FY 12 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR MEASUREMENT AND SIGNATURE INTELLIGENCE (MASINT) RESEARCH PROGRAM

Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) is an intelligence Discipline that employs a broad range of scientific developments to gather foreign intelligence. MASINT oversight and direction is provided by the National MASINT Office (NMO). The National Consortium for MASINT Research (NCMR) as the focal point for MASINT innovation provides cutting-edge MASINT research for the Intelligence Community (IC). A formal consortium of laboratories, academia, and industry forms the core of the advanced MASINT Research and Development (R&D) program and creates a dynamic forum for diverse research partners to the benefit of MASINT. Through the NCMR, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) investments supported by Congress converge around the National Intelligence Priority Framework, sustaining the intellectual capital needed to continue technical advances in the IC. FY12 Program:Offerors are invited to present related work, on-going research activities and proposed future activities associated with the following areas:(A) Remote assessment of missile performance characteristics such as location, thrust, throw weight, warhead accuracy, defensive capabilities, etc. (B) Remote assessment and detection of weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological weapons. This thrust area does not include improvised explosive devices utilizing standard explosives such as dynamite, TNT, C4, ANFO, etc. (C) Remote assessment and detection of directed energy weapons. This would include all lasers that are primarily designed as weapons as well as high-powered microwave (HPM) and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons.