MODIFICATION
A -- USAF Airborne Sensors for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) (ASI) Request for Information (RFI)
- Notice Date
- 2/19/2016
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFLCMC/PK - WPAFB (includes PZ, WL, WW, WI, WN, WK, LP, WF, WK), 2275 D Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433-7218, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-7218
- Solicitation Number
- FA8620-16-R-4006
- Archive Date
- 4/23/2016
- Point of Contact
- Ed Huling, Phone: 937-255-4694, Andrew Soine, Phone: 937-255-3575
- E-Mail Address
-
edward.huling@us.af.mil, andrew.soine@us.af.mil
(edward.huling@us.af.mil, andrew.soine@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- USAF Airborne Sensors for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) (ASI) Request for Information (RFI) Solicitation Number: FA8620-16-R-4006 Agency : Department of the Air Force Office: Air Force Materiel Command Location: AFLCMC/PK - WPAFB (includes PZ, WL, WW, WI, WN, WK, LP, WF, WK) Notice Type: RFI Synopsis: FedBizOpps Request for information (RFI) FA8620-16-R-4006 USAF Airborne Sensors for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR)(ASI) Study Supporting an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Special Operations Forces Directorate (AFLCMC/WI ), ISR Sensors and Foreign Military Sales Division (AFLCMC/WIN) Contracting Offices 2640 Loop Road West, Rm 215, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7106, United States. SYNOPSIS: An Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) is being conducted by the Air Force to investigate alternatives for materiel solutions to detect mobile targets and targets obscured by natural or man-made means. The AoA will explore tradespace in performance, schedule, risk and cost across a full range of options to address validated capability requirements. Air Combat Command's ISR Requirements Division, ACC/A589/A51X, and AFLCMC/WI N have begun a one year Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) guided pre-Material Development Decision (MOD) effort developing the following AoA related products: •· Study Guide and Plan •· Concept Characterization and Technology Descriptions (CCTDs) The focus is on airborne sensor modalities/phenomenologies including Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) which includes Electro/Optical (EO), Infrared (IR), Multispectral/Hyperspectral Imaging (MSl/HSI), Ground Surveillance Radar, Full Motion Video (FMV), Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), and on-board processing/exploitation/fusion of sensor data. PURPOSE: In support of the USAF AoA for Airborne Sensors for ISR (ASI), AFLCMC/WIN is requesting inputs and conducting market research to develop CCTDs from across industry, academia and government agency programs. The AoA is being conducted to investigate alternatives for materiel solutions to detect mobile targets and targets obscured by natural or man-made means from medium and high altitudes. This activity is required to develop acquisition documentation supporting the next steps in the JCIDS/DoDI 5000.02 acquisition process. ASI is a follow-on to the ACC developed and the FY15 JROC approved Challenging Targets (CT) Initial Capabilities Document (ICD). The AoA process is expected to contribute to the selection of a preferred materiel solution that satisfies the capability need documented in the approved ICD. Following the pre-AoA and Air Force approval for a MDD, plans are to develop new Airborne Capabilities Development Documents (CDD) documents in FY17 for each of the sensor phenomenologists for both medium and high altitude. Expectations are that this effort will significantly re-define both medium and high altitude ISR sensors requirements and shape Air Force efforts in the FY20-30 timeframe. Additional background data supporting this RFI at the classified level can be obtained per instructions below. CCTDs provide supporting evidence for candidate materiel solution approaches that have the potential to effectively address the capability gap(s), desired operational attributes, and associated dependencies. The USAF AoA team will develop a CCTD as a repository for information that completely describes each alternative. The CCTD serves as the starting point for system concept requirements developed in support of a milestone A decision. The intent with this RFI is to ensure a thorough capture of current capabilities and to identify promising candidate programs/technology efforts with projected capabilities that may improve current and future Air Force ISR sensors and processing within the constraints identified in Ground Rules, Constraints and Assumptions (GRCA) identified below. AFLCMC/WIN seeks white papers, data sheets, and quad charts by 1600 EST, 8 March 2016. All correspondence submitted will be protected and controlled as proprietary. After reviewing the submitted documents, the Government may request technical exchanges and/or site surveys of respondents' facilities. Please note - the team highly encourages submission of data that may be well known and already documented by Air Force Program offices. Additionally, the team is very interested in capturing and understanding on-going sensor/processing efforts managed by other services (Army, Navy, Marines) and agencies. Please do not assume we already know about your program. Although we encourage and prefer data according the template described below - we are willing to accept data sheets, brochures, briefings and papers in your format. Per GRCA identified below, submitted white documents should identify current/potential candidate ASI AoA topics. Industry/DoD/Academia topics may include ISR sensor programs/technologies/phenomenologists, associated on-board data processing/algorithms and components supporting end-to-end sensor functionality. Candidate topics may include on-board processing (vice ground processing) for multiple airborne platforms, multi-INT sensor operations, sensor technologies to increase range, resolution and/or aid in rapid targeting (geolocation models, sensor-based exploitation/recognition tools, sensor networking capabilities). In additional to complete systems, please consider sensor/processing components that may have potential to upgrade or improve current technologies. Components do not need to be part of an existing sensor system; research and development of these components may be ongoing independent of a full system. AoA GRCA: •· The focus will be on solutions to solving the capability gaps in table 1 (see classified background data), which is to find, fix and track mobile, concealed and obscured targets across all 6 phases of joint operational construct (Joint Publication 5-0). •· Focus is on medium and high airborne sensor modalities, to include Multi-INT approaches. Modalities include Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Measures and Signatures Intelligence (MASINT) and Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) to include Electro/Optical (EO), Infrared (IR), Spectral Multispectral/Hyperspectral Imaging (MSl/HSI), Ground Surveillance Radar, Full Motion Video (FMV), Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), and on-board processing/exploitation/fusion of sensor data. •· 30 Year lifecycle for sensors including pre-planned product improvements (P31) •· Will not assess the performance of platforms. For the purpose of Size, Cooling, Weight and Power (SCWAP), communications, and costing, the MQ-9, a business jet, and the RQ-4 and will be used as representative medium, medium to high, and high altitude platforms •· Assuming funding, alternatives should have a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 by 2020 in order to support a targeted Initial Operational Capability (IOC) by 2026 and Full Operational Capability (FOC) by 2030 •· Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Enterprise is the primary exploitation capability •· Non-proprietary approach: Open Mission Systems/Sensor Open System Architecture •· On-board data processing includes existing capabilities and plans to: •· Enhance on-board real-time processing for correlation/fusion of multi-source sensor data and object target recognition capabilities •· Enhance and expand the range of application for fully automated target recognition (ATR) (all modalities) •· Alternatives will be a conventional CAF employed airborne ISR asset. The study will assess space capabilities as an enabler only, due to limitations of timeliness and persistence of space sensors. Be advised: Review of submitted documentation will be accomplished by both United States Government (USG) employees and USG support contractors who have executed non-disclosure agreements. USG support contractor input is advisory in nature only. WHITE PAPER I QUAD SUBMITTAL: The Government invites industry to submit one White Paper and Quad Chart per topic (see attached template) at the unclassified or FOUO or classified level up to TS/SCI at any time on or before 1600 EST, 8 March 2016. Before submitting classified responses to this RFI, contact Mr. Ed Huling, (937) 255-4694 or Maj Andrew Soine, (937) 255-3575 or Mr. Mike Gangl, (937) 255- 4878 to ensure all appropriate security procedures and policies are followed. Do not use password protection on submitted documents. For FOUO/proprietary or International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) documents, submit via the Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering (AMRDEC) SAFE Access File Exchange at https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/Welcome.aspx. Instructions are on the website. Send your submittals to POCs listed below. You will receive acknowledgement that your submittal has been received. For Top Secret and higher submittals - please contact one for the POCs below to work details on submittal. Page Count : Quad Chart: (1) page; White Paper: Recommend less than 25 pages. Submittal Methods : a) UNCLASSIFIED, FOUO, Proprietary, and/or ITAR: Send via AMRDEC to a POC listed below. b) SECRET: by SIPRNET or registered mail/FedEx to POC below. c) TS/SCI: Contact a POC for instructions. POINTS OF CONTACT (POC) : For inquiries, technical or otherwise, email or contact POCs listed below. Name / Phone Maj Andrew Soine Phone: (937) 255-3575 NIPRNet: andrew.soine@us.af.mil SIPRNet: andrew.soine@mail.smail.mil Mr. Michael Gangl Phone: (937) 255-4878 NIPRNet: michael.gangl.1.ctr@us.af.mil SIPRNet: Michael.e.gangl.ctr@mail.smil.mil Mr. Edward Huling Phone: (937) 255-4694 NIPRNet: edward.huling@us.af.mil SIPRNet: edward.e.huling2.civ@mail.smil.mil HOW TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL CLASSIFIED BACKGROUND DATA ON THIS RFI: To obtain a copy of the SECRET background data supporting this RFI, forward a written request via NIPRNet or SIPRNet email to one of the RFI POCs listed above. Please include in your request a SIPRNet or JWICs email address to email the data or provide the following information to support forwarding a hard copy of the document via FedEx or registered mail: POC for the Data: Security POC: CAGE Code: Facility Name: Address to Receive Classified: ADDRESSES for submitting White Papers/Quad Charts and requesting additional background data •a) Unclassified Send via AMRDEC Safe to all POCs listed above. •b) Unclassified Mailing Address •c) SIPRNET E-mail Address •d) Registered Mail for Secret documents Maj Andrew Soine AFLCMC/WINA ASI AoA RFI 2530 Loop Road West, Room 144 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433 See POC SIPRNet addresses above Same as Unclassified •e) JWICS E-mail Address Call for instructions •f) FOUO/Proprietary/ ITAR Send via AMRDEC to all POCs listed above. (https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/Welcome.aspx This is not a Request for Proposal. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this announcement. Submitting capabilities and concepts in response to this announcement is voluntary, and participants shall not be compensated. ***19 January 2016 Edit: The White Paper Template has been uploaded to the attachments section of this announcement.*** ***19 February 2016 Update: The response date for this posting has been extended to 8 April 2016.***
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- Address: Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433, United States
- Zip Code: 45433
- Zip Code: 45433
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