MODIFICATION
A -- Service Oriented Information Management
- Notice Date
- 6/21/2013
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL/RIK - Rome, 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome, New York, 13441-4514, United States
- ZIP Code
- 13441-4514
- Solicitation Number
- BAA-10-08-RIKA
- Point of Contact
- Lynn G. White, Phone: (315) 330-4996
- E-Mail Address
-
Lynn.White@rl.af.mil
(Lynn.White@rl.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this modification is to include the following change: (1) Section I Funding Opportunity Description: add additional Focus Area for FY14. No other changes have been made. (1) Insert the following under Section I: FUNDING OPPORTUNITYDESCRIPTION: and After Focus Areas for FY13: FY14 Focus Area Mission-Driven Tasking of Information Producers The objective of Mission-driven Tasking of Information Producers (MTIP) is to enable asynchronous collection requests and synchronous tasking control of information producers based on consumer mission information needs derived by tactical information management (IM) services. While applicable in many domains, the focus of this project is on ground users interacting over tactical networks with one or more piloted aircraft to collaborate on surveillance and targeting. Existing tactical information dissemination is limited to information that has been produced as a result of the sensor operator's actions, a labor intensive task that competes for the pilot's attention, slows down surveillance and target prosecution, and results in suboptimal sensor allocation. MTIP seeks to improve this process by using consumer information needs (as expressed through subscriptions and queries) to generate and prioritize tasking for information producers (e.g., airborne sensors) in order to optimize their value to multiple consumers (e.g., ground users). This project will also enable consumers to satisfy time-critical information needs through the synchronous tasking of producers, including closed-loop control. The MTIP objectives require development of technologies that enable opportunistic task generation, prioritization and scheduling of tasks among multiple sensors and multiple platforms based on mission needs, and synchronous tasking of sensors to include closed-loop control. Offerors are encouraged to: • Design and develop IM services that derive information needs from the subscriptions and queries registered with the IM platform as well as from an analysis of anticipated mission information needs for which there is no information in the IM repository, and present these needs as tasks to the proper information producer. • Investigate methods to aggregate requests for information into a single task (when those requests share data or when they can be partially fulfilled by existing information) to improve tasking efficiency for a shared resource. • Design and develop a task prioritization software prototype that continually evaluates opportunistic task requests against mission relevance as well as the cost of collection and dissemination. • Design and develop IM services that broker connections between information producers and consumers and investigate protocols that enable synchronous tasking and closed-loop control of producers by authorized consumers. • Build upon existing Tactical Information Management user clients for a Multi-Function Display, Android mobile devices, and FalconView to enable asynchronous collection requests, synchronous tasking, and sensor operator input and override. Offerors are encouraged to build upon existing IM and QOS components for this work, including the AFRL-developed Marti tactical information management services and Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) [1], in order to maximize productivity for the research and to provide maximum benefit to the Government. For this focus area ONLY: Individual awards will not normally exceed 30 months with dollar amounts normally ranging from $250,000 to $600,000 per year. The recommended date for submittal of white papers for this focus area ONLY is July 31, 2013. Please send your white paper to: James.Metzler@us.af.mil. If you have questions please contact James Metzler at 315-330-4033. [1] Gillen, M.; Loyall, J.; Usbeck, K.; Hanlon, K.; Scally, A.; Sterling, J.; Newkirk, R.; Kohler, R., "Beyond line-of-sight information dissemination for Force Protection," MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE, 2012 - MILCOM 2012, vol., no., pp.1,6, Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 1 2012
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