Request for Information (RFI) and Areas of Interest

If you are interested in submitting an experiment proposal for consideration please carefully review the Request for Information (RFI) linked below. This document provides guidelines for submitting an experiment 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