PALS-BAA-Attachment_1_Abstract_Executive_Summary.pptx

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Follow the guidance in each of the following slides.

Provide a concise and informative summary of your proposal.

Unclassified information only.

Maximum of three slides.

Please submit in MS PowerPoint (preferred) or equivalent file format.

Executive Summary Guidance:

Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors Abstract Summary Slide(s)

Name of the team/proposal title Detection capability Detection construct Living sensor Identify and describe the organisms to be used as the sensing elements

Describe their global spatial and temporal distributions

Describe the unique organismal behavior or signal that will facilitate discrimination between the target M/UUVs and potential confounding objects

Describe the concept of operations for the approach including estimates for size, weight and power of the detector when packaged for deployment

Outline additional intermediary milestones at no greater than 6 month increments to demonstrate progress and a brief plan for their accomplishment Describe the envisioned detection technology (hardware and software)

Outline the specific testing environments for each phase

Define potential risks of the approach and propose mitigation strategies

System durability Describe plan for how components will be able to sustain 60 days at sea

Provide an overview of the approach for accomplishing the project’s technical goals and deliverables What will be developed?

What are the key technical bottlenecks that must be overcome?

What are the major technical risk elements?

What is the plan to address and mitigate these risks up front?

What (if any) existing intellectual property will this approach be leveraging?

Technical approach(es)

Proposed team organization chart Cost summary by phase Technical milestones Project schedule (Gantt-style) Team organization, cost, milestones & schedule image1.png