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70 -- JOINT WARRIOR INTEROPERABILITY DEMONSTRATION 2000-2001 (JWID 00-01) POC Ms. Laura Gender, (757) 225-2162/DSN 575-2162, e-mail AC2ISRC/JWID Joint Project Office (jwid@langley.af.mil) The Joint Staff, in coordination with US Space Command (USSPACECOM -- Host CINC), US Air Force (USAF -- Lead Service), and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), are seeking industry proposals for Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration 2000-2001 (JWID '00-01). JWID is an integral part of Joint Vision 2010 and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) for the Warrior. Planned for execution in July 2000, JWID '00 will demonstrate off-the-shelf and new/evolving technologies that solve Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) interoperability issues for the warfighter. It will focus on improving warfighter capabilities using space as a force multiplier. JWID '00 will operate within a Combined/Coalition Task Force (CTF) environment. The governing publication for JWIDs is CJCS Instruction 6260.01 and can be accessed via the JWID web site. Demos will be selected based on their potential to satisfy stated objectives. 2. JWID '00, the first of a two-year cycle, will be a theme year focused on space support to the warfighter. It will be similar to a traditional JWID. JWID '01 will be an exploitation year focused on further refinement and assessment of selected JWID '00 demos only. JWID '00 demos may be selected by the JWID Senior Management Group (SMG) and Joint Staff for accelerated procurement if they (1) satisfy an immediate warfighter requirement; (2) are capable of delivery six months after funding; and (3) are jointly applicable (can be supported by at least three Services). 3. JWID '00 will consist of Tier 1 and Tier 2 demos. Tier 1 demos are those satisfying the criteria for being recommended for accelerated procurement noted in paragraph 2. Tier 2 demos are other demos emphasizing innovative technical applications or leading edge technology. Submitters must categorize their proposals as either Tier 1 or Tier 2 to be initially considered. Warfighters will provide an assessment of potential operational utility of all selected proposals during JWID execution. 4. Operational environment (simulated): JWID '00 is a United States-led combined/coalition operation with one or more CTF staffs conducting simulated combined operations at the CINC, component, and force execution levels. The scenario will consist of four phases: preparation, establishing conditions for decisive operations, decisive operations, and transition to peacetime. Coalition forces may face a terrorist and information operations threat. The scenario will be further developed and tailored to support demo assessment. 5 JWID '00-01 objectives. There are 29 objectives organized under 5 capstone statements: a. Demonstrate support to the warfighter that integrates space forces and space-derived information with air, land, and sea forces and their information through: (1) Real time and near real time seamless space-derived information dissemination while minimizing additional burdens on limited available bandwidth. (2) Untethered continuous C4ISR mission support for rapidly deploying forces. (3) Seamless integration of direct downlink and global grid infrastructures. (4) Modeling and simulations which include contributions of space capabilities to warfighter operational goals. (5) Space/airborne and terrestrial ISR sensor to sensor and sensor to shooter technologies to include cross-cueing to enhance combat identification and theater missile defense to the unit level for execution. (6) Battle management/C2 of space forces and responsive space C2 support to CINCs through all echelons of command. b. Demonstrate global and scaleable dominant battlespace awareness in a CTF setting. (1) Fused, timely and accurate representation of the warrior's battlespace based upon intelligent fusion of all information. (2) Graphic display of friendly, neutral, and hostile forces (air, land, sea, and space). (3) In-transit and total asset visibility. (4) 3D visualization of friendly, neutral, and hostile forces to include air breathing threats, non-air breathing threats, and spaceassets. (5) Integration of Joint support to the land battle through integration of service systems and reporting procedures. c. Demonstrate the ability to responsively unify, integrate, and expedite ISR support to the warfighter through a single interface. (1) Provide a single interface