A -- INTELLIGENT CONTROL

Notice Date

January 23, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL -- Wright Research Site, Det 1 AFRL/PK, Bldg 167, Area B, 2310 8th Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433-7801

ZIP Code

45433-7801

Solicitation Number

PRDA-01-03-VAK

Response Due

February 5, 2001

Point of Contact

Raleigh Haney, Contract Negotiator, Phone (937)656-9788, Email Raleigh.Haney@wpafb.af.mil -- Douglas Harris, Contracting Officer, Phone (937) 255-3427, Fax (937) 255-4255, Email Douglas.Harris@wpafb.af.mil

E-Mail Address

Raleigh Haney (Raleigh.Haney@wpafb.af.mil)

Description

Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/ VA) hereby issues an amendment to the solicitation on Intelligent Control. The purpose of this amendment is to incorporate a revised funding amount for FY 01 of $400K resulting in a total program amount of $1.2M. The due date for submission of proposals in unchanged. Additionally, as a clarification, the purpose of the SSDD CDRL requirement is to tie together the Intelligent Control program and the Control of Multi-Mission UAV Systems planned by AFRL/VACC. Some guidance as to the intent of this requirement is given as follows: Questions have been asked regarding the System/Subsystem Design Description(SSDD) part of the Contract Deliverable Requirements List (CDRL). To address the intent of our inclusion of this item in the PRDA some explanation is given below. To get a better understanding of the SSDD, one should read the Data Item Description (DID). Content and significance of the System/Subsystem Design Description (SSDD): The SSDD is a CRDL meant to provide transition from the Intelligent Control (IC) program to the Control of Multi-Mission UAV systems (CMUS) program. The SSDD deliverable is required 9 months after IC contract award. There is a "Data Item Description" for the SSDD that must be followed. However, some additional guidance may be helpful: The Air Force intent is to obtain information that will have an impact on the control system design of UAVs. This means information regarding functionality of algorithms that would impact control system hardware, structure of the software, and implementation of the control system in a UAV is of interest. As this CRDL is due long before the end of the IC program, it is expected that much of the specifics (in terms of hardware and software configuration items) will not be known. However, key items regarding concept of operation and interfaces should be addressed with diagrams and text explaining operation in enough detail to provide a baseline for hardware and software architecture and system sizing needed for the CMUS program. The algorithms developed during the Intelligent Control program should take into consideration realistic computations that may be available on UAVs and manned aircraft. However, consideration should also be given to algorithms that may be beyond projected system capabilities, particularly those seen to have great potential consequences. These types of algorithms and could provide useful information for FCS architecture definition by allowing design trades to done on payoff vs. computational costs. For example, one might produce a straw-man set of routines or functions tied together in a hierarchical diagram, describing the function, interfaces, requirements, impact on system in terms of communication, FLOPS, actuation, etc. One would also need synopsis of system requirements. Interested offerors may view and/or download the full PRDA/BAA solicitation by accessing the Electronic Posting System (EPS) homepage at http://www.eps.gov/. Direct questions to the Contracting point of contact identified in the announcement.

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Record

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