Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), ATTN: MAJ Schiefer, 9190 Commo Road, Washington, DC 20397-5520

70 -- JOINT WARRIOR INTEROPERABILITY DEMONSTRATION 1997 (JWID97) POC Major Chris Schiefer, (301) 394-1370/1425, DSN 290-1370/1425 or e- mail: ''schiefec@ncr.disa.mil''. The Joint Staff, in coordination with US Atlantic Command (USACOM) and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), is seeking vendor proposals to demonstrate technological solutions to Joint Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) interoperability challenges within the operational environment of a Coalition Task Force (CTF) deployment including NATO and Combined Communications-Electronics Board (CCEB) nations. Selected proposals will be demonstrated at the Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration 1997 (JWID97) during the July 1997 timeframe. JWID97 provides the opportunity to use existing and leap-ahead technology to shape the battlefield of the future. The emphasis for JWID97 will be to solve those C4I interoperability issues stated in the listed objectives. The Joint Staff intends for JWID97 to be a joint demonstration of existing, off-the-shelf, as well as new and evolving technologies that solve C4I interoperability issues while providing appropriate automation of information exchange for the joint warfighter. Proposed demonstrations must operate within the Coalition Operational Environment, provide a solution to one or more JWID97 Objectives, function at one of the JWID97 primary sites, and comply with terms listed in Administrative Requirements. Demonstrations should be capable of functioning on the coalition secret-releasable network if possible. OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT (Simulated): JWID97 is a United States/Coalition operation utilizing a CTF staff that will conduct combined operations at the component level. The US Navy will provide the CTF Commander. The demonstration will consist of eight phases: pre-deployment, deployment, presence, hostilities, forcible entry, build up, decisive combat and redeployment. During all phases, Coalition forces will face a terrorism threat. The force structure consists of combined ground, air, and maritime components, to include a carrier battle group and an amphibious task force. These forces will conduct combined operations which may include amphibious and airborne assaults, CTF afloat transition ashore, and split-based operations. JWID97 OBJECTIVES 1. Demonstrate real-time and seamless information exchange between multiple levels of security at the CTF and component level, particularly for the purposes of command and control (C2) and collaborative planning. 2. Demonstrate innovative telecommunications and information management technology that enhances data delivery to and from Joint Warriors at the unit level, particularly common operational picture and imagery. 3. Demonstrate tailorable Dominant Battlespace Awareness (including 3D) in a CTF setting, highlighting multimodal data fusion, common operational picture track correlation and management. 4. Demonstrate sensor-to-sensor and sensor-to-shooter technologies to enhance combat identification and theater missile defense in a Coalition environment and to provide targeting information for stand-off and precision guided munitions utilizing selected portions of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) approved precision strike C4I architecture. 5. Demonstrate technologies that enhance information superiority through the use of Information Operations/Information Warfare (IO/IW). These technologies should provide assurance of coalition access, use, and integrity of command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconaissance (C4ISR) systems while preventing unauthorized use of the same. 6. Demonstrate the ability of commercial off-the-shelf/government off-the-shelf (COTS/GOTS) technology to provide constant data exchange with in-garrison, in-transit, and deployed elements of the CTF. 7. Demonstrate enhancements to the Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) that improve its utility and interoperability to the CTF. 8. Demonstrate an integrated, near real-time focused logistics system with a planning and decision support capability. The system should track all classes of supply, prepositioned war reserve assets, and personnel to and from the sustaining base and wholesale depots. 9. Demonstrate the ability to provide an integrated solution for all tactical and non-tactical applications on a single PC. 10. Demonstrate the ability of Information Technology to identify and solve millennial problems in order to operate beyond the year 2000. Further details concerning JWID97 technical challenges can be found on the JWID97 World Wide Web Home Page (http://www.jwid97.bmpcoe.org). Do not attempt to send proposals to this address. JWID97 SELECTION CRITERIA: 1. Does the demonstration support a JWID97 Objective? 2. Does the demonstration take place at a JWID site? 3. Will the demonstration be fully resourced? 4. Support to the Joint Warfighter. a) Does the demonstration enhance the capability of the Joint Warrior? b) Is the demonstration currently being prototyped or field tested? 5. Joint Application of the Demonstration. a) Could the demonstration work for more than one Service/Agency? b) Is it interoperable with one or more existing systems? c) At what level is it DII COE and JTA compliant? 6. Coalition Application of the Demonstration 7. Technology Innovation. a) Is it leap-ahead technology? 8. Maturity. a) Can this system be fielded immediately, in the near-term (12-24 months), mid-term (24-48 months), or far-term? 9. Executable in the JWID Framework? a) Is the demonstration more than a concept? b) Will appropriate connectivity be available? c) Will there be hardware/software available? 10. Leave-Behind Potential of the Demonstration. a) Is there a leave behind? b) Is the leave behind supportable? c) Is training, manpower, maintenance, Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) available? d) Is there a cost associated with the leave behind? JWID97 PRIMARY DEMONSTRATION SITES (Tentative): 1. Ashore CTF at Joint Battle Center (JBC) in Suffolk VA 2. Afloat CTF/NAVFOR homeported in Norfolk VA 3. Maritime forces, including a submarine, homeported in Norfolk VA 4. Joint Demonstration Evaluation Facility in Arlington VA 5. AFFOR sites (Barksdale AFB LA, JFACC Rear, Hurlburt AFB FL, JFACC Forward, Hanscom AFB MA, JFACC Support) 6. MARFOR site located at Camp LeJeune 7. ARFOR sites 8. JSOTF site 9. Allied site(s) JWID97 will also include Secondary Demonstration Sites at which selected demonstrations will provide limited interaction with the Primary Sites. These sites will include the Pentagon and may include individual Service battle labs. CRITICAL MILESTONES: Demo Proposal Due 21 Nov 96, 1700 hours EST Demo Selection Meeting 16-20 Dec 96 Draft Demo Plans Due Initial Planning Conference 15 Jan 97, 1700 hours EST 20-24 Jan 97 Final Demo Plans Due Midterm Planning Conference 21 Feb 97, 1700 hours EST 17-21 Mar 97 Final Planning Conference 12-16 May 97 JWID97 Execution Period Demonstration Set Up Demonstration Assessment Visitor Period 7 Jul-1 Aug 97 7 Jul -13 Jul 97 14 Jul -25 Jul 97 28 Jul -1 Aug 97 ASSESSMENT: Demonstrations will be assessed with regard to functional performance and warfighting effectiveness. DoD decision makers use JWID assessments to aid in the development and identification of new and relevant technologies to enhance C4I For the Warrior (C4IFTW). Service test centers will be invited to participate and may augment assessments and recommendations. Demonstration assessments will be provided as feedback to vendors. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS: 1. Do not submit proprietary information. ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED WILL BE CONSIDERED AND HANDLED AS NON-PROPRIETARY. 2. Unclassified and classified networks will be used. Industry participants will require a minimum of DoD SECRET clearance to participate in JWID97. The principal network that the demonstrations will be displayed upon will be at a Coalition Secret -Releasable security level. 3. Demonstrations must be fully funded by the nominating vendor or agency. 4. Proposals must have a US government sponsor. The government will provide assistance to the vendor, if requested, to find a government sponsor. 5. Unless otherwise approved, Warfighters/DoD personnel, as opposed to vendor agents, will operate the systems during assessment and observer week. Vendors must provide training, as required, at the JWID97 sites where their demonstration will be located. 6. Demonstrators will submit a one-page summary with three-page expansion, maximum four pages, which will be used for initial selection. 7. Demonstrations selected for participation will be required to provide an expanded demonstration plan not to exceed fifteen pages. 8. Formats for proposals and plans are provided on the JWID97 Home Page at http://www.jwid97.bmpcoe.org. 9. Proposals will be submitted electronically using the JWID97 standard tool suite: MS-Word 6.0 (12-pitch, Times), MS-Excel 5.0, MS-Power Point 4.0, MS-Access 2.0, and MS-Project 4.0. If used, acceptable compression and encoding software is Pkzip and MIME. 10. Demonstrators will be required to provide on-site technical and operational representation throughout all JWID97 planning conferences and execution phases. SUBMISSION PROCEDURES Submit proposals to the FTP server, address 164.117.128.6. The directory is ''/jwid97'', login is ''anonymous'', password is ''your e-mail address''. The server is running Windows NT operating system. A UNIQUE file name must be assigned to proposal prior to downloading. Do not use ''JWID'' or ''JWID97'' for your file name. DISA Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) will assign a tracking number to each proposal submitted and forward an acknowledgment to your POC via electronic mail within 72 hours of receipt. If you encounter problems contact Major Chris Schiefer at 301-394-1370/1425, DSN 290-1370/1425 or e-mail: ''schiefec@ncr.disa.mil''. In the event that the JWID demonstration proposal FTP server goes down, for more than 24 consecutive hours, proposals may be express mailed on diskette, not paper, to the following address: Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), ATTN: Major Schiefer, 9190 Commo Road Washington, DC 20397-5520. Proposals arriving after the deadline will be returned to the sender unopened. This is not an RFP, no contract award shall be made as a result of this RFI. Vendor participation in JWID97 is at no cost to the government. (0281)

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