BAA DEVCOM AC Emerging Technologies

The U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center issues a continuously‑open Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking innovative research and development ideas in emerging weapons, munitions, and soldier lethality technologies. Offerors submit a short white‑paper (max 5 pages) targeting one of the listed technology areas; promising papers are invited to submit a full, unclassified proposal. Awards are contracts or Other Transaction Agreements up to three years (one base year plus two optional years) and are funded based on scientific merit, relevance to Army missions, and cost realism. No total funding ceiling is disclosed, and the solicitation remains open until 4 Mar 2031, with annual solicitation cycles announced throughout the period. • 27 high‑level technology focus areas (advanced materials, electronics/sensors, manufacturing, power & energy, energetics, fuze tech, autonomy, AI, logistics, environmental/Demil, software, etc.) – proposals may address only one area. • White‑paper submission via email (≤ 5 MB) to Contract Specialist Kelly Lynch and Contracting Officer Gloria Thoguluva; evaluation turn‑around ≈ 3 weeks. • Full proposal must include detailed technical approach, budget (DD Form 1861), past performance, biographical sketches, and comply with formatting rules; awards may be up to 3 years with optional one‑year extensions. • Open to all responsible sources (industry, academia, small business, HBCU/MI); cost‑share typical for OTAs (≈ 50/50) and no profit allowed on research agreements.