MODIFICATION
A -- FULL SPECTRUM TARGETING (FST)
- Notice Date
- 4/21/2015
- 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 9 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 revised to provide some additional information. B) SECTION IV "Application and Submission Information", Paragraph 3. Submission Dates and Time. The FY16 submission date is revised from 1 May 2015 to 25 May 2015. All other dates remain the same. 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. This BAA is focused on two separate tasks (1) Automated Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) and (2) Target System Analysis (TSA). Performers can apply for one or both. FOCUS AREA 1: 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. BDA is typically broken into three phases. - BDA Phase 1 is related to physical damage assessment estimates which are primarily based on visual observation. NOTE: The Government is NOT interested in analyzing imagery - BDA Phase 2 is related to functional damage assessment. - BDA Phase 3 is related to the overall target system assessment AFRL/RI's focus is on facilitating with BDA Phase 2 as it related to functional damage assessment (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]. The focus is on both static and moving targets. Challenges include but not limited to: (1) 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). (2) 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. (3) 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. (4) 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 (5) 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 (6) The application of Kinetic and Non-Kinetic weaponeering solutions will require the development of innovative Multi-INT information fusion algorithms to support BDA (7) Investigate and recommend a Cognitive Workflow Process for the production of BDA products (8) Automated restrike recommendations based on unsuccessful targeting effects (9) Provide real-time operational BDA update to TSA FOCUS AREA 2: Target System Analysis (TSA) The current Target System Analysis (TSA) process presents several challenges to the targeting analyst. The existing workflow is time consuming and labor intensive. Analysts are required to manually search, access, extract, and organize data and graphics from multiple sources into one comprehensive TSA product. This lengthy and laborious task does not provide the analyst sufficient time to thoroughly identify information gaps within the TSA, submit collection requests and fill the gaps accordingly. It also leaves little time for more thorough analysis, integration of non-kinetic targeting solutions, and in-depth consideration of cascading effects that may influence multiple target systems. These areas are especially critical to the Full Spectrum Targeting effort and to a successful TSA campaign. AFRL/RI is looking to address one or more of the following capabilities: (1) Develop Target System Analysis (TSA) models that automatically bring in and update real target data (both static and mobile target information) for linking targets to objectives and targets to target systems. Use the established relationships as a guide to identify information that is currently available for a particular target system in a particular country as well as missing information (information expected from looking at similar target systems in other countries but is missing for the current country) to help guide the TSA analyst as he searches for information. (2) Develop Target System Analysis (TSA) models that identify for each system: a. the criticality of each component within the system b. the functionality of the overall system without that component c. the functionality of the overall system if the functionality of the component is degraded by x amount A target system may carry multiple uses and hence the analysis should be done for each function that the target system serves. (3) Given a new target automatically determine the relationship of the target to other targets using on-line and nodal databases (e.g., MIDB, CNODB, EWIRDB, etc.). Use the relationships for estimating second and third order effects and overall criticality of the target. Use criticality of target to support automatic descriptions of target selection/justification. Use relationships to prioritize the order in which targets are looked at by BDA and other target analysts. Visually correlate target systems, targets, target components, and influencing factors. (4) Evaluate current availability of non-kinetic data that includes Cyber, Space, Directed Energy, and Electronic Warfare (EW), and MISO. Looking to establish metrics on what percent of targets in MIDB have useful non-kinetic data. Correlate non-kinetic data to target types, for example: all radar systems generate EW data and for a typical radar system there is x% chance that the data is available. 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.
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