SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) Consortium, Quarterly Industry Day, 22 June 2023
- Notice Date
- 6/5/2023 7:21:29 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- NIWC PACIFIC SAN DIEGO CA 92152-5001 USA
- ZIP Code
- 92152-5001
- Solicitation Number
- NIWC_Pacific_MKTSVY_19320A
- Response Due
- 6/21/2023 9:59:59 PM
- Archive Date
- 07/06/2023
- Point of Contact
- Javier B Soria, Contract Specialist, Phone: 619-553-1812
- E-Mail Address
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javier.b.soria.civ@us.navy.mil
(javier.b.soria.civ@us.navy.mil)
- Description
- Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) and Naval Information Warfare Centers (NIWC) Atlantic and Pacific announce the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) Consortium Quarterly Industry Day hosted by ATI, the IWRP Consortium Management Firm, at the San Diego Marriott Marquis on Thursday, June 22, 2023. The event will include a Keynote from Dr. Robert Parker, Senior Scientific Technical Manager, PEO C4I Technical Director, IWRP program and consortium updates, technical briefs, and one-on-one break-out sessions with scheduled IWRP Consortium Members. Technical briefs presented during the IWRP Consortium Virtual Industry Day will include a variety of information-warfare focus area topics. It is anticipated that the topics will be the basis of upcoming Requests for Prototype Projects (RPPs) to IWRP Consortium Members. This is not a Request for Prototype Projects, but for planning purposes only. A project will not be awarded from this announcement. In order to obtain more information regarding the below projects, you must be a member of the IWRP Consortium. For more information on becoming an IWRP consortium member, please visit https://www.theiwrp.org. The purpose of this announcement is to provide members of the IWRP Consortium, and industry in general, advanced notification of Government intent. The Government anticipates to solicit four (4) Requests for Prototype Projects (RPPs) for white papers, enhanced white papers or full proposals via N65236-22-9-0001. RPP topics will include a technical brief and one-on-one break-out sessions. The RPP topics consist of the following: 1.23-PAC-1753 Half-Duplexed Transmit/Receive Phased Array for Low earth orbit (LEO) Satellites (HALF-WAY): HALF-WAY aims to develop a half-duplexed transmit/receive phased array for communications with low-earth orbit satellite constellations. In SWaP-C constrained platforms, having a single electronically scanned antenna array aperture capable of performing both transmit and receive is advantageous. 2.23-PAC-1793 Next Generation of Own Force Monitoring (OFM): The Government seeks a prototype that will improve existing OFM capabilities, an analysis and re-design of the currently fielded solution is a necessary step for potential increased monitoring capability to the Fleet, and to meet new and emerging threats. The contractor shall design and prototype a complete COTS/GOTS system that meets all applicable MIL-STDs, hardware accreditation, software accreditation, network integration, and shipboard installation considerations including size, weight and power (SWAP) and electromagnetic environment. The system must be capable of detecting and identifying the radio frequency (RF) signals emanating from the ship. This new OFM system shall be capable of being installed on all combatant ship classes including CVN, DDG, CG, LHA, LHD and LSD. 3.23-LANT-1794 Distributed Common Ground/Surface System � Marine Corps (DCGS-MC) All Source Integrated Collections Requirements Management Tool: DCGS-MC All Source has a need for a collaborative environment within the DCGS-MC Family of Systems for exploitation, identification and action of Intelligence Requirements. This Intelligence Enterprise need will place demands on an �Integrated Collections Requirements Management (CRM) tool� for collections management. The demands will include, but not be limited to, the need for data on enemy activities and intentions, local population activities and terrain details to fully articulate intelligence requirements. 4.23-PAC-1795 Discretized Geospatial State Space Reduction: The Government seeks a prototype to discretize the decision space. The Decision Authority Delegation project aims to research and improve planning for multi-domain operations; currently, these plans are initiated using optimization algorithms followed by human-planner adjustments. In order to utilize many search and statistical based planning algorithms, the decision space, including the geographic space, must be discretized in an intelligent way. Planning algorithms face computational challenges when the decision space is large, so intelligently discretizing the space is necessary to ensure fast operation as fast operation allows for quicker decision-making or more iterations between the automated planner and the human-planner in the loop. The Government will be presenting six (6) Pre-Solicitation Collaboration (PSC)s, which will include a short brief and one-on- one breakout sessions. The PSC topics consist of the following: 1.Enhanced HF for Fleet C2: Conduct a Pre-Solicitation Collaboration event for planned FY24 project work for �Enhanced High Frequency for Fleet Command and Control (C2)� in order to provide improvements in performance, interoperability and survivability. Umbrella Project aligns to four (4) separate tasks for High Frequency capability over the IWRP period of performance: (1) Provide and execute a phased approach to HF-specific COMSEC (includes study, design, prototype development and test complete with Technical Review(s)). The final HF-specific COMSEC prototype should be NSA approved device; (2) Port Protected HF Waveform to low cost Production Software Defined Modem (SDM); (3) Correct High Priority Defects (such as Grade A Shock) impacting LSE-24 or transition to fielding; (4) Prototype Enhancements to Protected HF Waveform. Consortium may provide feedback on one, two, three, or all four priorities. Note that a classified requirements review session will be required for any consortium member considering bidding on these tasks. 