69 -- AIRBORNE SYSTEMS TEST AND TRAINING AIRCRAFT

Notice Date

April 13, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFFTC -- AF Flight Test Center, 5 S WOLFE AVE, Edwards AFB, CA, 93524-1180

ZIP Code

93524-1180

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-661-277-7586

Response Due

May 11, 2001

Point of Contact

Tamia True, Contract Specialist, Phone 661-277-7586, Fax 661-275-9677, Email tamia.true@edwards.af.mil -- Kenneth Thomason, Contract Specialist, Phone 661-277-8317, Fax 661-275-7843, Email

E-Mail Address

Tamia True (tamia.true@edwards.af.mil)

Description

This is a Sources Sought Synopsis. This is not an RFP. The United States Airforce is seeking sources for the following requirement. The United States Air Force Test Pilot School (USAFTPS) currently utilizes a systems testbed aircraft to supplement their Systems Phase academics and lab work. This Airborne Systems Test and Training Aircraft (ASTTA) is used to tie the electro-optical (EO), radar, and other aircraft system coursework into an integrated hands-on exercise for flight test students. The current ASTTA contract will expire shortly. The USAFTPS is actively seeking a replacement test platform. The selected systems testbed will need to deploy to Edwards Air Force Base in California twice a year for 2 to 3 weeks of dedicated test instruction. The aircraft will fly twice a day (day and night sorties), Monday through Friday, 08:00 through 22:00 hours. Approximately 25 flight test students and their instructors will need to be flown during each semiannual session. No more than 45 flight hours per session will be required. Currently a contractor instructor pilot (IP), USAFTPS systems instructor, and two students are flown during each sortie. The USAFTPS instructor sits at a station that can monitor student displays and record digital and video data. One student sits in an aft avionics workstation while the other sits in the right pilot seat operating a duplicate set of controls and displays. Any crew, station, and systems configuration with can support these general instructional requirements will be considered. The ASTTA contractor will be required to provide all the personnel, equipment, tools, materials, and other items and services to support the ASTTA portion of the USAFTPS Systems Phase. The contractor will also provide approximately two hours of classroom instruction describing aircraft systems, capabilities, and functions. A technical overview and operations manual shall also be required for each student and flight instructor. On-aircraft ground training and familiarization will be performed prior to any flights. The USAFTPS Systems Phase is based upon a build-up approach to testing. A large portion of this phase is based upon F-16 hands-on stick and throttle (HOTAS) related systems. Therefore, it is desirable that the new ASTTA testbed should include a standard F-16 HOTAS. Furthermore, the systems testbed will require, as a minimum: A. IFR night capability B. Capability to carry a minimum of 3 USAFTPS aircrew consisting of two students and an instructor. C. At least two student test and training consoles/workstations with displays and controls for EO and radar sensors. D. Instructor station E. Head up display (HUD) F. Moving map. Should include navigation route and sensor coverage overlays. G. Color day TV (DTV), low light level TV (LLLTV), and IR EO sensors. Should include multiple fields-of-view (FOV); ground and body stabilization; autotracking (airborne and ground targets); hand-off capability to/from the radar. H. Multi-mode radar. Should include air-to-air (pulsed Doppler, range-while-search (RWS), track-while-search (TWS), single-target-track (STT), and auto acquisition mode (ACM)) and air-to-ground (high resolution modes such as Doppler beam sharpening (DBS) or synthetic aperture radar (SAR), moving ground targets (MTI), stabilized cursor, ranging capability, display stabilized). I. Laser ranger (LR). Should be eye safe and integrated in with the other EO sensors (boresighted to the center of the sensors FOV) and provide lasing and ranging symbology to the sensor displays. J. Navigation. Alignment and position data should be readily available to students. This should include an inertial navigation system (INS) and global positioning system (GPS). It should also have TACAN, DME, and air-to-air modes. K. Communications. This should include an UHF radio and intercom connection for all crewmembers. L. Controls/displays and lighting. All sensor and avionics functions should be integrated and HOTAS controlled at each workstation. Displays should also be representative of military systems. M. Instrumentation and video tape recorder. Should include a video recording capability for all sensor displays. Digital data recording should include INS and GPS alignment and position data (also available at the workstations) and any other data annotations associated with the conduct of systems testing. N. Time synchronization. Should include IRIG or GPS time. It must be displayed at the workstations and recorded with the video and test data. Desirable systems include (but are not limited to): A. Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) B. Laser Warning Receiver (LWR) C. Helmet mounted site with handoff capability to Radar and EO sensors. D. Digital terrain elevation data (DTED) displayed on moving map E. Tactical situation display (TSD) F. Night vision goggle (NVG) compatible lighting G. Two-way data link Sources interested in this requirement should submit a capabilities statement addressing the above. The statement should include relevant background/experience and size of company. Please send relevant information to tamia.true@edwards.af.mil. Mailing address Directorate of Contracting/PKD, Attn:Tamia True, 5 South Wolfe Ave., Edwards, AFB, CA 93524

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