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Attachment 2 Statement of Objectives – MINOS Task Order 01

Task Order Title: Research within the Optoelectronic Blueprint for Emergent Sensing Systems (ROBERSS)

Task Order Objectives: The objectives of this Task Order are to execute research and development which exploit competencies that enhance optoelectronic, photonic, and quantum materials, and as well as hybrid systems to enable next-generation effective and novel Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems for Department of the Air Force (DAF) applications.

Required tasks and their objectives are delineated below.

Description of Work:

1. To accomplish the stated objectives, the contractor shall provide research, development, synthesis, modeling, testing and analytical resources necessary to ensure successful execution of the identified efforts. In addition, trade studies of technology in nanoelectronic and quantum materials and independent validation and verification of materials performance will be possible in all focus areas. Typical examples of the R&D activities within each application focus area contemplated are provided but are not limited to those below:

Program Management: Provide the programmatic oversight necessary to plan, coordinate, schedule and report all activities in the performance of this effort. This includes all technical, financial and programmatic aspects including the timely and accurate accounting of all work performed.

2. Quantum information and quantum materials: Research and development that exploits and demonstrates competencies in solid-state qubit technologies to provide disruptive and unprecedented performance in various DAF applications. The focus of this effort will be the exploration and utilization of solid-state qubits that are able to exploit the increased manufacturing readiness level of robust host materials but disrupt performance based on future size, weight, power, and performance of the quantum system through manipulation of the qubit and the surrounding material properties. This focus area includes projects that explore the fundamental interaction of the qubit, multi-qubit interactions, qubit-environment interactions, etc. Additionally, core and support systems for the development of quantum prototype systems and demonstration activities for quantum technologies that leverage new materials developments and hybridization of materials for quantum components and alternate approaches will be considered focused activities.

3. Non-linear structured optical systems: In support of the system and component studies, the goal of this topic is to develop and demonstrate materials, design, and processing techniques in materials platforms to enable optical, RF, and hybrid ISR technologies that leverage plasmonic and structured optical material approaches. Behavior such as wavelength conversion, unprecedented nonlinear response, multifunctional and reconfigurable apertures, and information-based sensing are all potential technology project areas. Addressing materials limitations of metal and dielectric structures, nonlinear

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4. Integrated photonics: Research and Development which endeavors to understand or exploit manipulated materials, structures, and components that enable enhanced nonlinearity, hybrid materials integration and studies of how these impact use in photonic integrated circuits will be performed in an effort to develop novel functionalities for DAF applications.

New ISR technologies that advance the state-of-the-art systems and functionalities, and improved performance are all goals of this effort. In scope concepts include projects to seek understanding of performance limits, capabilities sought, and uses for integrated dissimilar materials through heterogeneous and in-situ techniques that are scalable. New materials and components that support integration in non-silicon photonics platforms, heterogeneous integration, dispersion engineering for enhanced light-matter interaction, and advanced functionality in silicon photonics platforms will all be considered.

5. Next-generation optoelectronic sensing: Current detector material platforms continue to face limitations in technological performance that put bounds on DAF capabilities.

Surpassing the standard near-IR, mid-wave and long-wave detectors which embody standard focal plane arrays, exploration of structures in order to utilize compressed sensing to reduce scenes to actionable information more directly will make up the next-generation sensing capabilities for DAF applications. This effort is intended to develop and demonstrate the value, performance limits, and capabilities enabled through hybridizing the concepts in

(1) – (3) to enable new functionalities which disrupt the current incremental system improvements. Exploration of underlying hybridized materials effects and phenomena which give rise to these limitations and novel materials and technology approaches to surpass existing capabilities are the focus of this topic. Transformational research and development toward this end include sensing in low-light-levels, low SWAP sensing in spectrally challenging regimes, event-based sensing, hardware-based target identification, increased optical efficiency and system efficiency, increased manufacturability, manufacturing flexibility and reduced manufacturing costs are all potential exploration routes.

6. [FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH] Research community leverage and interaction: In order to harvest and leverage the significant fundamental research investment of DoD and government agencies in this technical area, the Government intends to partner and interact with past, ongoing, and future efforts in a variety of ways. Pilot demonstration efforts, focused experimental activities, seedling efforts for future programs, visits, hosting onsite research activities, and consulting with external SMEs are among the anticipated modes of exploration that should be enabled through this activity. This component of the overall research program will be maintained as fundamental research.

7. Acquisition of Special Test Equipment: Perform purchasing of capital special test equipment for the new, continued, improved, and/or enduring capability to characterize electronic, photonic, optoelectronic and quantum materials and devices within the AFRL/RXE laboratories.

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CLASSIFICATION:

The highest level of security classification of this IDIQ is TOP SECRET.

DELIVERABLES:

A001 – DI-MISC-80711A/T – SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL REPORTS – FINAL REPORT (ONE/R)

A002 – DI-FNCL-80331A/T – FUNDS AND MAN-HOUR EXPENDITURE REPORT (MTHLY)

A003 – DI-MGMT-81468A/T – CONTRACT FUNDS STATUS REPORT (CFSR) (QTRLY)

A004 – DI-MGMT-80368A/T – STATUS REPORT (QTRLY)

A005 – DI-ADMN-81373/T – PRESENTATION MATERIAL (ASREQ)

A006 – DI-MISC-80711A/T – SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL REPORTS – DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN (ASGEN)

A007 – DI-IPSC-81488/T – COMPUTER SOFTWARE PRODUCT – SOURCE CODE (ASGEN)

A008 – DI-MISC-80652/T – TECHNICAL INFORMATION REPORT – SF 424 UPDATE (ANNLY)

A009 – DI-IPSC-81443A/T – SOFTWARE USER MANUAL (SUM) (ASGEN)

A010 – DI-IPSC-81448A/T – FIRMWARE SUPPORT MANUAL (FSM) (ASREQ)

A011 – SI-SESS-81248B/T – INTERFACE CONTROL DOCUMENT (ICD) (ASGEN)

A012 – DI-IPSC-81432A/T – SYSTEM/SUBSYSTEM DESIGN DESCRIPTION (SSDD) (ASREQ)

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC)

The contractor shall participate in all activities associated with the disciplines of the organization’s Industrial Security, Information Security, Personnel Security, Operations Security (OPSEC), and Antiterrorism programs, following appropriate measures in each program as required for this particular contract. Security measures are required to reduce program vulnerability from successful adversary collection, exploitation of critical information, and violations of export control requirements. The prime contractor shall ensure all subcontractors, if applicable, conform to these requirements as required by the prime contractor.

PROGRAM PROTECTION PLAN (PPP) REQUIREMENTS

Any potential critical program information (CPI) generated as part of this effort will be reviewed to determine the need for a PPP or to be included as part of an existing PPP.

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