MODIFICATION
A -- Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) Proposer's Day Workshop Announcement
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2010
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22203-1714
- ZIP Code
- 22203-1714
- Solicitation Number
- DARPA-SN-10-58
- Archive Date
- 9/15/2010
- Point of Contact
- Stephen Waller, , ,
- E-Mail Address
-
stephen.waller@darpa.mil, DARPA-SN-10-58@darpa.mil
(stephen.waller@darpa.mil, DARPA-SN-10-58@darpa.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host an unclassified Proposer's Day Workshop in support of a planned Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program. The Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program will demonstrate dramatic capability improvements in the Close Air Support (CAS) mission. Added: <input type="hidden" name="dnf_class_values[procurement_notice][description][1][added_on]" value="2010-08-02 12:24:06">Aug 02, 2010 12:24 pm Modified: <input type="hidden" name="dnf_class_values[procurement_notice][description][1][modified_on]" value="2010-08-13 16:53:08">Aug 13, 2010 4:53 pm Track Changes This Amendment attaches PCAS_Proposers_Day_Workshop_Slides.pdf (dated 23 July 2010. A second Amendment to this Special notice is to provide the following information: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) hosted an unclassified Proposers' Day Workshop in support of a planned Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program on July 23, 2010. The formation of teams with sufficient expertise to address all PCAS technical areas is critical. The PCAS Teaming Website has been established to facilitate and promote teaming among industry. Potential proposers can access and register for the Teaming Website at the following web address: http://teaming.sainc.com/PCAS2010 Organizations interested in teaming are encouraged to register and post information on the specific capabilities/interests of their companies. The Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program will demonstrate dramatic capability improvements in the Close Air Support (CAS) mission. The program goal is to provide Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) the ability to visualize, select and employ weapons at the time of their choosing from an optionally manned/unmanned A-10 demonstration aircraft. This technical capability will revolutionize how a JTAC is able to request and control near-instantaneous airborne fire support. The current method of performing the CAS mission is limited by the following issues: - The majority of CAS is coordinated by voice over the radio - CAS platform talk-ons can be lengthy and full of errors - Due to pilot talk-on complexity only one target set can be handled at a time - Mission completion times can be lengthy (30-60 minutes) - Supporting aircraft have limited loiter times due to human restrictions - JTAC equipment is a limited integration assembly of independent purpose equipment - Estimating collateral damage can be difficult Upon release of the planned BAA, the PCAS program is anticipated to: 1) Develop autonomous flight controls for an optionally manned/unmanned A- 10 demonstration aircraft that will employ weapons based on a JTAC's direct request 2) Identify and mature the critical enabling technologies necessary to enable JTAC interfaces at the tactical level to be able to accurately visualize and employ weapons on target from the A-10 aircraft, and 3) Conclude the program with a live-fire demonstration in which the JTAC commands weapons release from an optionally manned/unmanned A-10 demonstration platform. NOTE: This is not the solicitiation, merely provided as additional information.
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