Dear colleagues,

 

Please take a look at this new solicitation from NRO and let me know if I can assist you.

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Advanced Systems & Technology Directorate seeks white papers and quad charts on advancing the state of the art to reduce energy in information processing while simultaneously resolving the problem of interconnect bandwidth density inside sensors and systems.

Under the NRO¡¯s Other Transaction Authority (OTA) for Prototypes, this project will be utilizing a two-step evaluation process. Step 1 consists of a white paper and quad chart.  For those invited, Step 2 will consist of a proposal and a live pitch presentation during a Pitch Day event currently planned on or about the week of 8 July, 2024.

Due to NRO Contract requirements, the contract data contains clauses that are For Official Use Only. Therefore, the Contractor must be able to maintain contract specific information on systems compliant with NIST 800.171 (Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Non-Federal Systems and Organizations).   

Funding/Anticipated Awards

¡¤        FP awards for ¡Â $1,000,000 each.

Draft Schedule

¡¤        Solicitation Release: 17 May 2024

¡¤        Q&A: 17-28 May 2024

¡¤        White Paper & Quad Chart due: 2 June 2024

Pitch Days: week of 8 July 2024

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

 

 

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MICHAEL F. BUNTING, PHD

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Assistant Dean for Research

Director of Research Development for National Security

College of Engineering and Computing

Cell: (202) 699-1181 |  [log in to unmask]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-f-bunting/

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