UAS BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT Solicitation Number: 697DCK- 25- R- **** Call 001- 2026 - Amendment 3- Amendment 3 is hereby issued to answer the questions that were received in response to BAA Call for White Papers 001- 2026. The questions and answers are hereby incorporated in Amendment 3 and are attached to this posting. The
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The FAA is soliciting whitepapers for research and development related to the integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS). The BAA is open until September 30, 2028. Whitepapers can be submitted at any time. The FAA may issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) based on selected whitepapers. The total funding obligated under this BAA shall not exceed $24 million. The FAA encourages industry and other entities interested in assisting the FAA with integration of UAS into the NAS, to submit whitepapers. The FAA will consider contractor teaming arrangements. The offeror, by submission of a proposal or execution of a contract in response to this uas baa, certifies that the offeror is not debarred, suspended, declared ineligible for an award of public contracts, or proposed for debarment pursuant to ams **** the offeror cannot certify or if the status of the offeror changes prior to award, the offeror must provide detailed information as to its current status. The FAA encourages industry and other entities interested in assisting the FAA with integration of UAS into the NAS, to submit whitepapers. The FAA has ultimate approval over all test plans and reserves the right to inspect all locations where testing is being proposed or taking place. The resulting contracts from this baa shall be costsharing contracts. The faa will pay no more than 50 of the total cost of the work that will be specified in any award under this baa. The amount of faa funding under any contract award under this baa and the portion of the specified work to be funded under the contract, either at any particular time or cumulatively under the award, in all instances, must be at the sole discretion of the faa. The faas liability at any particular time or cumulatively under an award against this baa must not exceed the amount identified as obligated under the contract. Any additional matching funds requirements will be outlined in the baa calls for white papers. Invoicing will be done through the faas delphi einvoicing system and instructions will be outlined in resulting baa contract awards. All submissions, contractual andor technical questionsclarifications as well as questions relative to funding availability associated with this uas baa are required to be sent via email to the contracting officers listed below. The primary basis for whitepaper selection will be determined by a review of the operational readiness of the technology proposed by the respondent, the importance to missionagency programs, and the availability of funding. Respondents that include data within the whitepaper to which they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose or used by the government except for evaluation purposes by the faa, must specifically identify the data in the summary whitepaper and mark the data as proprietary. Respondents are expected to provide an attestation of their ability to adhere to the following deliverables for the proposed project: a. project kickoff briefing b. integrated master schedule c. data analysis plan d. safety risk assessment e. flight test plan and test cards f. post flight test reports g. monthly progress reports h. quarterly program management review briefings i. draft final report j. nonproprietary final report k. final project briefing l. standards designated organization briefings. All flight testing under any award must be in partnership with at least one of the seven 7 faa uas test sites referenced below see 7 and under the uas test sites authorization. Respondents must obtain and submit a letter of attestation loa from one of theseven 7 faa uas test sites referenced below. The loa should detail the uas test sitesability to work in partnership with the respondent, support the proposed project, and, andinclude reference to the requirement of respondent to test under uasts authorization. itshould also be signed by the uas test site director. Whitepapers must be submitted electronically via
The bid notice states Whitepapers may be submitted at any time during the life of this uas baa, not solely in response to a specific call.
The bid notice states The resulting contracts from this baa shall be costsharing contracts.
The bid notice states he primary basis for whitepaper selection will be determined by a review of the operational readiness of the technology proposed by the respondent, the importance to missionagency programs, and the availability of funding.
The bid notice states Respondents that submit a proposal without first submitting a whitepaper and receivingan rfp, may be ineligible for award, unless otherwise specified in a specific call.
The bid notice states he faa has ultimate approval over all test plans and reserves the right to inspect all locations where testing is being proposed or taking place.
The bid notice states The cumulative total of funds obligated under this baa shall not exceed 24 million.