Attachment H CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION (CUI) GUIDE.pdf

Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Guide

Program: Science of Atomic Vapors for New Technologies (SAVaNT)

Action Office: Defense Sciences Office (DSO)

August 4, 2020

Version: 2.0

Tatjana Curcic, Ph.D. Michael D. Langerman Program Manager Program Security Officer

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A

Approved for public release: distribution unlimited

SAVaNT CUI Guide | Version 2.0, 20200804

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A: Approved for public release: distribution unlimited

1 Background

The Science of Atomic Vapors for New Technologies (SAVaNT) program will advance the science of atomic vapors as a room-temperature (RT) platform for new technologies and exploit their unique advantages to demonstrate new capabilities in three broad application areas: (1) Rydberg electrometry, (2) vector magnetometry and (3) vapor Quantum Electrodynamics (vQED). A central goal in SAVaNT is to push the performance limits of atomic vapors by improving their coherence at room temperature. This will require innovative scientific approaches that exploit recent theoretical and experimental advances including novel readout methods and new ways of coupling warm atoms with light.

The principal performance limitations of atomic vapors are directly related to their RT operation and decoherence due to thermal effects. Typically, a measurement procedure has three steps: (1) state preparation of the atoms in the vapor, (2) field-sensor interaction, and (3) readout. The sensitivity of the measurement directly depends on the coherence time of the prepared state; the longer the coherence time, the better the sensitivity. Coherence of the prepared states is currently limited by various thermal effects: atom-atom collisions and collisions of atoms with vapor-cell walls; Doppler shift of the atomic frequency due to the atom motion relative to the laser probe; and transit time broadening caused by the limited interaction time of atoms with probe fields due to their motion in-and-out of the field, as well as other effects.

In SAVaNT, we will address these limitations and advance the performance of atomic vapors. Specifically, the program goals include: improving sensitivity and reducing instantaneous bandwidth of Rydberg electrometry; developing atomic vector magnetometry with high sensitivity and accuracy for measuring small DC vector magnetic fields; and improving atom-light coupling relative to relaxation rates as characterized by the cooperativity metric. If successful, SAVaNT will have a significant impact on important DoD needs and gaps.

2 Purpose This guide identifies aspects of SAVaNT that performers must handle as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), specifically the subcategory of Controlled Technical Information (CTI). CUI is defined as unclassified information that requires safeguarding or dissemination controls, pursuant to and consistent with applicable law, regulations, and Government-wide policies. CTI is defined as technical information with military or space application that is subject to controls on its access, use, reproduction, modification, performance, display, release, disclosure, or dissemination. The term CTI does not include information that is lawfully publicly available without restrictions.

In addition, each performer must determine and assert the export controls (either Export Administration Regulations or International Traffic in Arms Regulations) relevant to their project, and communicate that assertion to their contracting agent and to the DARPA Program Manager.

Questions concerning the content and interpretation of this guide and/or recommendations for changes due to current conditions, progress made in program research, scientific technological developments, advances in state of the art, or other factors should be directed to the DARPA Program Manager. All users of this guide are encouraged to assist in improving its currency and adequacy.

3 Definition of Controlled Technical Information for the Program DOD considers “technical information” to be technical data or computer software, as those terms are defined in Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement clause 252.227-7013, "Rights in Technical Data - Noncommercial Items" (48 CFR 252.227-7013). Examples of technical information include research and engineering data, engineering drawings, and associated lists, specifications, standards, process sheets, manuals, technical reports, technical orders, catalog-item identifications, data sets, studies and analyses and related information, and computer software code. Note that such technical information may or may not be controlled (i.e., CTI), depending on whether it has military or space application.

For SAVaNT, DARPA considers that all documentation, system outputs, test results and work products related to the application of any program-developed algorithm, technique, or capability to specific DoD platforms or applications to be minimum CTI. Such detailed technical information could reveal sensitive or even classified capabilities and/or vulnerabilities of that military platform and/or capability.

Phase 2 of Technical Area 1 may generate the following CUI information:

• Techniques for intercepting specific DoD waveforms or signals

• Electric field sensors capabilities for specific DoD applications

• Prototype devices that can be used as part of a communications system

Phase 2 of Technical Area 2 may generate the following CUI information:

• Vector magnetometry capabilities for specific DoD applications

• Prototype devices that can be used as part of a sensor system

4 Safeguarding & Marking CTI The Contractor shall not disseminate CTI to anyone outside the Contractor’s organization or to a Foreign National, regardless of medium (e.g. file, tape, and document), pertaining to any part of this contract or any program related to this contract, unless DARPA has provided prior written approval. Please submit requests for release of CTI to both the SAVaNT Program Manager and Program Security Officer.

Contractor information systems shall be subject to the security requirements in National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-171. “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations”. DARPA can provide guidance on how to implement 800-171 controls; requests for guidance should be submitted to the PSO/SCA through the Contracting Officer.

CTI is to be marked:

DISTRIBUTION D. Distribution authorized to Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only;

Critical Technology; Date. Other requests for this document shall be referred to DARPA, DSO in accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 5230.24, “Distribution Statements on Technical Documents”.

Material that does not contain CUI does not require marking. The lack of distribution statement does not automatically approve the information for public release. DARPA unclassified information must be reviewed for public release in accordance with the performer’s contract.

All performers shall submit for DARPA approval a detailed CUI Implementation Plan describing how the performer interprets and applies protection for CTI, including participation of foreign nationals, export implications and compliance, and correspondence with subcontractors and vendors. CUI Implementation Plans will describe procedures for abstracting system failures and constructing test cases that replicate these failures without recourse to data or information specific to the military platform under test. Performers must submit this plan to DARPA within 60 days of contract award to allow sufficient time for discussion with the Government team and the completion of any necessary revisions.

5 Aspects of the Program that Will Not Generate CTI DARPA generally considers that theory, experimental hardware, component systems and any control systems developed in SAVaNT will constitute advances to the state of the art and are not CTI when used for sensor development, when documented in written reports or when realized in laboratory experimental systems. The outputs and work products resulting from application of the hardware and software to non-militarily relevant target platforms are not considered CTI.

Specifically by Technical Area, the following work products are not CTI:

5.1 TA1 Rydberg electrometry

• Achievement of the program metrics

• Improvement in the sensor sensitivity, instantaneous bandwidth, or other sensor parameters

• Use to sense 5G, GPS, or other commercial signals

5.2 TA2: Vector magnetometry

• Achievement of the program metrics

• Improvement in the sensor sensitivity, accuracy, or other sensor parameters

• Use to detect magnetic anomalies for geoexploration, biomedical, or other commercial applications

5.3 TA3: Vapor quantum electrodynamics (VQED)

• Achievement of the program metrics

• Further development or use of the devices for applications

6 Publication All performers must follow the publication guidelines outlined in their contract. Performers requiring pre-publication review must submit any request through DARPA’s DISTAR Process.

6 Publication