Cognitive radio Low energy signal Analysis Sensor ICs (CLASIC) | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Cognitive radio Low energy signal Analysis Sensor ICs (CLASIC) opportunity is a DARPA Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) focused on advancing next-generation integrated circuits for defense applications. The central aim of CLASIC is to push the state of the art in monolithic, high-performance signal-recognition ICs that can identify and interpret signals while using extremely little energy. The technical motivation is that future military microsystems, especially those used at the tactical edge, are increasingly constrained by size, weight, and power limits, yet they still need to sense, classify, and react to complex radio-frequency environments in real time. CLASIC is positioned to support research and development that makes these capabilities practical in small, power-limited platforms by dramatically improving energy efficiency without sacrificing signal-recognition performance.

In practical terms, the program is targeting integrated circuits that can support functions relevant to cognitive communications, radar, and electronic warfare. Cognitive communications implies radios that can observe spectrum conditions, recognize signal types or occupancy, and adapt transmission or reception behavior accordingly. Radar and electronic warfare contexts add requirements for rapid recognition of diverse and possibly adversarial waveforms, often under challenging conditions such as interference, low signal-to-noise ratios, and contested spectrum. By emphasizing monolithic IC implementations, the BAA signals a preference for tightly integrated solutions (as opposed to multi-chip assemblies) that can deliver high throughput and low power in a compact form factor, which is a typical DARPA priority for deployable microsystems.

This announcement is identified as DARPA BAA 10-77, categorized as a discretionary science and technology research and development funding opportunity under CFDA 12.910 (Research and Technology Development). The solicitation allows multiple award instruments, including cooperative agreements, grants, other transactions, and procurement contracts, giving DARPA flexibility to match the contracting approach to the nature of the proposed work and performer relationship. Cost sharing is not required, and eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning the opportunity is broadly open to universities, companies, nonprofits, federally funded research and development centers, and other organizations, subject to any specific eligibility clarifications that may appear in the full BAA text.

Amendment 01 to the BAA is primarily administrative but important for proposers. It revises the proposal due date and updates the Award Administration Information in Section 6 of the BAA (with the changed portions highlighted in the amended document). The original proposal due date was December 10, 2010, but the amended and current closing date is December 23, 2010. The posting date remains August 31, 2010, and the proposal abstract due date is listed as October 1, 2010. The announcement also notes an archive date of June 23, 2011, which typically reflects when the opportunity was removed from active solicitation status on the posting platform. Award ceiling and floor are listed as zero in the summary data, which usually indicates that specific funding ranges were not encoded in the posting metadata and that interested proposers would need to consult the full BAA for budget expectations, program structure, and any notional funding levels.

For access and administrative coordination, the opportunity points applicants to the MTO Solicitations page for additional information and provides a contact for help obtaining the full announcement: Dr. Sanjay Raman, MTO BAA Coordinator. Overall, CLASIC is best understood as a DARPA effort to enable extremely energy-efficient signal-recognition hardware that can be embedded into compact military systems, improving their ability to sense and adapt in complex electromagnetic environments across communications, radar, and electronic warfare missions.

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