizations, foreign public entities, and for-profit organizations (i.e. large and small businesses) for scientific, technology, engineering, mathematics, education, policy development, ethics, culture, history, and economic analyses projects and proposals. Whitepapers and proposals will be evaluated only if they are for novel study and experimentation directed toward advancing the state of the art or increasing basic knowledge and understanding. Whitepapers and proposals focused on specific devices or components are beyond the scope of this BAA.For foreign public entities or foreign organizations, see Section II.C.3.a below for further information. There is no restriction on the place of performance for awards issued under this BAA.

USMA Amendment 10

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
W911NF-20-S-0008
01 April 2020 – 31 March 2027
ISSUED BY:
U.S. Army Contracting
Command Aberdeen
Proving Ground
Research Triangle Park Division P.O. Box 12211

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Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211
Special Notes

1. Formatting of the Announcement

The following table provides an overview of the outline structure of this announcement:
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1. See Appendix 1 for a Table of Acronyms used in this announcement.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. OVERVIEW OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 1
A. Required Overview Content 3

1. Agency Name 3

2 Issuing Acquisition Office. 3

1. Research Opportunity Title 3
2. Announcement Type 3
3. Research Opportunity Number 3
4. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number and Title 3
5. Response Dates 3

B. Additional Overview Information 4
II. DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 5
A. Program Description 5

1. Ballistics, Weapons, and Protections (BWT) Campaign 5

a. Blast Protection of Structures 5
b. Future Aviation Capabilities Research and Development 5
c. Next Generation Combat Vehicle Research and Development 5
d. Ballistics and Weapons Engineering Research and Development 5
e. Next Generation Soldier Systems Research and Development 6

1. Infrastructure, Energy, Resilience and Sustainability (ES) Campaign 6

a. Sustainability and Energy Resilience Research 6
b. Critical Infrastructure Resilience 7

1. Materials, Measurements, and Experiments (MMF) Campaign 8

a. Research and Development for Combating Corrosion and Improving Materiel Readiness 8
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