2.Deployable Low-Band Monitoring System & Reporting Network Architecture: The Navy is interested in deploying a world- wide network of sensors for monitoring the Low-band spectrum (HF and below) to support research in communications and propagation / ionosphere modeling. This effort will prototype 2x ruggedized monitoring system that can collect wideband spectrum data for years without any maintenance or support. The sensors require several weeks of local storage while having network access to stream the wideband collects to the GovCloud, and to other networks (via a cross-domain solution) where users can apply advanced signal processing algorithms to process the data. 3.HF Novel Architecture Hardware: Breakthroughs in digitizing High Frequency (HF) communications alongside wider bandwidths and mesh networking techniques have been shown to automate and sustain long-range non-SATCOM communications at equitable data rates. The Team�s approach to the automated network management needs an innovative approach to Serial-to-Network conversion to efficiently remote IP-data over vast distances. The topic seeks novel solutions for information conversion but in a small-form factor necessary for SWaP-constrained platforms. 4.NABS USMC Recruiting Prototype: The Government is seeking to prototype a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) supporting the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Recruiting Process. The current recruiting process significantly relies on the use of 74 forms when processing an applicant. The data architecture underpinning the forms process is not employing industry data architecture standards, therefore the data is not clean and includes duplicates and repetitive tables. Applying data standards and automating the forms for applicant processing will reduce inefficiencies and reduce delays to prospecting activities as well as lead to an increase in Recruiters having more time to prepare recruits for Recruit Training and Officers Candidate School. USMC is interested in receiving proposals that support solving the problem by re-using the Marine Corps Recruiting Information Support System (MCRISS) II solution or solving the problem using a new solution. The prototype shall be developed using Agile program management practices and Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps) methodology compatible with the USMC Cloud Environment. 5.Manpower Information Technology System Modernization (MITSM) Talent Marketplace Assignments Process: The Government is seeking to prototype the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Assignments Process to support a market-style assignment system. Information essential to assignments is currently stored in 6+ disparate systems with inputs coming from various stakeholders via multiple mediums. Marines, commands and monitors lack a single platform that provides the ability to efficiently coalesce wide-reaching data and inputs into a usable form. The prototype shall deliver improved predictive assignments, advanced decision support tools and succession planning. The prototype shall be developed using Agile software practices and Development, Security and Operations (DevSecOps) methodology. 6.Cognitive HF Mesh Radio Systems (CHMRS) � Network Agility with Shared Occupancy Knowledge: Wide-Band, High- Frequency (WBHF) communications has been shown to be a practical and resilient data and voice transport medium useful in obviating the impact caused by SATCOM loss in extremely spectrally contested environments. To work in this diverse environment, the Navy has an automated HF radio network control system that decides frequency selection, transmission power levels, link sequencing and type of transmission modes. This effort seeks to enhance this capability with channel occupancy measurements and analysis to determine available spectrum for traditional and wideband modes of operations. Channel occupancy statistics across a regional set of communication nodes would also suggest novel approaches to dynamic spectrum access. A second and important objective is to enhance the Navy�s automated HF radio network control system using dynamic spectrum allocation techniques with knowledge of shared occupancy measurements. The Government will be presenting one (1) Technical Collaboration Exchanges (TCE), which will include a short brief and round table discussions. The TCE topic consists of the following: 1.Services versus (vs.) Capability: Navigating to Capability: The Government is seeking to discuss ways to shift cultural norms from a services approach to capability to allow for innovative acquisition such as prototypes and Other Transaction Authorities (OTA). Additional information on IWRP or to become a member, please refer to the following link: https://www.theiwrp.org
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