SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Electronic Warfare Test (EWT) Prototype Projects
- Notice Date
- 2/17/2022 1:36:43 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- W6QK ACC-ORLANDO ORLANDO FL 32826-3224 USA
- ZIP Code
- 32826-3224
- Response Due
- 3/17/2022 10:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Monica J. Escalante, Phone: 4072085098
- E-Mail Address
-
monica.j.escalante.civ@army.mil
(monica.j.escalante.civ@army.mil)
- Description
- ****Please visit the TReX RFS website for additional information, at: https://nstxl.org/opportunity/trex-imo-tepp-ewt-eo-rf/ Request for Solutions Electronic Warfare Test (EWT) Prototype Projects 17 February 2022 1.� Purpose and Authority This Request for White Paper (RWP) is seeking vendors for multiple Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements for the EWT Prototype Projects in accordance with the authority of 10 USC �2371b. The Government will evaluate the responses with the intent to competitively award one or multiple Other Transaction (OT) agreements for prototype projects through the Training and Readiness Accelerator (TReX) Consortium. 2.� Summary and Background The Director of the Department of Defense (DoD) Test Resources Management Center (TRMC) actively supports the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) with special emphasis on the Undersecretary of Defense Research and Engineering (USD R&E) modernization priorities. The TRMC serves as the DoD�s steward for both test capabilities and test infrastructure required across the DoD�s test ranges and for facilities operated by the DoD components. In performing its stewardship and governance roles, the TRMC assists the components in fully resourcing the test throughput and associated instrumentation to meet the needs of the acquisition and laboratory community in support of all DoD weapons systems testing. The TRMC also acquires new and innovative test infrastructures to support evolutionary acquisitions supporting Programs of Record, experimentation and prototyping, and responses to Urgent Operational Needs. Within its annually funded and enduring acquisition program elements, the TRMC both invests in innovative technologies that revolutionize or accelerate testing capabilities and development of prototype Test and Evaluation (T&E) capabilities. It may also facilitate the follow-on production and purchase of prototype capabilities created under this RWP. However, entry into any follow-on activity will be determined by component need, in addition to the successful accomplishment of statutory and technical preconditions. The TRMC T&E/Science & Technology (S&T) Program is the primary DoD agent funding and executing technology development efforts to meet all DoD component T&E technology shortfalls. The goal for the program is to obtain �game-changing,� revolutionary high-risk/high-reward advancements that propel the ability to perform DoD T&E activities, thus mitigating the timeframes of associated military capability obsolescence. Prototype pursuits may also be in support of TRMC�s Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP). Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, & Instrumentation (PEO STRI) Program Manager Cyber, Test, and Training (PM CT2) Instrumentation Management Office�s (IMO) T&E will conduct prototyping to address the critical gaps in T&E capabilities as identified by the TRMC. Specifically, PM CT2 IMO, as the TRMC T&E/S&T Executing Agent (EA) for EWT, will conduct prototype projects to advance and accelerate testing Electro-Optical (EO) and Radio Frequency (RF) Electronic Warfare (EW) systems. The Government intends to immediately award multiple OT agreements from this RWP, based on availability of funding. The awards will be directly related to each Domain A, EO and Domain B, RF topics identified in Attachment 1, EWT Domain and Topic Area Technology Development Prototype Requirements. At a later time, and dependent upon funding, the Government may also choose to award additional OT agreements based on submissions and within OT policies and guidelines. The EWT prototype projects will develop and accelerate technologies to address T&E shortfalls in EWT and develop technologies required to test future warfighting capabilities designed to support DoD advances in warfighting technology. This includes technologies to address shortfalls for weapon sensor/seeker, and for threat emulation to include congested/contested environments, cognitive-enabled EW systems, and EW-enabled cyber systems. The ultimate goal of the EWT prototype projects will be to conduct prototyping efforts that demonstrate and advance EO and RF T&E solutions that: Focus on emerging warfighting capabilities that are not represented by current T&E approaches or on a broader infrastructure challenge. Support advanced technology development, demonstration, and transition to new and innovative DoD T&E capabilities. Address test technology needs (also referred to as gaps or shortfalls within the community) spanning DoD-wide. Consist of a portfolio of technology development projects supported by the EO and RF requirements. Enable EO and RF T&E prototype capability development, validation, and fielding at Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) sites. As reflected in Figure 1 (located at https://nstxl.org/opportunity/trex-imo-tepp-ewt-eo-rf/), each prototype requirement is referred to as a topic within the attachment discussed in Section 9. Each topic has a set of performance goals in specified test case scenario(s). Listed topics amplify the above and include specific technology and/or capability development requirements for which white paper responses are requested. Multiple topics are not intended to indicate component requirements of a single prototype. Each topic represents a stand-alone prototype project and award. Due to the high risk/high reward nature of the development requirements, expectations of the awarded prototyping efforts are as follows (in the expected sequential order): To document the processes and methods used in the high risk/high reward attempts to create new technologies via a comprehensive technical report communicating the success and/or failure, including test data, of the various efforts taken to advance proposed technologies sequentially during the development process;� To investigate and report the �trade space� across multiple parametric elements of proposed measurement requirements based on the sensitivity of each to change with its impact on each of the other parametric elements; To ascertain the breadth and depth of the prototype�s utility in support of test needs relative to other potential technology approaches; To produce, as indicated by specific topic requirements, viable Test Readiness Level (TRL) 6 demonstration or higher TRL operational prototype(s), process(es), and/or methodology(ies), optimizing factors discussed above for delivery to MRTFB transition partners. Iterative development is expected to be performed with Government Integrated Product Team (IPT) participation throughout each of the developmental activities. The goal of the EWT prototype projects will be to conduct prototyping efforts that demonstrate and advance EO and RF T&E, as well as to achieve a relevant demonstration or operational prototype, which is usually validated at a MRTFB test range by executing approved test plans and witnessed by transition partner(s) associated with test range operations. OT agreements will be structured to include a base period of performance inclusive of specifically awarded tasks under an individual topic. In support of the anticipated phasing strategy, optional technical objectives will also be included within the agreement for potential future activation at the Government�s direction (based on funding availability and mission need). Milestone activities within each phase may also serve as decision points for the Government to assess the benefits and risks of continuing, altering, or ending development. The awarded EWT Prototype Project OT agreements issued in support of this RWP will be UNCLASSIFIED. 3.� Training and Readiness Accelerator (TReX) Vendors interested in responding to this RFS must be members of TReX or teamed with a TReX member.� Information about membership can be found at the following webpage: https://nstxl.org/membership/.� This project will be managed by the United States Navy�s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Cyber Engineering and Digital Transformation Directorate (03). **** Please visit the TReX RFS website for additional information, at: �https://nstxl.org/opportunity/trex-imo-tepp-ewt-eo-rf/****
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