Communications and Networking Discovery and Invention

The goal of this Call is to support the Navy's Information Warfare vision by developing measurable advances in technology that can directly enable and enhance end-to-end connectivity and quality-of-service for mission-critical information exchange among such widely dispersed naval, joint, and coalition forces.

projects are sought under the following focus areas:
1. Algorithms and techniques for digital beam forming and nulling with reduced computational complexity and improved side lobe and grating lobe suppression (both per-element digital as well as hybrid sub-array architectures should be considered);
2. Novel approaches for low probability of detect/intercept communications against advanced electronic threats;
3. Dynamic scheduling, routing and topology control to efficiently and reliably deliver critical/high priority data to multiple nodes over directional tactical wireless network; and
4. Machine learning and other techniques/concepts for autonomous network management by translating Commander's Intent into network policies.

Funding: $500,000 per year 

Duration: 3 years 

Research Authority due date: 19.6.17

Whate paper (required) due date: 25.6.17

Full application due date: 25.9.17