A -- BATTLESPACE ENVIRONMENT SIGNATURES TOOLKIT (BEST)

Notice Date

May 17, 2001

Contracting Office

Naval Research Laboratory, Attn: Code 3230, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20375-5326

ZIP Code

20375-5326

Solicitation Number

N/A

Point of Contact

Code 7604 Joe Johnson

E-Mail Address

jjohnson@ssd5.nrl.navy.mil (jjohnson@ssd5.nrl.navy.mil)

Description

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is seeking to identify prospective sources to support development of the Battlespace Environment and Signatures Toolkit (BEST) starting in FY02. The sole purpose for this announcement is to identify prospective sources in the software development and ballistic missile defense communities and does not commit NRL to issue a solicitation or make an award. BEST is sponsored by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Test, Simulation, and Evaluation Directorate, Modeling and Simulation Branch (BMDO/TEM). It will be designed as a single integrated capability to meet the broad needs of the ballistic missile defense (BMD) community for high fidelity and physics based models, including threat and environment signature generation for analysis, design, and hardware-in-the-loop testing. BEST will initially incorporate and extend existing legacy knowledge and signature code functionality to meet the escalating demands for more and different signature products. BEST will provide a consistent representation of the BMD battlespace with correlated signature predictions for multiple BMD sensors across diverse spectral bands from RF to UV. BEST will use the latest software technologies to facilitate different deployment modes from stand-alone workstations to multiple, heterogeneous, distributed computing environments. BEST will be the next-generation toolkit for users of BMD high-fidelity models. It will provide an open and extensible, object oriented-based architecture for a variety of computing environments, including distributed and parallel processors. BEST's goals include a more complete, accurate, and flexible view of the battlespace, eliminating redundancy across codes, improving consistency, reducing overall maintenance costs, increasing accuracy and speed, providing a standardized interface and structure for third-party codes, and providing a more efficient development environment for future phenomenology software. Contractors interested in the BEST procurement are requested to forward a statement of interest to Naval Research Laboratory, ATTN: Joseph Johnson code 7604, 4555 Overlook Ave. S.W., Washington D.C. 20375, FAX 202/404-2299. Those parties who respond will be provided additional information.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010521/ASOL013.HTM (W-137 SN50M3T7)