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TRITON PROPOSERS' DAY CONFERENCE:

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host a classified Proposers' Day Workshop for the Tactical Relay InformaTiOn Network (TRITON) program on February 9, 2010 from 0730 to 1700 in San Diego, CA at the Admiral Kidd Conference Center in the Skyline Room located at the Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command at 1700 Harbor Drive, Point Loma, San Diego, CA 92113, in support of DARPA-BAA-10-25, (expected to be released prior to the Conference). The purpose of this conference is to provide information on the TRITON Submarine Laser Communications (SLC) program; promote additional discussion on this topic; address questions from potential proposers; and provide a forum for potential proposers to present their capabilities for teaming opportunities.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE AND DESCRIPTION:

DARPA anticipates releasing the BAA for the Tactical Relay Information Network program with the overall objective to provide a field quality, Technology Readiness Level-6 (TRL-6) submarine laser communication system that operates in the blue spectrum for evaluation in a naval exercise such as the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in fiscal year 2012. The intent is to validate the significant improvement blue laser technology brings to SLC at speed and depth; specifically, in meeting, or exceeding, the Navy's specified downlink communication requirements for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operations. This effort will leverage a number of the previously demonstrated SLC technologies, including Cesium Atomic Line Filters, solid-state lasers (SSLs) and forward error correction coding.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

Participants must register NLT February 4, 2010 by sending an email to DARPA-BAA-10-25@darpa.mil with the subject "TRITON Proposers' Day Registration". The text must state your full name, organization, address, and telephone number. Due to the classified nature of the event, all participants are required to have at least an active DoD SECRET Clearance to attend the Proposers' Day. Participants must have their Security Office submit a Visit Request Form NLT 4:00 p.m. EST February 4, 2010, to Michael Quantrille, Program Security Representative, via email: michael.quantrille.ctr@darpa.mil or fax: 703-248-1855. Please include the subject "TRITON Proposers' Day" in all submissions and correspondence. Upon receipt of your security visit request, a confirmation email will be sent with directions to the facility and other materials. There is no registration fee for attending this conference.

Additionally, attendees who would like to present company overviews, discuss their technology expertise, and/or discuss teaming opportunities in scheduled presentations at the conference may request to do so. Presentations may contain 5 slides and are limited to five (5) minutes each (including logistical issues). Proposers desiring to reserve a time to present at the Proposers' Day Conference should email: DARPA-BAA-10-25@darpa.mil as soon as possible, but no later than the registration cutoff date for the Proposers' Day Conference.

All material to be displayed at the conference must be approved in advance by both the organization that funded the research and the DARPA Program Manager. The DARPA Program Manager will screen the proposed material and approve in advance any presentations. It is the presenter's responsibility to ensure that all material they plan to present at the Proposers' Day Conference has been approved by the funding organization in advance. An electronic copy of all material to be presented must be provided to the DARPA Program Manager for review by February 4, 2010. There will be no exceptions to this requirement.

Contracting Office Address:
3701 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, Virginia 22203-1714

Primary Point of Contact:
DARPA-BAA-10-25@darpa.mil