A -- AFOSR FISCAL YEAR 2001 THEMES, AFOSR BAA 2001-2

Notice Date

November 20, 2000

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFOSR -- Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 801 N. Randolph St, Arlington, VA, 22203-1977

ZIP Code

22203-1977

Solicitation Number

AFOSR-BAA-2001-2

Response Due

September 30, 2001

Point of Contact

Harry Haraldsen, Chief Policy & Support Division (Location Adminstrator), Phone 703.696.5994, Fax 703.696.9733, Email

E-Mail Address

Harry Haraldsen (harry.haraldsen@afosr.af.mil)

Description

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) announces a the availability of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for a fiscal year 2001 competition for research in three focus areas to be known as Themes. Target date for receipt of proposals is 3:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time, 25 January 2001. The Theme areas are 1 Cooperative Control; 2 Plasma Dynamics for Aerospace Applications; and, 3 Miniaturization Science for Space. Plasma Dynamics for Aerospace Technology: This theme will extend ongoing research on weakly ionized flows for hypersonic applications. Research will focus on drag reduction, magneto hydrodynamic flow control, ignition and combustion enhancement, superconducting magnets and glow discharge flow modification. The research to be performed will continue our efforts to understand the benefits of plasmas for hypersonic flight vehicles and will expand the scope of these activities to include both subsonic and supersonic fluid dynamics relevant to external aerodynamics for aircraft and internal flows within propulsion systems. Cooperative Control: This research will develop the fundamental theory, algorithms, and software for the design and analysis of robust, high-performance, team-based, multi-agent tactical command and control systems operating in dynamic, uncertain, adversarial environments. Key research topics include real-time adaptive team decision making, distributed control architectures, and sensory processing and neurocomputation inspired by biological systems. Applications focus on cooperative attacks in uncertain battlespaces by swarms of smart munitions and/or UCAVs. Miniaturization Science for Space: Research will address issues associated with 1-100 kg satellite clusters -- up to two orders of magnitude smaller than the current state-of-the-art satellite systems. This theme will extend ongoing microsatellite-related (TechSat 21) research to the range where current scaling laws break down. Research will focus on cross-contamination and plume issues; structurally integrated propellants and nano-scale combustion dynamics; polymer-based photovoltaics, smart-skins, and structures; chemical and non-chemical based nano-thrusters; nanotribology; quantum effect sensing and computation; and control issues not covered under the Cooperative Control Theme. See Numbered Note 26.

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Record

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