SPECIAL NOTICE
69 -- Synthetic Environment (SE) Core, Common Sensor Model (CSM) Common Virtual Component (CVC)
- Notice Date
- 9/2/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- PEO STRI Acquisition Center, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826-3276
- ZIP Code
- 32826-3276
- Solicitation Number
- W900KK-11-CSM-MR
- Archive Date
- 12/1/2011
- Point of Contact
- Laura Parsons, 407-380-8036
- E-Mail Address
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PEO STRI Acquisition Center
(laura.parsons@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
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- Description
- General Information: Document Type: Request for Information (RFI) Solicitation Number: N/A Posted Date: 02 September 2011 Response Date: 23 September 2011 NAICS Code: 541512 Title: Synthetic Environment (SE) Core Common Sensor Model (CSM) Common Virtual Component (CVC) Brief Description: Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) Project Manager for Constructive Simulation (ConSim), APM SE Core has a requirement to develop a CSM CVC that will provide a platform-independent, maintainable model to render realistic, correlated, user-validated sensor imagery in virtual simulators to enable those simulators to interoperate with live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) training systems within the Army's Integrated Training Environment. Intent of this RFI: To insure that the Government can adequately request technical solution proposals for CSM CVC, the Government is requesting information about the realm of the feasible solutions within industry. Capability statements will not be utilized for any purpose other than for market research only. Requirements: The Government requirements for SE Core CSM CVC to be addressed in this RFI are as follows: 1. Please provide a description of the capability's abstract data modeling and attribution scheme for representing the modeling and simulation of synthetic environments for the virtual and constructive domain representations of terrain, features, atmospheric phenomena, and weather effects. Items for consideration to include are descriptions of representative data modeling and attribution schemes for: a. Procedural geometry, textures and special affects b. Dynamic affects (temporal and spatial) c. Textures of various types and imagery d. Moving model geometry and textures e. Light points and light sources 2. Based on the objectives listed in sections 3, CSM Modeled Sensor Types, and 4, CSM Design Objectives, state how the modeling of the sensors could be performed such that the government would be able to ensure the CSM CVC requirements and design are extensible to all/most image generators (IGs) and gaming engines. 3. CSM Modeled Sensor Types: a. Out the Window (OTW)/Day View Optics (DVO). Address OTW and DVO simulation to maintain the scene texture richness in the current implementation within the CSM. b. Thermal (near, medium and far bands). Identify and address the full range of the full range of thermal sensors in use by the Army for the CSM. c. Image Intensification (I2) (Night Vision Goggles (NVG)). Identify and address the full range of I2/NVG sensors in use by the Army into the CSM. d. Electro-Optical (EO)/Low-Light Television (LLTV)/Day TV (DTV). Address EO/LLTV/DTV and maintain the scene texture richness in the current implementation into the CSM. e. Radar. Allow for the future incorporation of radar into the CSM. 4. CSM Design Objectives: a. Maintain or improve the thermal signature characteristics of heated entities and objects in legacy simulations (e.g., common moving models (CM2)). b. Provide a common material properties reference dictionary that can be used across Army simulations and can be shared with other services. c. Provide a common light properties reference dictionary that can be used across Army simulations and can be shared with other services. d. Implement Sensor Post Processor effects (Observer/Detector Transformations) e. Implement Surface/Material Reflection/Heating/Cooling/Radiation Simulation f. Implement realistic simulation of atmospheric effects on sensors g. Provide physics-based sensor simulation effects based on accredited sensor models (e.g., approved by an agreed authoritative source such as US Army Night Vision Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD). h. Provide physics-based atmospheric and obscurants simulation impacts on sensor simulation (e.g., volumetric effects). i. Provide portability among IGS, host systems and gaming engines. j. Provide a scalable range of fidelity of sensor simulation covering a spectrum of hardware/system platforms with processing load and underlying database complexity appropriate to simple legacy systems to state of the art systems. k. Provide sufficient rights to the U.S. Government to allow the delivered system to be maintained by the U.S. Government and its contractors. l. Provide for efficient and validated "tuning" by training system users. m. Provide for efficient integration into training systems. n. Provide for interoperability with constructive simulations and semi-automated forces (SAF) simulations. o. Establish validation criteria for CSM. All responding firms shall note that due to the nature of the data that is going to be dealt with for this potential effort, there will be distribution agreements addressing security/export compliance requirements that must be met. Therefore, Foreign Companies/Foreign Nationals will be excluded. Responses Required: Firms interested in responding to this RFI must provide their capability statement via email no later than 3:30pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) 23 September 2011 to Laura Parsons, Contract Specialist (laura.parsons@us.army.mil) and Will Bass, Contract Specialist (will.bass@us.army.mil). Contractors are requested to provide capability statements not exceeding ten (10) pages, including the cover sheet. Contractors responding to this notice should confirm, at a minimum, if they possess the design and production capabilities to meet the specified requirements. Disclaimer: This notice does not constitute an invitation for bids or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and is not a commitment by the U.S. Government to procure subject products. No solicitation document exists at this time. The submission of this information is for MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. Government Point of Contact: Laura Parsons, Contract Specialist, Phone - (407) 380-8036, Email - laura.parsons@us.army.mil Government Alternate Point of Contact: Will Bass, Contract Specialist, Phone - (407) 208-3214, Email - will.bass@us.army.mil
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