Kaiju
This is a Department of the Air Force Broad Agency Announcement for future calls that will fund technical and/or research work described in later calls, with proposals not yet requested in the presolicitation notice.
⚑ CUI-controlled solicitation materials; access to the Statement of Objectives requires an active SAM.gov account or POC contact · vendors must have an active DD2345 · this is a presolicitation/BAA notice and does not currently request white papers or proposals · future call-specific eligibility and submission rules may vary by call
This is a defense applied-research BAA centered on materials, manufacturing, and computing/communications, with no clear social-science, risk-communication, survey, or policy-evaluation component that matches IPPRA’s program. The team’s national-security work is about public perception and communication around hazards and defense issues, not technical AFRL research development.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-07
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 90 strong | technical depth: central; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 45 partial | portfolio topic: national_security_defense (primary); social/behavioral work is none; funds applied research; capped at 45 (limited social-science role) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 45 partial | funds applied research; prototyping/demonstration stage; deep-tech content |
Description
Kaiju is a Broad Agency Annoucment (BAA) with Calls. This announcement does not request any white papers or proposals. Calls will be issued against the Kaiju BAA requesting white papers and/or proposals at later dates. Continue to monitor SAM.gov for furture Call Opportunities. Please Note: Due to the Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) nature, Attachment 6 - Kaiju Statement of Objectives (SOO) can be obtained by requesting access under Attachments/Links, if you have an active SAM.gov account. If you do not have an active SAM.gov account and are unable to request access, please contact the POCs listed in this solicitation. Additionally, vendors must have an active DD2345. UPDATE as of 20 June 2023: Amendment 03 incorporates clause FAR 52.204-27, Prohibitation on a ByteDance Covered Application. UPDATE as of 25 May 2023: Amendment 02 conducts the annual review of the Kaiju BAA. The following is amended: Contracting POCs, Language is added to Kaiju Solicitation, Attachments 1, 2, 5 and 7 are amended/re-uploaded based on annual review. UPDATE as of 26 May 2022: Amendment 01 amends the Statement of Objectives (Attachment 6) to correct the CUI classification to FEDCON.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Presolicitation. Organization: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE / FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL.
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