Military researchers approach industry for low-SWaP-C antennas to help detect and track elusive targets
ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. military researchers are asking industry for ideas in next-generation antennas to find difficult, elusive targets of interest.
Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., issued a solicitation on Wednesday for the Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems (BRIDGES) Topic Area Addendum 1 – Next Generation Antennas project.
Finding, tracking, and engaging targets requires the ability to detect, track, and maintain that track across different sensors for air, land, and space applications, researchers say.
Today's sensors have shortcomings that limit their capabilities in high-quality persistent sensing at low-cost and low-power. Instead, DARPA is seeking new antenna design, materials, manufacturing, or processing with significantly increased performance and substantial reduction in size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) for air and space applications.
Companies interested should email proposals no later than 12 July 2024 to [email protected].
Email questions or concerns to [email protected]. More information is online at https://sam.gov/opp/f8e712ad896e424e8a4ce5747921fb82/view.
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