The Space Sensor & Effects objective is to develop and experiment with key technology enablers that provide effective and resilient intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting (ISRT) capabilities as affordable and proliferated space-borne sensors for littoral and maritime environments.
Research Concentration Areas
Research efforts provide Naval forces with:
- Remote sensing, tracking and identification of Naval-centric threats during day/night and all-weather conditions
- Autonomy and multi-platform collaborations
- Direct and dynamic linkages between ISRT constellations and Naval units
- Machine learning and intelligent edge analytics focusing on multiple sensors phenomenologies and modalities
- Secure and trusted on-orbit processing techniques for data integrity
- Mitigating electromagnetic effects on space-borne sensors and remote sensing performance (e.g., space weather, atmospheric turbulence, etc.)
Research Challenges and Opportunities
- Compact and efficient mult-band radio frequency (RF) sensor devices, antennas and modalities (Waveforms) for distributed remote sensing over broad ocean areas
- Compact and efficient adaptive optical sensor devices and apertures for simultaneous wide and narrow field-of-view distributed imaging over broad ocean areas
- Computationally efficient and lightweight sensor/signal processing techniques operating on low-SWaP space platforms
- Machine learning algorithms that generate autonomous tasks planning and de-confliction between multiple ISRT constellations at the machine-to-machine level
How to Submit
For detailed application and submission information for this research topic, please refer to our broad agency announcement (BAA) No. N0001425SB001.
Contracts: All white papers and full proposals for contracts must be submitted through FedConnect; instructions are included in the BAA.
Grants: All white papers for grants must be submitted through FedConnect, and full proposals for grants must be submitted through grants.gov; instructions are included in the BAA.