ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — In partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, the United States Space Force is currently accepting proposals for USSF University Consortium/Space Strategic Technology Institute 4, focused on Advanced Remote Sensing.
The USSF posted a Request for Information Nov. 14, inviting universities and their partners to submit white papers for collaborative research projects by Jan. 10, 2025, 3 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
This SSTI effort, which is the fourth in a series of research opportunities under the USSF University Consortium, will facilitate advanced remote sensing research, enabling the USSF to gather information globally at the speed of relevance about our environment, verify the actions and intentions of our competitors and facilitate commerce and economic prosperity.
The research opportunity will involve a minimum of three universities, with one taking the lead in research efforts. The lead university will be responsible for partnering with team member institutions and coordinating ARS research subtopics. Universities are encouraged to collaborate with industry on space research, development and demonstration needs.
Proposal topics may be focused on capabilities encompassing the comprehensive sensing and sensemaking system of systems. These may include, but are not limited to, technologies that enable new sensing or data processing architectures, technologies that substantially improve the utility of remotely sensed data, or technologies that enable new user communities to readily integrate sensing capabilities.
More guidance for proposals is listed in the SSTI 4 RFI.
A link to the RFI solicitation is available here.
About Space Strategic Technology Institutes
The United States Space Force established Space Strategic Technology Institutes to address space, science and technology challenges through a network of partnered universities. Space Force envisions the institutes will facilitate and focus joint applied research on transformational space domain technology breakthroughs and developments that lead to the advancement of capabilities that can be transitioned and integrated into current and future USSF and U.S. government space capabilities. It is highly desired for the research to lead to testbeds, high fidelity modeling and simulations, demonstrations and prototypes. The research is expected to transition technology to higher technology readiness levels throughout the period of performance, and out years will be awarded based on an evaluation of this ability.
source: www.spaceforce.mil