DARPA-BAA-12-61 ADAPTable Sensor Systems Phase 2

Added: Oct 17, 2012 10:24 am Under Amendment 1, DARPA-BAA-12-61 ADAPTable Sensor Systems Phase 2 is amended to state that DARPA is interested in an ancillary RF hardware module (SDR Daughtercard) that would facilitate experiments with a number of different waveforms and protocols such as femtocellular base stations, SRW and WNaN. The module should contain a microprocessor with a real-time operating system to support higher-level MAC functions, an FPGA to support lower level Physical and Link layer functions, and 4 RF transceivers. The RF transceivers should support variable bandwidth up to 40 MHz and be capable of tuning over the range from 70MHz to 6GHz (e.g., AD9361). Application specific RF functions (e.g., Power amplifiers, filters, and switching circuitry should be included in a separate solder-down module so that each application may have optimized RF performance. A minimum of 100k logic elements is needed to support the number and sophistication of waveform and a high performance processor (e.g., OMAP 3725) should be used.

Added: Sep 28, 2012 2:32 pm Modified: Sep 28, 2012 2:54 pmTrack Changes The ADAPTable Sensor Systems Phase 2 (ADAPT Phase 2) program seeks to accelerate the development time of sensor systems through the use of commercial processes. The goal of the program is to allow sophisticated sensor systems to be developed in one year or less. Today, military sensor system development programs focus on developing systems designed to meet a specific system need and "stovepipe" systems are designed from scratch. In contrast, commercial consumer electronics has experienced a revolution in development process in the past decade. Technology developers invest in "reference designs"1 that both demonstrate the technology performance and serve as a basis for consumer electronic products. System integrators incorporate these reference designs (or at least significant elements of the
reference design) into their products. The existence of the reference design allows system integrators to develop products rapidly and refresh technology frequently. This methodology is enabled by the existence of a reference design.

DARPA will host a Proposers' Day Conference in support of BAA12-61, ADAPTable Sensor Systems Phase 2 Program on October 4, 2012 at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Conference Center 675 N. Randolph St. Arlington, VA. 22203 from 8:00AM to 12:00PM. The purpose of this conference is to provide information on the ADAPTable Sensor System Phase 2 program; promote additional discussion on this topic; address questions from potential proposers; and provide a forum for potential proposers to present their capabilities for teaming opportunities.  

Additional information for the Proposers' Day Conference can been found under DARPA-SN-12-57 via the following link:
https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/DARPA-SN-12-57/listing.html

Added: Sep 28, 2012 2:32 pm The ADAPTable Sensor Systems Phase 2 (ADAPT Phase 2) program seeks to accelerate the development time of sensor systems through the use of commercial processes. The goal of the program is to allow sophisticated sensor systems to be developed in one year or less. Today, military sensor system development programs focus on developing systems designed to meet a specific system need and "stovepipe" systems are designed from scratch. In contrast, commercial consumer electronics has experienced a revolution in development process in the past decade. Technology developers invest in "reference designs"1 that both demonstrate the technology performance and serve as a basis for consumer electronic products. System integrators incorporate these reference designs (or at least significant elements of the
reference design) into their products. The existence of the reference design allows system integrators to develop products rapidly and refresh technology frequently. This methodology is enabled by the existence of a reference design.

DARPA will host a Proposers' Day Conference in support of the soon to be released BAA12-61, ADAPTable Sensor Systems Phase 2 Program on October 4, 2012 at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Conference Center 675 N. Randolph St. Arlington, VA. 22203 from 8:00AM to 12:00PM. The purpose of this conference is to provide information on the ADAPTable Sensor System Phase 2 program; promote additional discussion on this topic; address questions from potential proposers; and provide a forum for potential proposers to present their capabilities for teaming opportunities.  

Additional information for the Proposers' Day Conference can been found under DARPA-SN-12-57 via the following link:
https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DARPA/CMO/DARPA-SN-12-57/listing.html