DEVCOM CBC: BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) FOR CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL RADIOLOGICAL NUCLEAR AND EXPLOSIVE (CBRNE) DEFENSE EFFORTS

DEVCOM CBC's mission is to provide innovative chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) defense capabilities to enable the Joint Warfighters' dominance on the battlefield and interagency defense of the homeland.

Mission areas include (see details in attached BAA): 

1. SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES AND BIOMATERIALS
2. AEROSOL TECHNOLOGY
3. BIOLOGICAL POINT DETECTION
4. CHEMICAL POINT DETECTION
5. EARLY WARNING AND DETECTION
6. SMOKE AND OBSCURANTS
7. MODELING, SIMULATION, AND ANALYSIS FOR CB, SMOKE, AND OBSCURANTS
8. COLLECTIVE PROTECTION
9. RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
10. DECONTAMINATION
11. CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR, AND EXPLOSIVES COUNTERMEASURES TO TERRORISM
12. FLAME AND INCENDIARY TECHNOLOGY
13. EXPLOSIVES POINT, PROXIMAL, AND STANDOFF DETECTION
14. CHEMICAL FORENSICS
15. CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL ADVANCED MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING SCIENCE
16. ANALYTICAL TOXICOLOGY
17. TARGET DEFEAT TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS
18. ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE/ MACHINE LEARNING
19. MICROSENSORS
20. ADVANCED MANUFACTURING/ MATERIAL SCIENCE

Funding: no fixed limit

Duration: 5 years

Preproposals are advisable, and may be submitted on an on-going basis.