SOURCES SOUGHT
15 -- GPS Out of the Box Event
- Notice Date
- 2/16/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336411
— Aircraft Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, U.S. Special Operations Command, Headquarters Procurement Division, 7701 Tampa Point Blvd, MacDill AFB, Florida, 33621-5323, United States
- ZIP Code
- 33621-5323
- Solicitation Number
- SOF_PEO_FW_COLLABORATION_EVENT
- Archive Date
- 3/30/2017
- Point of Contact
- John "Dave" Jackson, Phone: 813-826-8164, Tim Gonzales, Phone: 813-826-1967
- E-Mail Address
-
John.Jackson2@socom.mil, timothy.gonzales.ctr@socom.mil
(John.Jackson2@socom.mil, timothy.gonzales.ctr@socom.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- HQ USSOCOM, SOF AT&L, PEO-FIXED WING (FW) COLLABORATION EVENT FOCUSED ON GPS ALTERNATIVES 1. WHEN WILL THIS EVENT TAKE PLACE? This Government / Industry Collaboration Event will take place from 26-27 April 2017, 0800-1600, at the Unclassified Test Bed (UTB) in St. Petersburg, Florida. 2. WHO ARE THE KEY PARTICIPANTS OF THIS FOCUS GROUP? Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics (SOF AT&L), Program Executive Office -Fixed Wing (PEO-FW) seeks technical Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) on utilization of Global Position System (GPS) applications. Area of expertise sought can be further broken down into applicability of Positioning, Navigation & Timing (PNT). The SMEs are sought to identify suitable alternatives to the PNT function of GPS in environments where GPS performance is unavailable, denied, or degraded. Expected participates includes technical experts from Government Labs, Program Offices, Industry Representatives, Academia, and Special Operation Forces (SOF) users. 3. WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE? USSOCOM needs a reliable capability with integrated redundancy to maintain the PNT capabilities of GPS on aviation platforms. The team's primary focus is to explore the realm of the possibility for alternatives to GPS systems. The secondary focus is to investigate innovative design enhancements to existing GPS systems. These discussions will apply to all PEO-FW SOF large (e.g. wide body aircraft) and small (Group I-III) Unmanned Aviation System (UAS) platforms. Solutions need to be able to include the following criteria: • System solutions shall address, "How to mitigate the loss of PNT capabilities of GPS". o Risks and potential payoffs of the innovative technology options that are being explored o Recommend the option that best achieves the objective of this technology pursuit. • System solutions should address the new technology's capability to overcome the following degraded challenges: o Denied Environments o Adverse Weather Operations o Radio Frequency Challenged Environments o Spoofing • System solutions shall include utilization of open systems architecture, modular design, common hardware and interoperable with existing GPS constellations. • System solutions shall be affordable, robust, intelligent, and adaptable that integrate multiple sensors and sources of information, optimally fusing navigation information and seamlessly transitioning between sources and sensors based on the availability of sources and RF interference present. • Alternative methods of navigation should be compatible with the size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements of manned air systems such as the C-130, as well as constrained air vehicles such as UAS'. • The system should be compatible with military security, environmental and other requirements for aviation navigation systems. • Identify enablers to achieving state of the art GPS (PNT) technology by understanding current investment being made or planned for the near future by: o Civilian aviation o Industry o Government Science & Technology initiatives o Military development programs o Academia • Identify challenges to implementation (i.e. cost drivers or areas of risk) and any on-going/planned efforts to overcome these challenges: o Complications in verification/integration o Implementation of increasingly stringent design standards, multiple approval authorities, and assurance levels 4. WHAT IS THE EXPECTED OUTCOME? The purpose of this collaborative event is to inform PEO-FW of the current state and near future technology on this topic. Participants will take away a snapshot of capabilities and recognize opportunities for future investments within the current aviation portfolio baseline. The information provided will lead to a follow-on GPS Industry Day Collaboration Event in FY17. Additionally, the final outcome could potentially support future commodity procurement (i.e. not a development program), inform future requirements for development programs, support a rapid integration/demonstration event, establish a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), support Small Business Innovative Research (SBIRs), establish a Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) project request, and/or SOCOM participation in a vendor demonstration of a capability. The United States Government has particular interest in production ready systems (i.e., minimum Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7 as defined by the Department of Defense (DOD) Acquisition Guidebook (August 5, 2010) and a minimum Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) 7 as defined by the DOD Manufacturing Readiness Assessment Deskbook (May 2, 2009). 5. HOW WILL THIS COLLABORATION EVENT BE CONDUCTED? • The event will kick-off with a joint session where the Government will brief: o PEO-FW overview and current capability gaps o Baseline brief on current GPS (PNT) capabilities and SASSM o AFSOC Warfighter cross-talk on system degrades o Mass brief on exercise with rules of engagement • The team will then breakout into working groups to collaborate on solutions with applicability to small and large platforms. o Sessions are designed to be collaborative/nonproprietary in nature o Facilitators will be on hand to support team discussion and objectives • Each platform working group will further breakout into teams. These teams will investigate suitable alternatives to the PNT function of GPS in environments where GPS performance is unavailable, denied, or degraded. A designated representative from each team will mass out brief their team's top 2 or 3 solutions sets for their respective platform. Key discussion areas includes: o Alternative PNT that complements legacy GPS  Technologies that provide PNT services in combination with legacy GPS o Position and Navigation Independent of GPS  Technologies that provide PNT services via separate mechanisms as a stand-alone capability o Alternative Timing Applications  Technologies that provide more precise time and frequency systems Companies wishing to participate should submit resumes for highly qualified SMEs who are prepared to present and discuss relevant technologies and paths forward to identify alternative systems as described in paragraph 3. Desired attendees include, but are not limited to systems engineers, computer scientists, hardware developers, software engineers, data analysts, human factors engineers, and related disciplines. This will be an open forum for all participants to collaborate on current and future possibilities. Business proposals will not be presented during this event. NOTE: Not all applicants may be selected to attend due to limited capacity and targeted skill sets. Request the name(s) of the attendees, job positions, and contact information (email and phone) be included in the resumes. Please submit resumes to Mr. John Jackson (john.jackson2@socom.mil) and Mr. Tim Gonzales (timothy.gonzales.ctr@socom.mil) by 15 March 2017. Please include in the subject line "PEO-FW Collaboration; GPS Out of the Box Event." The government team will review the resumes and select participants for the breakout sessions. The government team will send invitations with additional direction to the selected individuals NLT 29 March 2017. Please direct any questions to Mr. Tim Gonzales (813) 826-1967 or Mr. Dave Jackson, Phone: (813) 826-8164. 6. DISCLOSURE STATEMENT This notice does not constitute an Invitation for Bids (IFB), a Request for Quote (RFQ), or a Request for Proposal (RFP) and it should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by USSOCOM to issue a formal solicitation or ultimately award a contract. USSOCOM is in no way liable to pay for or reimburse any companies or entities that respond to this announcement. Any costs incurred by interested companies in response to this announcement will NOT be reimbursed. All information marked as proprietary information will be safeguarded to prevent disclosures to non-government personnel and entities.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Unclassified Test Bed (UTB) in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
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