RAPID EYE (Rapid Response, Long Endurance Unmanned Aircraft System Program)

Added: Sep 03, 2008 9:16 am A contract is awarded to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation to perform the Rapid Eye Program, Phase 1.

Added: Sep 03, 2008 9:06 am A contract is awarded to Coleman Aerospace to perform the Rapid Eye Program, Phase 1.

Added: Aug 28, 2008 4:09 pm Rapid Eye - Phase I

Added: Aug 28, 2008 4:06 pm Rapid Eye - Phase I

Added: November 21, 2007 Modified: December 21, 2007Track Changes This amendment extends the proposal submission deadline through January 23, 2008. Additionally, it deletes the requirement for offerors to follow the Government WBS previously provided. Offerors may now develop their own WBS provided that it is defined to the level of detail required by Section IV B(1)(b). There have also been slight modifications to the evaluation criteria. The attachment ("Revised BAA - December 21, 2007")contains an updated version of the BAA capturing all of the changes described here. Please refer to the BAA Q&As found on the DARPA TTO Solicitations site at the following address: http://www.darpa.mil/tto/solicit/RapidEye/Rapid_Eye_Q&A.pdf for more information.

Added: November 21, 2007 Modified: November 30, 2007Track Changes To streamline the Cost Proposal evaluation process, the Government has developed a simple format for providing cost proposal data. An Addendum A - Cost Proposal Format is added to the BAA.

Added: November 21, 2007 DARPA is soliciting proposals for the Rapid Eye program for the development of a persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) system that can be launched to anywhere in the world from an alert pad, reenter and deploy in fewer than 2 orbits and has the ability to loiter for sufficient time to allow other assets to relieve it. The Rapid Eye program will conduct design trade studies to define an optimal system solution, perform risk reduction on critical technologies including subscale component testing, and conduct a flight test of the end-to-end Rapid Eye system. It is envisioned that this program will at a minimum develop and demonstrate technologies associated with the design of a deployable aircraft with sufficient loiter speed, endurance and power to achieve Rapid Eye performance goals; packaging of a high-aspect ratio aircraft into a rocket fairing; the design of a re-entry decelerator with low stowed volume and mass that can slow a reentry vehicle (RV) high in the atmosphere; and the demonstration of efficient propulsion in a low oxygen, low speed environment. The Government is not interested in solutions employing buoyant flight or radioactive power.

DARPA Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) No. 07-57 entitled Rapid Eye (Rapid Response, Long Endurance Unmanned Aircraft System Program), is provided as an attachment to this solicitation notice and includes information on the specific areas of interest; submission process; abstract and proposal formats; evaluation and selection/funding processes; as well as all other pertinent administrative and contractual information. The BAA may be obtained from the FedBizOpps website: http://www.fedbizopps.gov or by electronic mail request to the email address given below.



Administrative, technical, or contractual questions should be sent via e-mail to BAA07-57@darpa.mil. All requests must include the name, address, and phone number of a point of contact.