Broad Agency Announcement

This publication constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016, the Department of Defense Grants and Agreements Regulations (DoDGARS) 22.315(a).This open BAA is for Aerospace science research with focuses on weapons and aerospace technologies which directly support naval science and technology requirements for joint strike warfare involving air superiority and precision attack, and air and surface battle space requirements of joint littoral aircraft involving aircraft, naval surface fire support and ship self-defense.A formal Request for Proposals (RFP), solicitation, and additional information regarding this announcement will not be issued.The Naval Air Weapons Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWD) will not issue paper copies of this announcement.

NAWCWD reserves the right to select for award all some or none of the proposals in response to this announcement. NAWCWD provides no funding for direct reimbursement of proposal development costs. Technical and cost proposals (or any other material) submitted in response to this BAA will not be returned.

It is the policy of NAWCWD to treat all proposals as sensitive competitive information and to disclose their contents only for the purposes of evaluation by the Government.Specific details regarding the BAA are provided in Attachment 1.