THE DARPA BAA SYSTEM F6 (DARPA-SN-11-01) TECHNICAL AREA 1: DESIGN TOOLS FOR ADAPTABLE SYSTEMS SEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY AND BENEFITS OF DISAGGREGATED OR FRACTIONATED SPACE ARCHITECTURES WHEREIN THE FUNCTIONALITY TRADITIONALLY CO-RESIDENT WITHIN A SINGLE, LARGE, MONOLITHIC SATELLITE IS DELIVERED BY A CLUSTER OF WIRELESSLY-INTERCONNECTED MODULES CAPABLE OF SHARING THEIR RESOURCES AND UTILIZING RESOURCES FOUND ELSEWHERE IN THE CLUSTER. A KEY PROGRAM GOAL IS THE INDUSTRY-WIDE PROMULGATION OF OPEN INTERFACE STANDARDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINMENT OF FUTURE FRACTIONATED SPACE SYSTEMS. IN RESPONSE, JPL UNDER SUB-CONTRACT TO THE PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER (PARC), WILL ENGAGE WITH PARC IN DEPLOYING JPL DESIGN TOOLS FOR ADAPTABLE SYSTEMS SKILLS AND TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS KNOWLEDGE, TO THIS EFFORT, THAT ARE UNIQUE TO JPL.