Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) - Office of Smart Collection Office Wide Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

In general, this BAA solicits research to dramatically improve the value of collected data from all sources. Research areas of particular interest include:
- Innovative methods or tools for identifying and/or creating novel sources of new information.
- New ways of identifying and assessing collection systems for dramatically improved performance.
- Sensor technologies that dramatically improve the reach, sensitivity, size, weight, and power for collection of broad signal or signature types.
- Tagging, Tracking, and Location (TTL) techniques.
- Electrically small antennas and other advanced RF concepts.
- Agile architectures that intelligently distill useful information at the collector.
- Innovative means and methods to ensure the veracity of data collected from a variety of sources.
This announcement seeks research ideas for topics that are not addressed by emerging or ongoing IARPA programs or other published IARPA solicitations. It is primarily, but not solely, intended for early stage research that may lead to larger, focused programs in the future, so periods of performance will generally not exceed 12 months.