Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Contract Management Agency
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Period of performance: 2014-05-02 to 2016-05-31
Current total value of award: $3225240
Description: ACT AIMS TO DRAMATICALLY SHORTEN THE TIMESCALES ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC ARRAY DEVELOPMENT, DEPLOYMENT AND UPGRADE. SPECIFICALLY TECHNICAL AREA 2 IS FOCUSED ON CREATING A CUSTOMIZABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFACE TO COMPLEMENT THE COMMON MODULE WITHIN THE ACT ARRAY BUILDING BLOCK.  THIS RAPIDLY UPDATEABLE EM INTERFACE THUS ENABLES A COMMON HARDWARE BASE TO COVER A BROAD RANGE OF APPLICATIONS REQUIRING A PHASED ARRAY (E.G., EW, SIGINT, RADAR, COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, ETC.).