Request for Information (RFI) and Areas of Interest

If you are interested in submitting a JIFX proposal for consideration, please carefully review the Request for Information (RFI) linked below. This document provides guidelines for submitting a proposal as well as a bulleted list of areas of interest.
The overall focus of JIFX will be to explore technologies that have the potential of rapidly increasing military & first responder capability, reducing the cost of current capabilities, providing options for reducing force structure associated with a capability, or providing a means to work and share more with partner nations and other organizations.

Research Priority #1

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Cybersecurity
  • Command, Control, and Communications

Research Priority #2

  • Quantum Networking
  • Microelectronics
  • Space Systems
  • Hypersonics
  • Missile Defense

Areas of Interest

  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
    • Unmanned Tethered Aerial System (UTAS)
    • Group 1 Nano Vertical Takeoff and Land (VTOL)
    • Group 1 Micro VTOL
    • Group 1 Short Range / Short Endurance (SR/SE) VTOL
    • Group 1 SR/SE Fixed Wing
    • Group 1 Medium Range / Medium Endurance (MR/ME) Fixed Wing
    • Group 2 Long Range / Long Endurance (LR/LE) Fixed Wing
  • Unmanned Systems (UxS) Design, Deployment, Operation, Networking, and Control
    • Unmanned Maritime Systems
    • Sensors
    • Power and Communications sub-systems
    • Multi- and Cross-Domain UxS
    • Technologies Supporting Swarming UxS
    • Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking for UxS Control
    • Situational Awareness and Control systems
    • Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) applications
    • Logistics and Support applications
    • Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications
    • Autonomy and Semi-Autonomy
    • Human Machine Teaming
  • Countering Unmanned Systems
    • Detection, Tracking, and Surveillance Systems
    • Defeat Systems
    • Remote UxS Characterization
  • Communication and Networking
    • 5G Enabled Technologies
    • Non-Radio Frequency Communications
    • Scalable and Mobile Communication Networks
    • Location, Tracking, and Communication Technologies
    • Distributed Spectrum Management
    • Air to Ground Communication
    • Information Exchange and Communication
    • Untethered, Underwater Communication Systems
  • Cyber, Cyber Security, and Electronic Warfare
    • Signature Reductions and Electromagnetic Battle Management
    • Communication and Data Security
    • Network Security
    • Operations in GPS Denied Environments
    • Military Information Support Operations
    • Cyber Effects
  • Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
    • Undersea ISR
    • Remote Sensing
    • Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS)
    • Persistent ISR
    • Digital Characterization/Classification of Vessels
    • Maritime C4ISR
  • Situational Awareness
    • Social Media for Situational Awareness
    • Maritime Domain Awareness
    • Command and Control Optimization, Modeling and Simulation
    • Maritime Common Operating Picture
    • Maritime Risk, Threat, Analysis and Resilience
  • Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA)
    • Non-combatant Evacuation Operations (NEO)
    • Data Collection during Disaster Response Operations
    • Mapping in Disaster Environments
    • Technologies Augmenting Current Distributed Health and Preparedness Training
    • Mass Communications Across a Wide Range of Outlets
 
  • Health and Safety
    • Improved Life-Support and Tracking during Patient Evacuation
    • Rapid Body and Health Detection and Monitoring
    • Personal Protective Equipment
    • Detection, Measurement, Sterilization, and Clean-Up of Explosive, Nuclear, Radiological, Chemical, and/or Biological Agents in all Environments
    • Force Protection Equipment and Wearable Technologies
    • Warfighter Performance Enhancements
    • Reduced Stress of the Force
    • Water Generation and Purification Systems
    • Next-Generation Wetsuit Technology
    • Thermal Protections
  • Expeditionary Operations
    • Animal and Canine Operations
    • Mine and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Operations Systems
    • Counter-Mine and Counter-IED Operations and Systems
  • Infrastructure and Power
    • Deployed Infrastructure Building and Maintenance
    • Deployable Lighting Technologies
    • Energy efficiencies and Improved Safety
    • Next-Generation Energy Power and Storage
  • Mobility and Transportation
    • Cargo Screening
    • In-transit Visibility (ITV)
    • Mobility Management Solutions
    • Next generation Maritime Vessels
  • Precision strike, Non-Lethal Weapons, Information Operations
    • Targeting Technologies for Faster, More Precise Engagements
    • Light Aerial Combat Vehicles
    • Land domain Non-Lethal/Scalable Effects Engagement
    • Multi-Domain Non-Lethal/Scalable Effects Engagement
    • Maritime domain Non-Lethal/Scalable Effects Engagement
    • Air & Space domain Non-Lethal/Scalable Effects Engagement
    • Visual Augmentation Systems