NGA - Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA): Topic # 07 – Lidar Analysis for Surface & Environmental Reconnaissance (LASER)

The Boosting Innovative GEOINT-Science and Technology (BIG-ST) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) invites proposers to submit innovative concepts to address hard GEOINT problems that align to one or more of the following technical domains: (1) Foundational GEOINT, (2) Advanced Phenomenologies, and (3) Analytic Technologies. BAA Process and Topic Call Publication: The BIG-ST BAA, HM047623BAA0001, is a general announcement of NGA’s research interest, including criteria for selecting proposals and soliciting the participation of all offerors capable of satisfying the Government’s needs. The requests for abstracts and proposals are transmitted via Topic Calls that are published separately under the BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation at various times during the open period of the General Solicitation. Topic Calls will be published via updates to the BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation site on Sam.gov, Grants.gov, and/or the Classified IC-Acquisition Research Center (https://acq-ui.ace.proj.nro.ic.gov). For Classified Topic Calls, interested parties must have an account to log into the Classified IC-ARC to see the notice, and all associated RFP documents. For additional support with account access, please contact the Classified ACE Help Desk at 855-4ACE. Interested parties should periodically check these websites for updates. No submissions shall be accepted to the General Solicitation; abstracts and proposals will only be reviewed in response to open Topic Calls. Please refer to the Topic Calls for Abstract and Proposal due dates. The BIG-ST BAA General Solicitation, HM047623BAA0001 Revision 4 (dated 07/30/2026), is posted and applies to Topic 6 and forward. See Attachments/Links. Closed Topics: Topic 1 - Geospatial-Intelligence Foundational Model (GFM) is closed Topic 2 - Magnifying University Science Expertise (MUSE) is closed. Topic 3 - VLBI+G Signal Chain Development (VLBI+G) is closed. Topic 5 - Better Ingested GEOINT - Identifying Artificial Intelligence and Manually Manipulated Media (BIGISLAND) is closed. Topic 6 - Magnifying University Science Expertise (MUSE 2) is closed. Canceled Topics: Topic 4 - Production of Radio Frequency (RF) Surveys from Commercial On-orbit Passive RF (RF-COP) is canceled. Active Topics: 10/01/2026 Update: Topic 7 Topic 7 – Lidar Analysis for Surface & Environmental Reconnaissance (LASER) is open. Please review the following new/updated documents under Attachment/Links: New: BIGST-BAA_T7_LASER_20261001

• NAICS541715
• PSCAC13

• APPENDIX 5 Grants Coops_version3.pdf

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• LASER_CDRL_A002_Technical_Reports.pdf

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• Research and Technology Protection_BIG-ST BAA_20241220.docx

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• APPENDIX 1 Abstract Template.docx

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• BIGST_BAA_GeneralSolicitation_REV1_20241220.docx

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• BIGST_BAA_HM047623BAA0001_GeneralSolicitation_REV2_20250402.pdf

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• APPENDIX 2 Proposal Template.docx

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• BIGST_BAA_HM047623BAA0001_Provisions_Clauses_20250402.pdf

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• RTP_SEC_AttchC-2-PWS_SOW SCI Security Language vSep 2025.docx

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• LASER_CDRL_A001_Kick-off.pdf

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• BIGST_BAA_HM047623BAA0001_Provisions_Clauses_20231115.pdf

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• BIGST_BAA_HM047623BAA00001_GeneralSolicitation_REV4_20260730.pdf

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• APPENDIX 5 Grants Coops_version2.pdf

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• RTP_SEC_AttchC-8_Security_Test_Plan_TemplateV2.0.docx

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• BIGST-BAA_T7_LASER_20261001.docx

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• RTP_SEC_AttchC-6-PWS_SOW Unclass w CUI Security Language vSep 2025.docx

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• BIGST_BAA_HM047623BAA00001_GeneralSolicitation_REV3_20250425.pdf

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• RTP_SEC_AttchC-1-PWS_SOW SCI Security Language vSep 2025 w Special_corrected.docx

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• LASER_CDRL_A004_Technical Plans.pdf

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• APPENDIX 5 Grants Coops.docx

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• LASER_CDRL_A003_Software Deliverables.pdf

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• RTP_SEC_AttchC-5-PWS_SOW Unclass only no CUI Security Language vSep 2025.docx

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• RTP_SEC_AttchC-4-PWS_SOW Top Secret Security Language vSep 2025.docx

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• Research and Technology Plan_20260730.pdf

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• Provisions and Clauses_HM047623BAA0001_20260622.pdf

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• RTP_SEC_AttchC-3-PWS_SOW Secret Security Language vSep 2025.docx

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• RTP_SEC_AttchC-7_PPIP_Template.docx

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• NGAI 8400.4.pdf

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• Viphalac Chanthaphone
  viphalac.c.chanthaphone@nga.mil5715573040
• Charlena Evans
  charlena.d.evans@nga.mil5715589586