AWARD
A -- Reconfigurable, Programmable 0.4 to 18 GHz RF FPGA for Multifunction Systems - Contract Award
- Notice Date
- 8/17/2012
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 675 North Randolph Street, Arlington, Virginia, 22203-2114, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22203-2114
- Solicitation Number
- DARPA-BAA-12-13
- Archive Date
- 9/1/2012
- Point of Contact
- Michael D. Blackstone, Phone: (571) 218-4804
- E-Mail Address
-
michael.blackstone@darpa.mil
(michael.blackstone@darpa.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- HR0011-12-C-0095
- Award Date
- 8/17/2012
- Awardee
- Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, 1550 West Nursery Rd, MS C425<br />, Linthicum, Maryland 21090, United States
- Award Amount
- $9,513,487
- Description
- Contract Award The goal of this technical area is to investigate the reconfigurability and programmability of full RF transceivers. The awardee proposing to this area should identify at least five current individual RF systems and should then develop a reconfigurable and programmable transceiver capable of duplicating the functionality of these five systems in a single platform with little to no reduction in critical performance values such as dynamic range, error-vector magnitude, range, power efficiency, etc. It is also anticipated that certain performance gains could also be realized by reconfigurable components. For example, on the transmit side of the transceiver, the error vector magnitude degradation in a communication signal is dependent on the peak to average ratio of the signal for a given amplifier performance. Therefore, the ability to gracefully transition from one class of power amplifier to another is highly desirable to maximize power efficiency for a given application. By the conclusion of the proposed effort, the demonstrated hardware should also show the capability of reconfiguring for arbitrary waveform characteristics not necessarily represented by the five or more initially targeted systems. The system must be shown to be capable of adapting to an unknown RF standard which may be encountered in the future.
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