Proposers’ Day 1 February 2016 – News has been received from the US that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is holding a Proposers’ Day on 1 February to inform potential contractors about the Atomic Clock with Enhanced Stability (ACES) programme.

ACES is a potential $50 million programme that seeks to develop battery powered atomic clocks that work to provide the military with synchronization and precision timing capabilities during navigation, communications, electronic warfare and reconnaissance missions in the event of a GPS shutdown.