A -- EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS (EDPS) IN SUPPORT OF DARPA'S DYNAMIC ASSEMBLY FOR SYSTEMS' ADAPTABILITY, DEPENDABILITY, AND ASSURANCE (DASADA) PROGRAM SPECIAL NOTICE 00-23. POC -- Dr. John Salasin, DASADA Program Manager, DARPA, Information Systems Office (ISO), at email: jsalasin@darpa.mil. This Special Notice announces DARPA's intentions for planning and conducting Experimental Demonstration Projects (EDPs) in support of DARPA's Dynamic Assembly for Systems' Adaptability, Dependability, and Assurance (DASADA) Program. It also announces DARPA's intention to invite white papers for the planning of EDPs during the Program's development phase (GFY '01 and '02); selected EDPs will be conducted during the Program's experimental demonstration phase (GFY '03 and '04). Interested parties MUST note that 1) these Projects will be undertaken by organizations and/or agencies of the Department of Defense (DoD), 2) the funding identified in this Notice will be provided to DoD performers, and 3) prospective DoD performers, only, are invited to submit white papers. This Special Notice is not a solicitation for proposals of any kind, and accordingly, for interested parties other than DoD organizations and/or agencies, this Special Notice is for information purposes, only. Detailed information concerning DARPA's DASADA Program is available at: http://schafercorp-ballston.com/dasada/ and at http://www.if.afrl.af.mil/tech/programs/dasada/. Further, a public DASADA briefing will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 11 thru 14 September 2000. Information concerning this briefing is available at: http://schafercorp-ballston.com/dasada_kickoff/index.html. General: DARPA's DASADA Program expects to fund upwards of twenty planning exercises (at $50K per exercise), and to conduct upwards of three experimental projects (at $5,000K per project). EDPs will collaborate with DASADA Technology Development Projects (TDPs) and their products to further integrate technologies, and to scale technologies for application on realistic DoD systems. EDPs will also emphasize quantitative evaluation and transition. It is anticipated that EDPs will be even more closely affiliated with commercial vendors (e.g., Object Resource Broker (ORB), tool, or compiler vendors) than are the on-going DASADA TDPs. The DoD office responsible for the Project(s) will serve as its own procurement agent, if contracting for capabilities beyond its own in-house resources is required. Development Phase -- White Papers. DARPA is soliciting white papers from DoD organizations and agencies interested in planning EDPs. As clearly and succinctly as possible, white papers should provide a description of the activities to be conducted in planning an EDP and: 1) systems/subsystems on which experiments might be conducted; 2) prospective technologies and combinations of technologies that might be subject to experiment; 3) evaluation criteria and measures, and available baseline data; and, 4) an outline of the experiment plan. White papers should also indicate: dynamic adaptability problems being faced by a specific C4ISR or a weapons system (e.g., SC-21), or a defined group of systems (e.g., Heavy Bombers); expected contribution(s) that the (types of) technologies being supported by DASADA might offer; and, potential (initial) evaluation measures. White papers shall be no more than five pages in length, 81/2" by 11" paper, double spaced, unclassified. This limitation, five pages, excludes a covering letter, and such exhibits as the submitting organization and/or agency may wish to include, provided that such exhibits shall not be greater than three in number. White papers shall be provided in hard copy over the signature of a cognizant official of the submitting organization or agency. Electronic submissions will not be accepted. White papers shall be addressed to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Information Systems Office (ISO), 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714, Attn: John Salasin, Ph.D, DASADA Program Manager. White papers shall be delivered at the address identified above on or before the close of business on 01 November 2000, local time. For all interested parties: In GFY '02, DARPA anticipates inviting the submission of more elaborate white papers and/or proposals that will be used to select those EDPs to be conducted. That selection will likely be based on factors such as: 1) a clear statement of the problem -- both in technical and operational terms; 2) understanding the (types of) technologies to be applied to the problem; 3) possibility for evaluating results -- availability of baseline data, ability to collect needed information; 4) Interest of other involved DoD organizations; 5) Pervasiveness of the problem -- potential and plans for technology; and 6) transition. E-MAIL: jsalasin@darpa.mil, jsalasin@darpa.mil. Posted 07/14/00 (W-SN475135).

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