A -- Exploitation of 3-D Data (E3D) Program

The Information Exploitation Office (IXO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) intends to issue a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to solicit proposals based on requirements of the Exploitation of 3-D Data (E3D) Program. The E3D BAA will be published between 15 February and 4 March 2002. The E3D program seeks to develop techniques for the rapid exploitation of 3-D sensor data, for the purposes of precision identification of targets. The requirements include target modeling and model insertion capabilities, and innovative and novel techniques in the development of component technologies within focused research areas of 1) local area search, 2) clutter rejection, 3) identification/classification, and 4) fingerprinting. DARPA IXO will host a Briefing to Industry (BTI) on February 12, 2002 at 8:30 AM to be held at the Hilton Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Further information, including points-of-contact and attendance registration procedures for the BTI, is available at http://www.solers.com/sensortech/E3D.