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Opportunity Summary:

The Tactical Expandable Maritime Platform (TEMP) opportunity is a DARPA Tactical Technology Office research and development effort focused on turning ordinary commercial shipping capacity into flexible, rapidly deployable operational capability. The core idea is to exploit the global standardization and availability of ISO intermodal containers, especially the common twenty-foot container, and the existing intermodal logistics network (ships, ports, trucks, rail) to build modular mission systems that can be transported and employed using unmodified commercial containerships. Rather than designing bespoke military ships or specialized platforms, TEMP aims to treat containerized modules as building blocks that can be mixed, matched, and scaled into larger integrated systems depending on mission needs.

The program is organized around three technical areas that map directly to three objectives. Technical Area One is the broad exploration piece: performers are asked to think expansively about how to assemble macroscopic, integrated maritime systems out of container-sized modules. This includes proposing new architectures, identifying mission applications beyond a single narrow use case, and developing or maturing enabling technologies that make container-to-system integration practical. In plain terms, DARPA is looking for credible concepts for container-based systems that can work together as a larger capability, along with the technical approach that would let those modules connect, coordinate, and function reliably in real maritime operating conditions.

Technical Area Two narrows the focus to a specific mission package: humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR). Here the expectation is more structured architecture development and preliminary design work for a TEMP HA/DR containerized package that could be delivered by commercial ships and operate across broad coastal regions. The package is expected to include the kinds of functions that matter most in disaster response when local infrastructure may be damaged or nonexistent: situational awareness (for example, understanding conditions on shore and at sea), command and control (coordinating responders and assets), and distributed micro-logistics (moving small loads to many points along a coastline, potentially without relying on functioning ports, roads, or airfields). The emphasis is on self-sufficiency and operational reach in austere conditions, using modular container-based capabilities that can be staged, transported, and deployed quickly.

Technical Area Three is the demonstration-driven objective and is aimed at proving that these modular technologies can be deployed on the ocean and operate independently of the containership that transported them. DARPA describes an exemplary system to be designed, built, demonstrated, and transitioned: the Modular Sea Depot, characterized as a multi-unit maritime logistics node. This demonstration is meant to provide a near-term operational capability while also serving as a proof of principle and risk-reduction step toward a larger envisioned concept sometimes referred to as a Modular Seabase. The practical message is that TEMP is not only about paper architectures; it is also about showing, in a credible demonstration, that container-derived modules can become an afloat node that provides logistics and support functions without remaining tied to the host ship.

From an award and administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary funding opportunity released under DARPA BAA 10-57, with instruments that can include cooperative agreements and other procurement contracts. It falls under science and technology and other R&D, with CFDA 12.910 (Research and Technology Development). There is no cost sharing or matching requirement stated. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning it is generally open to qualified entities (subject to any specific limits in the full announcement). The opportunity was posted June 16, 2010, with an original and current closing date of October 13, 2010, and an archive date of October 28, 2010. The technical point of contact listed is Robert McHenry at robert.mchenry@darpa.mil, and full details were referenced via the then-current Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) posting.

Overall, TEMP is best understood as an effort to bring plug-and-play modularity to maritime operations by using the shipping container as the standard physical and logistics interface. It seeks innovations that allow container modules to be combined into larger systems, applies that thinking to a concrete HA/DR mission package design, and culminates in an at-sea demonstration of an independent modular logistics node to validate feasibility and accelerate transition toward more scalable modular seabase concepts.

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