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SPECIAL NOTICE DARPA-SN-20-53

Resilient Networked Distributed Mosaic Communications (RN DMC) Proposers Day EVENT DATE: June 22, 2020 from 3:15 PM to 5:00 PM (ET). Check-in and registration into Zoom 2:15 PM to 3:15 PM (ET)

EVENT LOCATION: WEBINAR ACCESS ONLY

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: June 17, 2020 by 12:00 PM (ET) REGISTRATION WEBSITE: https://sta4.stassociates.com/Registration_RN%20DMC.asp TECHNICAL POC: Dr. Paul Zablocky, DARPA/STO Program Manager E-MAIL: HR001120S0049@darpa.mil

PROPOSERS DAY: DARPA will host a Proposers Day in support of upcoming BAA HR001120S0049, Resilient Networked Distributed Mosaic Communications (RN DMC) on June 22, 2020 via webinar from 3:15 PM to 5:00 PM, Eastern Time (ET). The purpose of this Proposers Day is to provide information on the RN DMC program.

Webinar participants must register as such through the registration website listed above. The webinar link and further direction on webinar access will be provided to attendees once registration closes.

The Proposers Day will include overview presentations by Government personnel. This meeting will be held at the unclassified level and is limited to US Citizens only.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE AND DESCRIPTION: The RN DMC program’s objective is to provide long range communications through ‘mosaic’ antennas composed of spatially distributed low size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) transceiver elements or ‘tiles’. The RN DMC approach replaces high powered amplifiers and large directional antennas with mosaics of spatially dispersed tile transceivers. Transmit power is spatially distributed amongst the tiles, and gain is achieved through signal processing rather than the use of a physical antenna aperture to concentrate energy. Individual tiles can use radio frequency (RF) sounding to estimate channel responses and adjust transmit carrier phases. This enables the distributed mosaic antenna to form directional beams and/or spatial nulls in desired directions.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION: DARPA hosts Proposers Days to promote teaming arrangements between researchers; provide potential performers with information on whether and how they might respond to the Government’s research and development solicitations; and to increase efficiency in proposal preparation and evaluation. Therefore, Proposers Days are open only to registered potential proposers.

Participants must register no later than June 17, 2020 by 12:00 PM (ET). Please visit the following website for registration information:

https://sta4.stassociates.com/Registration_RN%20DMC.asp. There is no registration fee for participating in this Proposers Day event.

There will also be an opportunity for one-on-one meetings with the Program Manager via teleconference on June 24-26, 2020. One-on-one sessions will be 10 minutes. To request a meeting with the Program Manager, Dr. Paul Zablocky, please indicate via the registration https://sta4.stassociates.com/Registration_RN%20DMC.asp mailto:HR001120S0049@darpa.mil https://sta4.stassociates.com/Registration_RN%20DMC.asp

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Proposers Day website, and you will be scheduled on a first-come first-served basis. A confirmation email will be sent along with a dial-in number, time slot and additional instructions after the registration period closes.

Q & A: Administrative, technical, and contractual questions about the RN DMC program should be emailed to HR001120S0049@darpa.mil. All questions must be in English and must include the name and email address of a point of contact. DARPA will post an FAQ list to the DARPA/STO Opportunities website.

DISCLAIMERS AND IMPORTANT NOTES: The Proposers Day does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals or proposal abstracts. Attendance is voluntary and is not required to propose to any potential related Broad Agency Announcements or potential research solicitations on this topic. DARPA will not provide reimbursement for any costs incurred to participate in this Proposers Day.

mailto:HR001120S0049@darpa.mil