SOLICITATION NOTICE
16 -- Request for information-Airborne Synthetic Tactical Radar (ASTR)
- Notice Date
- 6/4/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR HQ, Building 2272 47123 Buse Road Unit IPT, Patuxent River, MD, 20670
- ZIP Code
- 20670
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-ASTR-request-for-information
- Response Due
- 8/6/2004
- Point of Contact
- Kyle Richmond, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-757-5273, Fax 301-757-8988,
- E-Mail Address
-
Kyle.Richmond@navy.mil
- Description
- AIRBORNE SYNTHETIC TACTICAL RADAR (ASTR) ? REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. The Naval Aviation Systems Command (NAVAIRSYSCOM) is seeking information and conducting a market research to identify and evaluate innovative approaches and products to determine the feasibility of implementing an on-board integrated airborne synthetic tactical fire-control radar as part of the training solution for Undergraduate Military Flight Officers (UMFOs) at NAS Pensacola, FL. Ultimately, the training solution is for an affordable replacement for the T-39 aircraft and associated ground-based training system (GBTS) to meet the needs of future Military Flight Officers (MFOs), while improving training effectiveness, supportability, flexibility, and costs to operate. The core of the T-39 Training System mission is to provide Naval Flight Officers, Air Force Navigators and International MFOs with the required knowledge, skills and abilities to succeed in their follow-on advanced phase of training in the Fleet Replacement Squadrons, Air Force Replacement Training Units and equivalent international training phases, respectively. The T-39 Training System fulfills the basic requirements for tactical aircraft assignments in Strike Warfare, Strike Fighter Warfare, Airborne Electronic Warfare, and Airborne Early Warning. The successful graduate is qualified in the fundamentals of airways and low-level navigation, communication, air-to-air intercept, ground mapping radar employment, and crew resource management. MFO training resources will be impacted by the expiration of the service life for the T-39 fleet due to fatigue limits on the wing and fuselage. In addition, requirements will be impacted with the planned retirements of the F-14, EA-6B, and S-3, while the Navy fleet transitions to the F/A-18E/F/G. The next evolution for MFO undergraduate training requirements is currently being determined by the training community via a bottoms-up analysis of MFO skill sets, along with the development of implementation options. In a parallel effort, NAVAIR is investigating the technical feasibility of implementing a synthetic tactical fire-control radar capability into an existing training platform, the T-45C Goshawk. The T-45C is to receive the following avionic upgrades; Smart Multi-Function Color Display in FY07 and a next generation Mission Display Processor (MDP) in FY06. The MDP is a VME, Commercial off the shelf (COTS), open architecture system with expanded Input/Output and memory. REQUIREMENTS: The synthetic tactical fire-control radar must be representative of current or future deployed U.S. Navy or U.S. Air Force tactical fire-control radar capable of both air-to-air and air-to-ground modes, including Real Beam Ground Mapping (RBGM), Doppler Beam Sharpening (DBS), and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) as well as Medium Pulse Repetition Frequency (MPRF) Range While Search (RWS) and Pulse Doppler Single Target Track (PDSTT) targeting modes. An on-board integrated solution in the T-45C platform is desired. Capabilities for data recording to support post-flight debrief are desired. It is anticipated that the first kit to will integrated and tested in the FY06/07 timeframe. DISCUSSION POINTS: (a) Mitigation of limitations associated with visual correlation between simulated terrain and out-the-window terrain, specifically man-made cultural features and moving targets; (b) The feasibility of detecting and incorporating real air traffic, targets of opportunity, into the radar display; (c) Safety-of-flight issues and risks; (d) Limitations of simulating radar phenomena and effects (atmospheric degradation, shadows, far shore brightening, sidelobe effects, seasonal effects, basic electronic countermeasures (ECM), etc.); and (e) Simulating radar pre-flight and post-flight activities (BIT checks, operational checks, start-up and shut-down procedures, etc.) DELIVERABLES: This request is for information only and shall be provided at no cost to the Government. NAVAIR seeks conceptual papers, technology availability/maturity, identification of risks, product descriptions and price, identification of cost drivers, addressing all or any part of the requirements or discussion points detailed above. In addition, provide suggestions on ways to enhance and/or sustain competition. Information presented need not be limited to that specifically described herein. Ensure your submission identifies a corporate a point of contact. Please provide one hardcopy, and one compact disk copy of your submission to the NAVAIR Contracting Officer identified above. THE SUBMISSION OF THIS INFORMATION IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PROCURE ANY ITEMS, NOR DOES NAVAIR INTEND TO AWARD ON THE BASIS OF THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/ MARKET RESEARCH OR OTHERWISE PAY FOR THE INFORMATION SOLICITED. Technical Point of Contact: Ms. Barbara Weathers, T-45 Systems Engineer, Phone 301-757-5191 Email barbara.weathers@navy.mil
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