DEVCOM Analysis Center BAA for Applied Research

The DAC is the Army's foundation for data-driven analytical decisions across the lifecycle to ensure overmatch for a lethal Army. DAC’s mission is to: Inform Army modernization and readiness decisions with objective Analysis enabled through Tool development and Data curation.

The following DAC research topics appear in an designated website:

• Methodologies and techniques to analyze assistive automation (AA) & artificial intelligence (AI) enabled systems
• Scientific understanding and analytical methodology for multi-domain operations (MDO)
• The science and analysis of systems of systems (SOS)
• Analytical methodology for future army systems enabled by quantum technology (QUANTUM)
• Artillery - hypersonics data and analysis
• Network vulnerability and effects assessment methodology (N-VEAM)
• Human-technology cooperation in defense command and control operations
• Human-systems integration analysis – artificial intelligence/ machine learning for army system development and assessment
• Human-systems integration analysis – augmented reality displays for enhanced crew situational awareness
• Cybernetic systems (inferring human intent for seamless human-artificial intelligence interactions)
• Humans in multi-agent systems
• Human systems integration (HSI) modeling & analysis
• Maneuver support and protection: preserving essential capabilities
• Maneuver support and protection: deny enemy freedom of action
• Maneuver support and protection: enable persistent access
• Maneuver support and protection: understand the operation environment
• Sustainment performance & mission success impacts
• Reliability of alternative methods for energy generation and storage alternatives
• Using neural networks to improve army forecasting
• Using machine learning and open source big data platforms to enable prognostics and predictive maintenance
• Solar panel performance analysis
• Modeling & simulation (M&S) tools and algorithms to assess electromagnetic pulse (EMP) vulnerability, survivability, and mitigation / shielding
• Automated geometry simplification to support rapid SLV analysis
• Personnel survivability
• Simplified combat simulation to support science and technology (S&T) community

Funding: no fixed limit 

Duration: no fixed limit 

Research Authority due date: 10 days prior to submission 

White papers accepted on an on-going basis until deadline.