ONHS Report: N00421-25-S-0003

FY26 NAWCAD Propulsion and Power Technology Development Program Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Solicitation ID: N00421-25-S-0003

Agency: NAWCAD/ASG

Type: Sources Sought

Deadline: 2026-09-30T17:00:00 ET

Eligibility: Maybe (Unspecified)

Funding: N/A

Doc Type: BAA

Clearance: No

Program Manager: Stacey.l.stone9.civ@us.navy.mil

Last Updated: 2025-11-24 13:05

Analyzed File: N0042125S0003_FY26 BAA Guide ASG PPE - Final.pdf

Eligibility Reasoning

To be eligible for award of a contract, all prospective offerors, with the exception of other governments... must meet certain minimum standards pertaining to financial resources, adequacy of accounting systems, ability to comply with performance schedules, record of past performance, integrity, organization structure, experience, operational controls, technical skills, facilities and equipment. For additional information and guidance concerning qualifications and standards for responsibility of prospective contractors, please refer to Part 9 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).

Note: This is an AI-generated summary...

Summary

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) is soliciting white papers for its FY26 Propulsion and Power Technology Development Program to advance mission performance and affordability of Naval aircraft. This Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) follows a two-step process: interested parties must first submit a white paper (up to 30 pages, 15 is typical) by September 30, 2026. Successful offerors will then be invited to submit a formal proposal. The BAA focuses on five technical areas: BAA 121 (Advanced Aircraft Electrical Power Systems), BAA 122 (Fuel and Lubricant Technology), BAA 123 (Aircraft Operational Energy Technology), BAA 124 (Condition Based Maintenance/CBM+ and Health Monitoring), and BAA 125 (Advanced Propulsion System Technology). Programs are expected to be 1-5 years in duration. Evaluation criteria prioritize scientific and technical merit and the potential contribution to Navy objectives. Cost-reimbursable contracts are anticipated. This solicitation is not open to foreign government or foreign entity submissions.

Overall Technical Areas

Advanced Electrical Power SystemsPower System Health MonitoringAdvanced Energy Storage DevicesHybrid Electric Propulsion SystemsAircraft Thermal ManagementFuel and Lubricant TechnologyAircraft Operational Energy OptimizationPrognostics and Health Management (PHM/CBM+)Physics-Based System ModelingAutomated Data-Driven AnalysisAdvanced Propulsion System TechnologyRotorcraft Drive SystemsPropulsion Performance OptimizationAircraft Drag Reduction Technologies

Probable LBNL Areas

CSAEESAETALDPSA

Focus Areas

Example Priorities:

Develop technologies in the areas of power generation, distribution, conversion and control, energy storage, thermal management, and subsystem interactions.
Components to enable all-electric or hybrid electric systems.
Detailed and / or reduced order dynamic models of components and systems to predict system electrical and thermal performance.
Diagnostics, prognostics, and health management for electrical power and wiring systems to enable improvements in readiness, maintenance, safety, and cost.

Specific Technical Skills:

Power ElectronicsElectrical EngineeringEnergy Storage SystemsThermal ManagementSystems Modeling & SimulationPower Systems ControlPrognostics and Health Management (PHM)High-Temperature ElectronicsHybrid Electric SystemsElectrical Machine Design

Potential PIs for this Area:

Name	Score	Organization
Donghun Kim	0.71	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg Technologies Dept
Juan Pablo Carvallo	0.71	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Energy Markets & Policy
Alexandre Moreira da Silva	0.71	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt
David Blum	0.70	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg Technologies Dept
Bin Wang	0.70	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Sustainable Energy Dept
Miguel Heleno	0.70	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt
Sarah Smith	0.69	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Sustainable Energy Dept
Peng Peng	0.69	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Sustainable Energy Dept
Hon Leung Curtis Wong	0.69	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Whole Building Sys Dept
Armando Casillas	0.69	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg Technologies Dept

Example Priorities:

Deployable, field-ready solutions for fuel and lubricant quality assurance & quality surveillance.
Technologies and methodologies that reduce the time to respond to fuel and lubricant related issues through measurement and rapid communication of fuel and lubricant chemical composition and performance property information.
Data, knowledge, and solutions to address fuel and lubricant related readiness and cost drivers for current and future aviation and maritime platforms.
Data, knowledge, and solutions to assess fuel property and lubricant impacts in non-conventional and emerging hardware applications.

Specific Technical Skills:

Chemical EngineeringFuel ScienceLubricant TechnologyMaterials ScienceData AnalyticsChemical SpectroscopyQuality AssuranceEngine Component TestingSensor DevelopmentDatabase Management

Potential PIs for this Area:

Name	Score	Organization
Guoying Chen	0.72	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt
Vi Rapp	0.72	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg & Industrial App Dpt
Boxun Hu	0.72	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt
Bryan Mccloskey	0.71	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt
Andrew Dopilka	0.71	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt
Peng Peng	0.71	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Sustainable Energy Dept
Chelsea Preble	0.71	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Sustainable Energy Dept
Evan Sherwin	0.71	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Sustainable Energy Dept
Ana Comesana	0.71	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg & Industrial App Dpt
Linqing Luo	0.71	EESA \| EG \| Geophysics Dept

Example Priorities:

Integrated thermal and power management systems.
Advanced aircraft drag reduction technologies or methods.
Optimized mission planning tools or flight management systems.
Advanced analytics of aircraft flight hour or fuel consumption data.
Energy Modeling and Simulation (aircraft or engine system, subsystem, component; static and dynamic models).
Studies/Analyses of disruptive aviation energy technologies and impacts toward naval aviation operations.

