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The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Director of Defense Research & Engineering for Advanced Capabilities (DDR&E (AC)) Communications & Networking Infrastructure (C&NI) The Office of the Secre... The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Director of Defense Research & Engineering for Advanced Capabilities (DDR&E (AC)) Communications & Networking Infrastructure (C&NI) The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Director of Defense Research & Engineering for Advanced Capabilities (DDR&E (AC)) Communications and Networking Infrastructure (C&NI) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeks innovative communications capabilities to address the link diversity element of the Fully Networked Command, Control & Communications (FNC3) modernization strategy that will enable the DoD to reliably communicate with all its tactical and strategic assets. One aspect of the FNC3 strategy is a diverse set of multiple Beyond-Line-Of-Site (BLOS) systems incorporating three distinct capabilities. Each communications capability is a separate task area in this BAA, and interested parties may propose separate solutions for one, two, or all three tasks areas. The three task areas are: Protected Radio Frequency (RF) BLOS Communications. Multi-User / Multi-Point High-Data-Rate Laser Communications. Communications with submerged assets. For each of these task areas, OSD (R&E) is soliciting innovative solutions from industry for the development of the next generation of advanced BLOS systems necessary to maintain dominance and U.S. leadership. To enable the rapid update of fielded and next generation hardware and software systems, OSD (R&E) would prefer a Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) to system implementation and capability enhancements. The first phase of this BAA is the White Paper submission. See the attached BAA document in this announcement for further instruction. Please assess the entire solicitation carefully prior to any response. See Amendment 0001 for details on submission email addresses. See Amendment 0002 for revised due date and revised date for inquiries. See Amendment 0003 for revised due date for White Paper responses in view of COVID-19 conditions. See Amendment 0004 for a DRAFT DD254 attachment.