Strategic Technology Office-wide Innovation Solutions Opening Announcement

Research areas of current interest to STO include, but are not limited to, the following topics: Acoustic communication and sensing; Adaptability; Advanced computing; Additive manufacturing; Architecture and advanced systems engineering; Artificial intelligence; Autonomy and control algorithms; Combat identification; Command and control (C2); Communications and networking, virtual and adaptive; Complexity management; Critical infrastructure defense; Decision aids and C2 technology; DevOps and novel software development and integration; Directed energy (DE); Distributed autonomy and teaming (machine-machine, human-machine); Economic security; Effects chain functions (disaggregated find, fix, track, target, engage, assess); Electro-optic/infrared sensors; Electromagnetic warfare (EW); High-frequency (HF) communications and sensing; High voltage electric power systems and architecture; Human behavior modeling; Human-machine symbiosis; Industrial engineering; Integration and reliability technologies; Interoperability; Logistics; Modeling and simulation; Microwave and millimeter wave communications and sensing; Novel kinetic effects; Non-kinetic effects (EW, DE, cyber); Optical technologies; Photonics; Radio technologies (especially software-defined and novel waveforms and processing); Radar and adaptive arrays; Resilient systems; Robotics; Seekers and other expendable sensors and processing; Sensors and analytics; Signal processing; Space sensors, communications, autonomy, and architectures (especially supporting proliferated low earth orbit constellations); Strategy analysis technology; Supply chain analytics; System of systems; Undersea and seabed technology; Tactics development technology; Testing and data collection; Very low earth orbit (VLEO) technology; Very low frequency (VLF) technology.