This is a $3,257,252 Definitive Cost No Fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the University of Southern California (USC) for "Radio Frequency-Field Programmable Gate Arrays (RF-FPGA), Phase 1." The contract has no set-aside designation.
The contract is for research and development work on reconfigurable radio frequency transceiver technologies, including full transceiver reconfigurability and multi-tier reconfigurable transceivers for handheld radios and micro base stations in networked warfare. USC has subcontracted portions of the work to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
This contract appears to be part of DARPA's broader efforts to advance innovative wireless communications technologies for military applications. USC, as a leading research university, is leveraging its expertise in areas like engineering, computer science, and defense-related research to support DARPA's mission. The subcontract with UCSD, another prominent research institution, further expands the technical capabilities brought to bear on this project.