Science Applications International
Corporation (SAIC) SAI announced it was awarded a prime contract by
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to provide deep ocean
acoustic detection for Transformational Reliable Acoustic Path Systems
(TRAPS). The single-award cost-plus fixed-fee contract has a fourteen-month
base period of performance, one six-month option, and a total contract value
of approximately $10 million if the option is exercised.
TRAPS is a fixed passive sonar node designed to achieve large-area coverage by
exploiting advantages of operating from the deep seafloor. Under a previous
contract, SAIC completed the initial TRAPS prototype design under the Deep Sea
Operations Program Phase 1B, part of the Distributed Agile Submarine Hunting
program, and continued validation of the underlying scientific approach
through the further analysis of available Navy datasets. In Phase 2, SAIC
completed a highly successful deep ocean acoustic data collection using the
primary sensor intended for the TRAPS prototype that validated key
foundational hypothesis for this breakthrough approach.
Under Phase 3 of the contract, SAIC will expand the number of prototype nodes
to demonstrate a scalable distributed system prototype system to detect quiet
submarines. SAIC intends to supply DARPA with a capability to use systems of
configurable technology to achieve Antisubmarine Warfare surveillance needs
over large, operationally relevant deep ocean areas.
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