SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Light Innovation Technologies (LITE)
- Notice Date
- 2/9/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Directed Energy Directorate, 2251 Maxwell Ave, Kirtland AFB, NM, 87117, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- BAA-07-DE-02
- Response Due
- 3/27/2007
- Archive Date
- 4/11/2007
- Description
- LIGHT INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES (LITE) Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy (DE) Contracting Directorate (PKDB), 2251 Maxwell Ave. SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773 A. INTRODUCTION: The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Directed Energy Directorate(DE) located at Kirtland AFB NM is interested in receiving proposals in the five technical areas under Light Innovation Technologies (LITE). The total program budget for these efforts is $24M over 60 months. The projected start date will be during the third quarter of FY07. Proposals are due by 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, 27 March 2007. PLEASE REALIZE THIS FUNDING PROFILE IS AN ESTIMATE ONLY, IS NOT A PROMISE FOR FUNDING, AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO GOVERNMENT DISCRETION AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. AFRL will not issue a separate solicitation. AFRL is distributing this BAA electronically through FedBizOpps at http://www.fbo.gov. Once there, offerors should enter BAA 07-DE-02 into the search option to reach the posting. B. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION/TOPIC AREAS: Topic Area 1: Real-time Optical Surveillance Applications (ROSA) ? Technical point-of-contact: Ms. Laura Ulibarri, AFRL/DESM 808-891-7737 ? Technical solutions should address development of robust and pioneering algorithms and software tools that will process significant amounts of real-time Electro-Optic (EO) Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data and produce real-time, high-accuracy change detection information in very low light conditions, as well as software to integrate tasking and data integration from networks of EO sensors with disparate capabilities: wavelength coverage, imaging resolution, phenomenology, platform, etc. The next generation of EO SSA sensors must handle complex tasking and operations, and will require a minimal amount of human in the loop to ensure the correct objects were being tracked and the correct information was collected. Technologies developed will include intelligent agent autonomous algorithms, databasing, novel search techniques, and real-time processing software for anomaly detection and cueing of active (laser) and passive EO systems. Estimated funding is $10,000,000. (In this area the Government contemplates an Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery (ID/IQ) CPFF contract vehicle with an ordering period of 5 years. Offerors shall provide a technical proposal for the basic ID/IQ contract, and a cost and technical proposal for proposed initial Task Order plus an additional task order representative of the overarching Contractor Statement of Work for the basic contract. The initial Task Order should focus on development and demonstration of an initial proof of concept that provides a small scale demonstration of the capabilities for integrated tasking and fusion of networked EO sensors. It should be emphasized that we are looking for innovative solutions in this area that will provide the technical basis for enhanced Space Situational Awareness solutions. This effort should be completed within a year and within a budget of approximately $1.2M. Offerors should contact the technical point of contact designated above for additional information regarding the focus of the first task order.) Topic Area 2: Adaptive Optics Improvements ? Technical POC LtCol Scott Hunt, 808-874-1513 and Dr Earl Spillar (DSN 246-6740, comm 505-846-6740) ? The Air Force Research Laboratories Optics Division would like to improve the reliability, maintainability, and performance of its existing adaptive optics systems for advanced research and development enabled by adaptive optics technology. In order to provide maximum flexibility this topic consists of two separate tasks. Offerors may propose to one or both tasks. ? SubTask 1?AMOS Adaptive Optics Tracker and Wavefront Sensor subsystems ? Requirements should address design and development of an improved Adaptive Optics Tracker and Wavefront Sensor subsystem for the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) Site?s 3.6-meter telescope. Solutions providing high reliability, easy maintenance and high performance for high resolution imaging and sodium laser guidestar (Na LGS) beacon for dim objects are required. This effort should include ideas for developing a modular system and interface with the adaptive optics electronics identified in Task 2 of this topic area. Out-of-the-box thinking is encouraged to develop a low-latency system providing exceptional performance on dim objects. System reliability and performance are key, however re-use of existing system components may provide cost savings. This task will also cover integration and testing of the integrated tracker, wavefront sensor and electronics subsystem (developed under Task 2) prior to delivery as well as integration and testing with the 3.6-m telescope. ? SubTask 2?Adaptive Optics Electronic subsystem ? Requirements should address design and development of an improved Electronic subsystem for the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) Site?s 3.6-meter telescope and Starfire Optical Range?SOR?s 3.5-meter telescope. A flexible adaptive optics electronics subsystem which is capable of interfacing with multiple AO Tracker and Wavefront sensor subsystems is required. Applications for this processor will require good latency supporting a large number of channels, and the desire is deterministic timing and data output from the processor to understand system performance. Flexibility to program multiple operating modes and adjust between various control modes on the fly is desirable. The processor should be flexible enough to accommodate additional channels to allow for expansion, such as the integration of a separate WFS for Na LGS operation and focus control. Flexible collection and reporting of performance data, diagnostics to assist in integration and characterization of tracker, wavefront and optic subsystems is desired. The estimated funding is $3,300,000. Topic Area 3: Advanced Research Adaptive Optics Prototype ? Technical POC, Earl Spillar, (DSN 246-6740, comm 505-846-6740) ? This task involves development of a research-grade AO electronics control prototype for advanced AO research. Flexibility in the design should allow for testing of sophisticated reconstructors, sensors, and deformable mirror configurations. For example, these sensors may include self-referencing interferometers, shearing interferometers or other advanced concepts. The prototype should be able to accommodate a large number of actuators and sensed sub apertures, possibly distributed across multiple deformable mirrors. Ability to develop, test and accommodate advanced reconstruction techniques for self referencing interferometers, exponential reconstructors, and other advanced concepts is required. The estimated funding is $500K. Topic Area 4: Hyper/multispectral Data Reduction and Archiving (HyDRA) ? Technical POC Mr. Bob Kim (DSN 263-7806, Comm 505 853-7806) ? For Spectral Geographic Information System database solutions to enhance target acquisition and fire control for tactical high energy laser systems, such as Relay Systems. This task will provide pre/post flight and real time software advancements in target identification and change/anomaly detection for multispectral and hyperspectral surveillance and targeting sensors. HyDRA scope of interest to AFRL/VS as well?working to develop collaborations. The estimated funding is $10,000,000. Topic Area 5: Advanced Architecture Concept Study for Advanced Beam Control ? Technical POC Dr Paul Merritt (DSN 263-5477, Comm 505 853 5477) ? Conceptualize innovative beam control architectures for conventional (single beam) systems such as advanced pointing and tracking systems. These new concepts may apply to alignment jitter rejection, adaptive optics, gimbal pointing, tracking, pointing, or a combination of control functions. An inertial reference shall be included if applicable. Size and weight will be a major consideration. Considerations for base motion and aero-optics are important. The estimated funding is $300K. C. POINTS OF CONTACT: A. Technical Points of Contact are designated in each Topic Area above. B. Contracting Points of Contact: Contracting Points of Contact (POC) are: Primary - Rhoda Parker, Det 8 AFRL/PKDB (Directorate of Contracting), 2251 Maxwell Ave SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773. Phone: 505-853-7282, fax 505-846-1546., E-mail rhoda.parker@kirtland.af.mil; The Contracting Officer is Barbara Steinbock, Det 8 AFRL/PKDB (Directorate of Contracting, 2251 Maxwell Ave SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5778, Phone; 505-846-2246, E-mail barbara.steinbock@kirtland.af.mil
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