Special Notice
DARPA-SN-19-65
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) is hosting a “STO Industry Day” event on August 7 – 8, 2019. The purpose of the event is to (1) familiarize attendees with STO’s vision, problem spaces, Program Managers (PMs), and technology interests; and (2) facilitate technical discussion between STO PMs and attendees that explore innovative and impactful solution ideas for strategic national security challenges.The event is scheduled for August 7 – 8, 2019 at the DARPA Conference Center (DCC) located at 675 N. Randolph St. Arlington, VA 22203. Participants may attend either the August 7 UNCLASSIFIED event day focused on Mosaic Technologies, or the August 8 SECRET collateral event day focused on Mission Systems (requires a SECRET personnel security clearance). The August 7 event day will also be webcast for those who would like to participate remotely. Participants may only attend one of the two event days in person. Attendees to the August 8 event day should not also register for the August 7 webcast. Registration details are below.
STO Vision
DARPA/STO is seeking innovative ideas and disruptive technologies that provide the U.S. military increased lethality in an era of eroding dominance.DARPA/STO aims to provide the U.S. military lethality using a strategy called Mosaic Warfare: fast, scalable, adaptive joint multi-domain lethality. It is the disaggregation of effects chain functions (e.g., Find, Fix, Target, Track, Engage, and Assess or F2T2EA) across a heterogeneous mix of manned and unmanned platforms from all domains. Furthermore, it is the ability to compose and recompose effects chains at high speed without a priori knowledge of which systems will provide which function(s) of a given effects chain. The result presents an adversary with an overwhelming, diverse set of kinetic and non-kinetic effect decision dilemmas without common counters or failure modes.
Mosaic Technologies: For the past several years, DARPA/STO has been developing technology to fight as a distributed network of heterogeneous capabilities – a system of systems. Recently, DARPA/STO expanded the concept to make system of systems adaptable at mission speed – a mosaic. Instead of manually integrating elements into a rigid, monolithic system of systems architecture, we strive to develop all of the infrastructure technologies needed to compose specific, fleeting system of systems implementations with a confederated collection of capabilities. In the ultimate vision, the warfighter can arrive at the battlespace and immediately compose a desired effect from whatever capabilities are available.
Mission Systems: DARPA/STO has a legacy of developing advanced mission systems technologies: sensors, seekers, and electronic warfare. Generally, these systems are thought of as providing a component capability of an effects chain. In recent years, DARPA/STO has been developing these systems to be enabled by a system of systems. In the context of Mosaic Warfare, these capabilities are “tiles” within the mosaic. For example, DARPA/STO is currently developing payloads and processing that provide new distributed sensing and electronic warfare. DARPA/STO is seeking technologies that expand upon this set of tools, placing an increased emphasis on novel sensors and effectors that are consistent with the Mosaic Warfare strategy. DARPA/STO wishes to expand the sensing emphasis to the “find and fix” portions of the kill chain, and emphasize offensive non-kinetic effects to be employed against peer adversaries.
STO PMs continuously strive to refresh the Office idea base. PMs often inform and refine their ideas, and broaden potential solution spaces through interactions with innovative performers. Thus, the “STO Industry Day” event is a communication forum to facilitate PM and attendee interactions with the goal of identifying new solution spaces and enhancing PM relationships with innovative thought leaders. STO encourages attendance from those interested in holding solution-focused conversations with STO PMs, including members of industry and academia.
Registration Information
Registration via this website is required to attend the event. There will be no on-site registration.
• Registration opens: Tuesday, July 2, 2019
• Registration closes: Friday, July 19, 2019, 5:00PM
• Meal fee: $20 (This fee applies only to attendees who wish to purchase on-site lunch. You will have the option to purchase lunch during the registration process.)
Due to space limitations of the conference facility, attendance for each day will be limited to the first 150 registrants. On the first event day, registration will be capped at 100 attendees. Any additional registrants will form a waitlist, from which the remaining 50 attendees will be identified. Preference will be given to attendees representing organizations who have not traditionally worked with DARPA/STO. Waitlisted registrants will receive notification regarding their registration status on or before Tuesday, July 23, 2019.
Further, of the 300 attendee spaces available (150 each day), no more than two representatives per organization (business unit) may attend an event, and each organization (business unit) may only attend one event. Attendees are encouraged to coordinate attendance internally within their organizations prior to registration. Participants may register for sidebar meetings with STO Program Managers through the registration site. Registrants will receive notification regarding acceptance of any requested sidebar meetings on or before Tuesday, July 23, 2019.
The August 7 event day presentations will also be available via webcast. Attendees who are interested in attending the August 7, unclassified event day, but are unable to attend in person, may view the session via this webcast. Attendees to the August 8 event day should not also register for the August 7 webcast. Registration for the webcast will be capped at 500 participants.
Contact Information
Please contact STOIndustryDay@darpa.mil for administrative or technical questions.
Eligibility, Disclaimers and Important Notes
DARPA hosts events, such as this, to promote teaming arrangements between researchers, provide potential proposers 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. Attendees must register for the “STO Industry Day” event. The August 7 event is UNCLASSIFIED, but ITAR-restricted information may be discussed, and therefore registration is only open to individuals who are U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents; the event is closed to the general public. The August 8 event will be hosted at the SECRET collateral security level, and all attendees will be required to ensure the DARPA Visitor Welcome Center has received the appropriate SECRET collateral personnel security clearance. Instructions for submitting the appropriate SECRET collateral personnel clearance is listed on the registration website. All attendees will be required to present valid, Government-issued photo identification upon entry to the event. Please direct media inquiries to Outreach@darpa.mil.Attendance at “STO Industry Day” is voluntary and is not required to propose to any STO Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). This announcement is issued solely for informational purposes and does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals or abstracts. It is not a Request for Information (RFI); therefore, no submissions against this notice will be accepted by the Government. Interested parties are cautioned that nothing herein obligates the Government to issue a solicitation. DARPA will not provide reimbursement for costs incurred to participate in this event. Recording any part of the “STO Industry Day” event is not permitted.
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