Soft Organic Functional Technology

The current objective is to conduct Basic, Exploratory and Applied Research and Development (R&D) in order to transition and advance the state-of-the-art in the areas of biotechnology, biologically derived or inspired materials, flexible electronics material development, structures and devices for energy storage/generation/transduction applications as well as for sensing, communication, and opto-electronic applications, advanced nanostructured and biological materials, metamaterials, organic and inorganic hybrid materials systems and devices. Research and development, and technical transition methodology will include evaluation of new and/or modified materials systems and new/improved laboratory procedures, analytical, characterization, and modeling techniques to evaluate materials performance. Relevant environment testing and user evaluations will be vital components in the technology transition phase of development. The current goal is the development of materials and processing methodologies that are vital to create advanced materials and devices for the Air Force (AF). The biotechnology and flexible electronics fields under development are candidates for use in air, space, physiological monitoring and existing AF assets and weapon systems applications. ANTICIPATED TASK ORDER INFORMATION • Task Order 0001: Title: "Biotechnology Exploration". Estimated dollar value is $7.0M. • Task Order 0002: Title: "Flexible Electronics Exploration". Estimated dollar value is $7.0M. • Task Order 0003: Title: "Rapid Research and Development for Warfighter Needs". Estimated dollar value is $1.0M.