MODIFICATION
A -- FULL SPECTRUM TARGETING (FST)
- Notice Date
- 3/27/2015
- 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-RIK-14-01
- Point of Contact
- Gail E. Marsh, Phone: 315-330-7518
- E-Mail Address
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Gail.Marsh@us.af.mil
(Gail.Marsh@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- AMENDMENT 8 to BAA RIK-14-01 TITLE: Full Spectrum Targeting (FST) The purpose of this modification is to make the following changes: A) SECTION I, "Funding Opportunity Description" is changed to emphasize areas if interest and remove focus areas that are currently not of interest to the Government. B) SECTION VII, "Agency Contacts" has been revised to add a new technical point of contact. No other changes have been made. SECTION I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate (AFRL/RI) is soliciting white papers pertaining to the research, development, prototyping, integration, test and demonstration of innovative technologies, tools and practices to advance the future of the Air Force's targeting capabilities. The synergetic integration of kinetic and non-kinetic targeting across a distributed targeting enterprise will support a unified and continuous approach to analyzing a full spectrum of targets and spheres of influence (Air, Space Cyber and Social-Economic). BACKGROUND : The Joint Targeting Cycle is the process that is used consistently across organizations that perform targeting-related tasks. This process consists of six phases: (1) End State/Commander's Objectives; (2) Target Development & Prioritization; (3) Capabilities Analysis; (4) Commander's Decision and Force Assignment; (5) Mission Planning & Force Execution; and (6) Assessment The targeting enterprise lacks efficient workflow and data hand-offs, causing lost time, redundancy of effort, and lesser quality products and effects across air, space, & cyberspace. The major processes and products relevant to target intelligence production include: Target Systems Analysis (TSA), Intermediate/Advanced Target Development (I/ATD) (Encompassing imagery preparation, target description and significance, Precise Point Mensuration (PPM), and weaponeering), Collateral Damage Estimation (CDE), Electronic Target Folder (ETF), Target Lists (TL) and Battle Damage Assessment (BDA). Development of portions or all of these intelligence products, specifically TSA, I/ATD, CDE, and BDA, are not automated and required considerable resources (time and labor) to produce. Due to the lengthy, disjointed workflow, lack of an automated production process, and limited analytical tools, these processes and accompanying products are also pre-disposed to high error rates and low production capacity. Additionally, a significant deficiency in the current Joint Targeting Cycle is the absence of non-kinetic data in the targeting products throughout. In order to synergize planning and effects across a multi-domain environment, it's essential for FST to include the full range of Cyber, Space, Directed Energy, Electronic Warfare (EW), and influence operations (e.g. Psychological Operation (PSYOPS)/ Military Information Support Operations (MISO)) data into a universal targeting workflow. PRIMARY FOCUS: Automated Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) Assessing the effects of actions against targets of interest has always played a key role so that the commander could observe all developments as they occurred. As modern warfare has progressed battle damage assessment (BDA) has become more complicated. We are at a critical junction when more and more support is given of the concept for full spectrum operations. The commander cannot utilize non-kinetic options if he cannot assess their effectiveness. Current Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) tools are insufficient and complex. The Air Force must ensure it is fully capable of conducting kinetic and non-kinetic targeting across the full spectrum of warfare including irregular, unconventional, asymmetric warfare and traditional conflicts. Current BDA lacks non-kinetic assessment and incorporation of non-kinetic data into kinetic effectiveness assessment (i.e. did a bunker strike prevent communications?). Little support is provided to allow the targeteer an understanding of the ramifications or unintended effects due to the interdependencies between the physical, social and behavioral aspect of a region or nation in terms of performing the assessment function. The BDA tools need to include capability to feed into restrike recommendations and retasking in an automated fashion. We seek new technologies and tools that will illustrate how non-kinetic data will improve the overall BDA process and address all of the deficiencies outlined. AFRL/RI seeks new technologies and tools to illustrate automated BDA with both kinetic/non-kinetic options over three phases. BDA Phase 1 is related to physical damage assessment estimates which are primarily based on visual observation. The Government is NOT interested in analyzing imagery. The focus is on helping with BDA Phase 2 related to functional damage assessment and BDA Phase 3 target system assessments (i.e. instead of confirming that the target is hit with a bomb [BDA Phase 1] we want to say whether target is still operational or not [BDA Phase 2] and whether the overall target system is functioning [BDA phase 3]). Challenges include but not limited to: • Lack of non-kinetic modules that can benefit the analyst for cyber, EW, and other types of non-kinetic data as well as how the data for these modules will be stored and accessed by systems of record like JTT or other interfaces (need to consider for example CNODB for cyber, EWIRDB database for EW, and others). • Non-kinetic data is not being utilized for BDA. As a result critical information that can specifically aid in determining whether the target solution set is generating the desired overall effects is being lost. • Need for interfaces for generating and displaying BDA reports that have non-kinetic data. Need to illustrate how much faster and more accurate such reports are due to having non-kinetic data. • Cohesive assessments and decision support to measure success or failure to achieve the desired effect against individual targets and to facilitate comprehension of the total damage to entire target sets and systems • Timely determination of the campaign plan success (planned objectives versus actual results) achieved by the overall operation as measured over all friendly action against the adversary • The application of Kinetic and Non-Kinetic weaponeering solutions will require the development of innovative Multi-INT information fusion algorithms to support BDA • Investigate and recommend a Cognitive Workflow Process for the production of BDA products • Automated restrike recommendations based on unsuccessful targeting effects Additional technical information is available and may be obtained by contacting the technical point of contact listed in Section VII. The data contained within the read library is subject to export control restrictions. Prior to mailing read library documentation, respondents must submit a copy of an approved DD Form 2345, Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement, which may be obtained at http://www.dlis.dla.mil/default.asp, along with a letter from the Data Custodian designated on that form authorizing access to whomever will be reviewing the documentation. This information must be provided to technical point of contact listed in Section VII at the following address: Air Force Research Laboratory/RIEBB, 525 Brooks Road, Rome, New York 13441-4505 or via fax to his attention at (315) 330-3913. SECTION VII. Agency Contacts: The new technical point of contact in Section VII is: ALEKSEY PANASYUK AFRL/RIED aleksey.panasyuk@us.af.mil (315)330-3976
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