SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- COMMON MULTI-PURPOSE INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 4/21/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR HQ, Building 2272, 47123 Buse Road Unit IPT, Patuxent River, Maryland, 20670, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20670
- Solicitation Number
- N00019-09-P7-ZD217
- Archive Date
- 5/29/2009
- Point of Contact
- Thomas J Marousek,, Phone: (301) 757-7087, Maureen H Bernard,, Phone: (301) 757-5899
- E-Mail Address
-
thomas.j.marousek@navy.mil, maureen.bernard@navy.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE AVAILABLE. NAVAIR Patuxent River is seeking information and industry comments/feedback regarding solid state memory technologies suitable for military avionics applications, in addition to identifying potential small business firms capable of meeting this requirement. The technologies must be at a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 6 or higher where the system and/or subsystems have been prototyped and demonstrated in a relevant environment by Oct 2011. Furthermore, for a cockpit mounted system, NAVAIR desires a product manufacturer that can reach a Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) 7 or higher, capable of producing an actual system in low-rate initial production by Oct 2012. The long term goal is to incorporate the above-mentioned technologies/products into a modular Common Multi-Purpose Information Recording System (CMPAIRS) Family of Systems (FOS) that can be configured to provide a tailored data solution for multiple military aircraft Type/Model/Series using common components. The CMPAIRS system will likely consist of three Weapons Replaceable Assemblies (WRA): •Avionics rack-mounted mass memory storage unit oAmbient air cooled preferred, forced air cooled may be acceptable oMaintenance crew accessible oIncludes crash survivable memory component •Cockpit DZUS mounted data loader unit oConduction cooled oAircrew accessible oForm and fit replaceable unit to ASQ-215 and MU-1119A/A •Removable Memory Units (RMUs) oCooled via the WRA in which it is installed oInterface aircraft WRAs and ground stations (Automated Maintenance Environment [AME], Joint Mission Planning System [JMPS]) The CMPAIRS WRAs, combined, will perform the following primary capabilities: •Information security •Crash survivability •Digital data loading, recording, storage and extraction •Video and voice A/D conversion and/or compression Interested companies are asked to respond by 14 May 2009 with their size status and whether they are a small business, including applicable socio-economic category. The following capability information is requested to be included as well as any additional information on your technology development strategies. 1. Describe the Information Security capabilities of your products and what standards they meet such as: •Is your system capable or does it currently meet NSA-certified information security mechanism for all classified data up to Secret? Would it be capable of certifying up to Top Secret if so desired? •Does your system provide management of Red/Black data separation? •Is your system capable or does it currently meet FIPS 140-2 validation? •Has your system been NSTISSP 11 evaluated and validated? •Does the system support encryption key loading and management? •Can you describe your process for information security and how it doesn’t reduce overall data transfer and system performance? 2.Describe the Crash Survivability capabilities of your products and what standards they meet such as: •Is your system ED 112 Compliant? •Is your system capable of recording multiple platform-specific flight parameters? •Does your system have a minimum 128 GB crash survivable storage? •Can any of your existing systems record all data in a widely accepted industry recognized data format (such as IRIG 106 Chapter 10)? The desire is to have no unique support equipment or software required for data extraction, post-processing, and display. Does your system require unique support? •Is your system capability for design with remote crash survivable data access and rapid download? 3.Describe the Digital Data Loading, Recording, Storage and Extraction: •Describe the data loading and extraction methodologies used in your systems and capabilities they meet such as: oCan your system provide a minimum of one mass memory removable memory unit and two cockpit removable memory units using common industry data standards and interfaces? -Does it have ruggedized connectors and housing? -Can your system(s) comply with tactical military aircraft environmental standards and carrier suitability -Does your system have industrial rated COTS memory components? oAre your systems obsolescence tolerant design such that memory components can change without software impact to mass memory and cockpit units? oDoes your system have the capability of transferring data at 1 Gbps on aircraft at a minimum? oDoes your system have the capability of transferring data at 480 Mbps with ground stations at a minimum? oShould not require unique support equipment or software to interface with ground stations (i.e. compatible with JMPS, AME and Military Flight Operation Quality Assurance [MFOQA]) •Describe the Recording and Storage capabilities such as: oCan your system record all data in a non-proprietary industry recognized data format such as IRIG 106 Chapter 10? oCould your system provide a minimum of 512 Gigabytes of removable mass memory storage? oCould your system provide a minimum of 64 Gigabytes of storage per cockpit RMU? oDoes your system provide at least three fully independent high-speed channels? oDoes your system support the Digital Map System National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency data files and other airborne applications in real time access? oDoes your system support existing aircraft I/O interfaces (Fiber Channel, 10/100 Ethernet and 1553B)? -The goal is to support Gigabit Ethernet and 1553C oWill your system provide standard encryption key loading interface and support key management? oDoes your system provide file system/file server data management system? 4.Describe Video and Voice A/D Conversion and/or Compression capabilities: •Does your system convert analog video or audio signal to widely acceptable digital industry standard such as IRIG 106 Chapter 10? •The goal is to have no unique support equipment or software required for data extraction, post-processing, and display •Can your system provide a range of compression schemes to allow from maximum storage (high compression) to highest quality (low compression)? •The goal is for the compression rate to be end-user selectable •Can your system record digital video? 5.Is your system currently being utilized by any other U.S. Military services? If so, please describe. Firms with existing products that have the capability to support some or all of the above features are requested to submit product information to include any associated required licenses. Firms are encouraged to include any additional information on their system that has not been addressed. Contact Information Interested sources are requested to submit a technical capability paper (3 copies), no more than ten (10) pages in length, to the point of contact listed. Any request for copies of solicitations will not be addressed since this is a request for information, not a request for proposal. It is requested that all responses to this RFI be submitted to: Tom Marousek (AIR 2.4.2.4.7), Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, 47123 Buse Road Bldg 2272 Rm 256, Patuxent River, MD 20670. Please submit all comments or questions to this RFI via e-mail to: thomas.j.marousek@navy.mil. Disclaimer This Request For Information (RFI) is issued for the purpose of determining market interest, feasibility, and capability of sources and does not constitute a request for a proposal. This announcement is not a formal solicitation and is not a request for proposal. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced under a separate Federal Business Opportunities announcement. Each response must reference this notice. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. Information herein is based on the best information available at the time of publication, is subject to revision, and is not binding upon the government. The government WILL NOT PAY for any information received in response to this request for information, nor will the government compensate the respondent for any cost incurred in developing information for the government. The Government will not release any information marked with a Proprietary legend, received in response to this RFI, to any firm, agency, or individual outside the Government without written permission in accordance to the legend. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.
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