Lidar analysis for surface and environmental reconnaissance
NGA - Boosting Innovative GEOINT - Science & Technology Broad Agency Announcement (BIG-ST BAA): Topic # 07 – Lidar Analysis for Surface & Environmental Reconnaissance (LASER), Solicitation 84cb4b33be0641c1b54c4de34b542ed5, issued by Federal (Virginia offices).
Key facts
- Issuing agency
- Federal (Virginia offices)
- Solicitation number
- 84cb4b33be0641c1b54c4de34b542ed5
- Type
- Solicitation
- Posted
- Oct 1, 2026
- Response deadline
- Dec 11, 2026, 11:59 PM EST
- Place of performance
- Nationwide
- Official posting
- Documents, addenda and the procurement contact, free with an account.
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Official description
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
Solicitation #HM047627XXXX. Issued by DEPT OF DEFENSE › NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (NGA) › ATTN: MS S84 - OCS. NAICS 541715. Product/Service Code AC13.
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