Specific Technical Skills:

AerodynamicsThermal ManagementPropulsion EngineeringSystems EngineeringMission Planning SoftwareData AnalyticsEnergy Modeling & SimulationFlight Management SystemsComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)Lifecycle Cost Analysis

Potential PIs for this Area:

Name	Score	Organization
Peng Peng	0.70	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Sustainable Energy Dept
Jeetika Malik	0.69	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg Technologies Dept
Marco Pritoni	0.69	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg Technologies Dept
Tae Hwan Lim	0.69	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Sustainable Energy Dept
Vi Rapp	0.69	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg & Industrial App Dpt
Matthias Sulzer	0.69	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg Technologies Dept
Jennifer Stokes-Draut	0.69	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Sustainable Energy Dept
Carlos Duarte	0.69	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg Technologies Dept
Evan Johnson	0.68	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt
Prakash Rao	0.68	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg & Industrial App Dpt

Example Priorities:

Develop propulsion and power systems CBM, CBM+, prognostic, diagnostic, and health monitoring technologies to improve aircraft safety, reliability, maintainability, affordability, and availability.
Integrate Health-Monitoring Systems (HMS) data through the entire maintenance and supply ecosystem with the goal of increasing repair proficiency and executing predictive maintenance (PdM).
Improving CBM+ data analysis, data warehouse, data storage, and analysis algorithms and component-level physics-based models including approaches to accurately predict useful life remaining.
Information fusion, Multi-variable Analysis, Reasoner and automated data-driven ground-based analysis technologies are desirable to enhance fault detection/fault isolation capabilities.

Specific Technical Skills:

Prognostics and Health Management (PHM)Data AnalyticsMachine LearningPhysics-Based ModelingInformation FusionDiagnostic AlgorithmsSystems EngineeringReliability EngineeringData WarehousingOpen System Architecture

Potential PIs for this Area:

Name	Score	Organization
Marco Pritoni	0.71	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg Technologies Dept
Weiping Huang	0.71	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg Technologies Dept
Alexander Sim	0.70	CSA \| SciData \| Data Science Research
Mahesh Naidu	0.70	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Energy Efficiency Studies
Han Li	0.69	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg Technologies Dept
Zhe Bai	0.69	CSA \| AMCR \| Computer Science
Donghun Kim	0.69	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg Technologies Dept
Ana Comesana	0.69	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg & Industrial App Dpt
Shawn Tornga	0.69	LD \| LD \| ONHS
Linqing Luo	0.68	EESA \| EG \| Geophysics Dept

Example Priorities:

Develop advanced propulsion technologies that are applicable to augmented and non-augmented turbofan/turbojet engines, turboprop/turboshaft engine, rotorcraft drives, mechanical systems and sub-systems.
Enhance the engines and lift systems that power carrier based fighter/attack aircraft and STOVL systems, subsonic fixed and rotary wing, combat support, patrol, transport and surveillance type aircraft, as well as unmanned systems.
Substantial improvement in engine thrust-to-weight ratio and specific fuel consumption and/or rotorcraft drive system capability.
Reduction of acquisition, maintenance costs and life cycle costs, and reduction of aircraft noise, emissions and fuel consumption.

Specific Technical Skills:

Aerospace EngineeringGas Turbine DesignTurbomachineryMechanical Drive SystemsComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)High-Temperature MaterialsCombustion EngineeringAeroacousticsPropulsion Systems IntegrationLifecycle Cost Management

Potential PIs for this Area:

Name	Score	Organization
Peter Tennessen	0.69	PSA \| Engineering \| Mechanical Engineering
Vi Rapp	0.69	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg & Industrial App Dpt
Jennifer Stokes-Draut	0.69	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Sustainable Energy Dept
Peng Peng	0.68	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Sustainable Energy Dept
Prakash Rao	0.68	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg & Industrial App Dpt
Naïm Darghouth	0.68	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Energy Markets & Policy
Jing Ke	0.68	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Energy Efficiency Studies
Tae Hwan Lim	0.68	ETA \| Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts \| Sustainable Energy Dept
Pramod Bhuvankar	0.68	EESA \| EG \| Hydrogeology Dept
Matthias Sulzer	0.67	ETA \| Building Technology & Urban Systems \| Bldg Technologies Dept

Potential LBNL PIs (Overall)

Note on PI Matching: These suggestions are generated through an AI-driven semantic analysis of LBNL staff profiles.

Name	Score	Organization
Ravi Prasher	0.78	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt · Advanced Energy Storage Devices
Daniel Arnold	0.76	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt · Advanced Electrical Power Systems
Kameshwar Poolla	0.76	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt · Power System Health Monitoring
Scott Moura	0.76	ETA \| ESDR \| Energy Storage & Dist Dpt · Hybrid Electric Propulsion Systems
Vi Rapp	0.74	ETA \| Building Tech. & Urban Sys. \| Bldg & Industrial App Dpt · Fuel and Lubricant Technology
Eric Masanet	0.74	ETA \| Energy Analysis \| Systems & Energy Tech Analysis · Advanced Propulsion System Technology
Zhi Jackie Yao	0.74	CSA \| AMCR \| Applied Mathematics · Physics-Based System Modeling
Samuel Fernandes	0.74	ETA \| Building Tech. & Urban Sys. \| Whole Building Sys Dept · Prognostics and Health Management (PHM/CBM+)
Donghun Kim	0.74	ETA \| Building Tech. & Urban Sys. \| Bldg Technologies Dept · Aircraft Thermal Management
Simo Makiharju	0.74	ETA \| Energy Analysis \| Systems & Energy Tech Analysis · Aircraft Drag Reduction Technologies

Fundamental Research Exemption (FRE)

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