between the warfighter, collection manager, and all intelligence community assets. (2) Demonstrate fused intelligence process where tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination are transparent to the warfighter. (3) Provide accurate, timely, and meaningful responses to requests for information. d. Demonstrate enhanced information superiority technologies in a combined/coalition environment. (1) Information exchange between multiple network and security levels. (2) Enhanced CTF and component level interoperability. (3) Information dissemination management tools and techniques that enhance all levels of combined/coalition warfighting (major theater war to low intensity conflict). (4) Operations planning tools to integrate the space segment into a theater information operations plan. (5) Information operations situational awareness tools to include timely and accurate display of attacks against friendly spacecraft and geolocation of the threat. (6) Enhanced information assurance capabilities to detect, defend, repel, and report computer attacks as they occur. (7) Risk planning tools which quantify system utility, vulnerability, and threat and facilitate a system protection resource allocation decision. (8) Information management of integrated databases for combined/coalition operations. e. Demonstrate the ability to interoperate diverse VTC and collaborative planning systems. Demonstrate seamless interoperability in all phases and among all Service and Combined/Coalition partner C4ISR systems, and in particular focus on those involved in Theater Air and Missile Defense (TAMD). (1) Effective Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace that integrates all ISR and supporting intelligence assets. (2) Collaborative and distributed planning among all services/assets. (3) Real time launch detection, missile warning, and cross cueing of active defense systems and ISR systems. (4) Integrated defense-in-depth that provides optimum active defense engagement(s) in a multi-target environment. (5) Near real time tasking of national and theater ISR assets to provide time critical targeting data. (6) Real time deconfliction, tasking, and direction of best attack asset(s) against time critical targets. (7) Overall deconfliction of the battlespace to include airspace, priorities, and weapons systems. 6. Further details on the technical challenges associated with the JWID '00 objectives can be accessed on the JWID web site http://www.JWID99.bmpcoe.org. Do not send proposals to this address. 7. JWID '00 selection criteria. The following criteria will be used by the JWID '00 Senior Management Group (SMG) to select demo proposals: a. Pass/fail criteria. If any of these criteria are answered with a no, then the demo proposal can be automatically discarded from consideration: (1) Does the demo address one or more JWID '00 objectives in paragraph 5? List which specific objectives are addressed. (2) Does the submitter commit to demonstrate at one or more approved JWID sites? (3) Does the submitter commit to fully resource the demo (funding, personnel, training, hardware, software, etc)? Note: JWID funds will not be provided for demos. (4) Does the demo have a government sponsor? The JWID Joint Project Office (JWID JPO) will assist industry, if requested, in finding a potential government sponsor. b. Subjective criteria: Joint interoperability and application of the demo. (a) Could the demo support more than one service/agency? (b) Is it interoperable with one or more existing systems? (c) At what level is the demo DII COE and JTA compliant (if applicable)? If not, is there a clear migration path? (2) Support to the joint warfighter. (a) How does the demo enhance the capability of the joint warrior? (b) For repeat demos, what are the improved operational utility and/or maturity? (3) Combined/coalition application of the demo. (4) Maturity. Can this system be fielded immediately (within six months of JWID completion), near-term (12-24 months), mid-term (24-48 months), or far-term (beyond 48 months)? (5) Executability. Can this demo be executed within the JWID timeframe and the JWID frame work? (6) Leave-behind potential of the demo. (a) Is there a leave behind at the end of the JWID execution period? (b) Is the leave behind supportable (e.g., is training, manpower, maintenance, integrated logistics support [ILS] available)? (c) Is there a government cost associated with the leave behind? (7) Innovation (technology, procedures, etc) 8. JWID '00 demo sites will be determined by