DARPA outlines upcoming Oversight project for space surveillance target tracking software

Jan. 6, 2022
Oversight aims to develop software applications, services, and architectures that provide constant custody for as many as 1,000 targets from space.

ARLINGTON, Va. – U.S. military researchers will brief industry on 19 Jan. 2022 on the upcoming Oversight project to develop software applications, services, and supporting architectures that provide constant custody for as many as 1,000 targets from space.

Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will conduct industry briefings on the Oversight space surveillance program from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 19 Jan. at the DARPA Conference Center, 675 N. Randolph St., in Arlington, Va.

The Oversight program aims to develop software applications, services, and supporting architectures that provide constant custody for as many as 1,000 targets from space.

Oversight will focus on scalable approaches to the management of resources and data. Key tenets of a successful Oversight concept are resource management, task allocation, and data management.

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Oversight will focus on software architecture development while leveraging hardware investments from other programs. The Oversight architecture may include applications and services running in space and on land.

Briefings will be in advance of an expected release of a broad agency announcement (HR001122S0014) for the Oversight space target tracking project.

Industry briefings will have two sessions, one at the secret level from 8 a.m. to noon, and an unclassified session from 1 to 5 p.m. on 19 Jan. The unclassified session is only for U.S. citizens because it will involve information subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Attendance is limited to one session, and to only as many as two representatives per company.

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Those interested should register for the Oversight industry briefings no later than 13 Jan. 2022 online at https://creative.gryphontechnologies.com/darpa/tto/oversight/pd/?p=registration.

The briefings are to promote teaming arrangements between researchers; provide potential performers with information on whether and how they might respond to the government’s research and development solicitations; and to increase efficiency in proposal preparation and evaluation.

Attendance at the briefings is voluntary and is not necessary to submit proposals for the future Oversight project. For questions or concerns email the DARPA Oversight program manager, Lael Rudd, at [email protected].

More information is online at https://sam.gov/opp/196bdc2c25ba456d8560e6e42eb8f0aa/view.

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