Foundations of Trusted Systems BAA

The Department of the Air Force is soliciting white papers for the Foundations of Trusted Systems program. This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeks innovative research in technologies and techniques to establish trusted foundations for hardware and software that enables secure, resilient, and affordable Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) and Cyber technologies information processing systems. Total funding for this BAA is approximately $99.9M, with individual awards ranging from $100K to $5M and potentially up to the available BAA ceiling amount. Topics of interest include trusted, secure, and resilient computational systems; trusted and assured software; cyber-physical systems; AI in trusted systems; and digital engineering model-based analysis. White papers will be accepted until December 4, 2028, with suggested submission dates to align with projected funding for fiscal years 2025 through 2029.