This is a $576,355 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to BAE Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc. The contract, titled "Photonics in the Package for Extreme Scalability (PIPES)," aims to develop optical signaling technologies to enable disruptive system scalability for digital microelectronics. The objective is to achieve high aggregate bandwidth, power efficiency, channel density, and link reach through the intimate integration of photonics with advanced integrated circuits. This contract is not set aside and represents a direct award, as opposed to a task order under a larger contract vehicle. As a subsidiary of BAE Systems PLC, BAE Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc. serves as a prime contractor providing systems integration, engineering support, and manufactured products to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies.