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A -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS) TACTICAL CONTROL SYSTEM (TCS) SOL N00178-97-Q-2006 DUE 050997 POC K. B. Hall, Code SD12, Contracting Officer, (540) 653-7942 WEB: Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division Homepage, http://proc_div.nswc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Questions concerning BAA Announcement and to register to attend the Industry Brief, slongbr@nswc.navy.mil. In response to an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) initiative to provide Joint warfighting commanders with an interoperable and scaleable command, control, communications and data dissemination system for the family of tactical UAVs, the Program Executive Office for Cruise Missiles and UAVs (PEO(CU)) has established a UAV Tactical Control System (TCS) acquisition program with a two phase development schedule. The objective of the TCS program is to use common hardware and software already in the Department of Defense (DOD), to facilitate the integration of control functionality for a diversity of tactical UAVs, and to be interoperable with all existing and future tactical UAVs. Accomplishment of these goals within the established schedule will require rapid definition of the integration and interoperability requirements. Demonstrations during scheduled military exercises will be conducted on a regular basis to generate early user input and evaluation. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) in collaboration with the PEO(CU) is soliciting research and development "white papers" to exploit existing mission planning software architectures, which includes, but is not limited to algorithms, software modules or libraries, software applications, or complete packages for use in the TCS. In this instance, mission planning software is defined as route planning software and/or payload planning software. Specific areas of interest include portability of the software between identified computing platforms, expandability to be able to add capabilities for new UAVs, ease of payload planning for EO/IR Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payloads, future payloads such as, ELINT SIGINT, etc. and ease of dynamic retasking of the UAV and/or the payload. Offerors will be required to provide source code and associated libraries for integration into the TCS, to modify the software as required, and to participate in integration testing and demonstrations as required. If selected, offerors will be required to deliver executable code which operates in both the TAC-4 and the Sun Sparc 20, or source code so that NSWCDD can compile the code on both the TAC-4 and the Sun Sparc 20. All algorithms and software used in the development of TCS shall be non-proprietary and distributable to DOD sites worldwide. Offerors shall identify functions, segments, or modules that are not releasable to foreign nationals. An Industry Brief will occur on 21 April 1997, at 9:00 a.m. at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Va. It will be held in the JD's Conference Center ballroom. The brief will include a programmatic description of the TCS program and future vision, discussion of the evaluation process and evaluation criteria, a system architecture and system design description, and questions and answers. Attendees will be given a copy of the Data Server Interface Design Description, the Mission Planning Design Requirements (in draft form), the evaluation criteria, and a copy of the view graphs used in the brief. None of these documents will be available before the date and time of the brief. To register to attend the Industry Brief please contact Ms. Sonia Longbrake, NSWCDD, on (540) 653-7942, or E-mail her at slongbr@nswc.navy.mil Attendance of each firm is limited to three (3) participants. Your interest in attending must be received by 15 April 1997. Offerors shall submit copies of their white papers, not to exceed seven pages each, summarizing their proposal and providing a rough order of cost magnitude. The white paper should describe the system's: a. Evolution b. Functional architecture c. Software characteristics such as language, size, development platform, operating system, etc. d. Current and future plans e. List and short description of documentation currently available f. Operational users and points of contact g. Estimated compatibility to the TCS architecture h. List of high and medium level requirements not met i. Estimated effort to include high level requirements (calendar time and labor years) j. Estimated effort to include medium level requirements (calendar time and labor years) Eight (8) copies of the white paper must be received by 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on 09 May 1997 at the following address: Contracting Officer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Attn: K. B. Hall, Code SD12, Dahlgren, Virginia 22448-5100. Each white paper should state how the proposed effort relates to the objectives of this BAA, will increase scientific knowledge, advance the state of the art, and determine and exploit the potential scientific discoveries or improvements in technology, processes, methods, or techniques. Offerors will be requested to submit an in-depth proposal should the NSWCDD team deem the white paper of scientific and technical merit. Format for the proposal will be defined after review of the white papers. Award decisions will be based upon competitive selection resulting from peer and/or scientific review and availability of funds. Proposals submitted inresponse to this announcement will be evaluated using the following criteria: (1)Overall scientific and technical merit, (2)potential contribution of the proposed effort to the UAV TCS program goals, (3)past performance, and (4)the realism of the proposed cost. This notice constitutes a BAA for NSWCDD as authorized at FAR 6.102(d)(2). Although no portion of this announcement is set aside for HBCU and MI participation, proposals are invited from all sources. This BAA should not be construed as a commitment or authorization to incur costs in anticipation of a resultant contract. Information provided herein is subject to modification and in no way binds the Government to award a contract. This synopsis is available on the World Wide Web at http://proc_div.nswc.navy.mil OR http://www.nswc.navy.mil/ under Procurement Division. This CBD notice constitutes the solicitation, therefore, there is nothing further to request. 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