USSPACECOM, USPACOM, the Services, Joint Staff, DISA, and Allies. It is expected that the USSPACECOM demo site will be located in Cheyenne Mountain Air Station CO, and the USPACOM site will be Camp Smith HI. Expected Service sites are as follows: Air Force: Hurlburt Field, FL (C2TIG); Army site: Fort Gordon, GA; Navy: SPAWAR, San Diego, CA; and Marine Corps: Quantico MCB, Quantico, VA. Another joint site is expected to be the Joint C4ISR Battle Center in Suffolk, VA. A DISA site is expected to be at the Joint Demonstration Evaluation Facility in Arlington, VA. Demonstration submitters committing to multiple sites increase demo visibility and broaden the opportunity for warfighter/technical assessment. 9. Critical milestones. Subject to changes, these milestones are to be used for planning purposes: a. Demo proposals due 27 Sep 99; b. Demos selected 22 Oct 99; c. Draft demo plans due 1 Dec 99; d. Initial planning conference 13-17 Dec 99; e. Mid-term planning conference Feb 00; f. Final demo plans due Apr 00 ; g. Final planning conference May 00; h. JWID '00 execution period 10-28 Jul 00: (1) Demonstration set up 26-30 Jun and 6-9 Jul 00; (2) Demonstration assessment 10-28 Jul 00; (3) Visitor period 24-28 Jul 00; 10. Assessment: Demos will be assessed on 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. JWID demo assessments perform a critical role in providing feedback to the demo sponsor/provider and may be used to make funding and rapid distribution recommendations. Tier 1 demos will receive a more rigorous assessment than the Tier 2 demos. 11. Administrative requirements: a. Do not submit proprietary information. All information submitted will be considered and handled as non-proprietary. b. Unclassified and classified networks will be used. Industry participants will require a minimum of DOD SECRET clearance to participate in JWID '00. The principal network that demos will use will be at a combined SECRET-releasable security level. c. Unless otherwise approved, Warfighters/DOD personnel, as opposed to industry agents, will operate the systems during assessment and observer week. Industry must provide required training at each JWID '00 site where their demo is located. d. By 27 Sep 99, demonstrators will submit a one-page summary with three-page expansion that will be used for initial selection. e. By 1 Dec 99, demos selected for participation will be required to provide an expanded draft demo plan not to exceed 15 pages. f. Formats for proposals and plans are provided on the JWID web site (http://www.JWID99.bmpcoe.org). g. Proposals will be submitted electronically using the JWID '00 Standard tool suite: MS-Word 6.0 (12-pitch, Times New Roman), MS-Excel 5.0, MS-Power Point 4.0, and MS-Access 2.0. Submissions (complete e-mail packages) must be no more than 5MB. Compression (zipped) is highly recommended. If used, acceptable compression and encoding software is PKZIP, WINZIP, or MIME. If files cannot be compressed to 5MB or less, demonstration submitters may mail/ship zipped disks or compact disks to the location below. Do not ship/mail paper copies. h. Demonstrators will be required to provide on-site technical and operational representation throughout all JWID '00 planning conferences and execution phases. Submission procedures: submit unclassified proposals to the JWID JPO, SMTP address jwid@langley.af.mil. A unique file name must be assigned to proposal prior to submitting (do not use "JWID" or "JWID00" for your file name). The JWID JPO will assign a tracking number to each proposal submitted and forward an acknowledgment to your POC via electronic mail within 3 business days of receipt. If you encounter problems contact the JWID JPO at 757-825-8743 or e-mail: jwid@langley.af.mil. In the event that the Langley AFB VA e-mail server malfunctions for more than 24 consecutive hours, proposals may be express mailed on diskette, not paper, to the following address: JWID Joint Project Office, 2101 Executive Drive, Tower Box 80, Hampton, VA 23666, ATTN: Demo Submissions. Classified proposals will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Contact the JWID JPO POC for procedures. 12. This announcement is not a request for proposal; no contract award shallbe made as a result of this request for information. Industry participation in JWID '00 is at no cost to the government. The JWID JPO POC can be reached at (757) 825-8743, DSN 574-4867 or e-mail: JWID@LANGLEY.AF.MIL&;gt;.!!!!! CITE: (________________) Posted 08/12/99 (W-SN366780). (0224)

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