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: 2013-04-02 to 2014-02-07
Current total value of award: $989585
Description: DARPA SEEKS TO DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL SECURE THE US DOD'S TECHNOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY OVER CURRENT AND FUTURE ADVERSARIES IN THE FIELD OF COUNTERMEASURES TO ELECTRO-OPTICAL/INFRARED (EO/IR) GUIDED THREATS.  THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN AEROSPACE SYSTEMS (NGAS) ADVANCED COUNTERMEASURES EO/IR STUDY (ACES) WILL DEVELOP AND EXERCISE PHYSICS BASED MODELING TOOLS TO EVALUATE, ASSESS, AND UNDERSTAND THE EFFICACY OF COUNTERMEASURE CONCEPTS.