# Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems (BRIDGES) Topic Area Addendum 1 – Next Generation Antennas

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/darpars230201

- Solicitation number: DARPA-RS-23-02-01
- Notice type: Presolicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was July 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Contracting office: Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy (HR0011)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC13 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Experimental Development
- First posted: April 24, 2024
- Last posted: May 29, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b8cf49d191ad4fb5a19a7243a36f17e0/view

## Description

*Amendment 02 updates the due date from June 09, 2023 to July 12, 2024. *Amendment 01 updates the initial due date from May 31, 2023 to June 09, 2023. DARPA is interested in developing new, innovative methods and technologies to find difficult, elusive “targets”. Finding and prosecuting targets with effects chains requires the ability to detect, track, and maintain custody of those targets across different sensors residing in various domains.

Within DARPA, the Strategic Technology Office (STO) develops novel technology for active and passive sensing across all phenomenology (radio frequency, acoustic, electro-optic/infrared), in all physical domains (air, space, sea, and land). Although current sensing systems are highly capable, they still have shortcomings that limit the DoD’s ability to procure and employ them in ways that enable persistent, high-quality sensing at low-cost and low-power.

To address some of these challenges and limitations, DARPA is seeking innovators capable of providing new and disruptive ideas with regards to antenna design, materials, manufacturing or processing that can offer significantly increased performance and/or substantial reduction in size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) compared to current state of the art. Applications across all phenomenology and all physical domains will be considered, with a priority given to technology capable of operating in the air and space domain.

## Publications

- April 24, 2024: Presolicitation, due July 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice bfc22e4714d244b48582aaa4f148dd03. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/bfc22e4714d244b48582aaa4f148dd03/view
- April 24, 2024: Presolicitation, due July 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice f8e712ad896e424e8a4ce5747921fb82. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f8e712ad896e424e8a4ce5747921fb82/view
- May 29, 2024: Presolicitation, due July 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice b8cf49d191ad4fb5a19a7243a36f17e0. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b8cf49d191ad4fb5a19a7243a36f17e0/view

## Points of contact

- BAA Coordinator, BRIDGES@darpa.mil

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