Advanced Development of Enhanced Operator Capabilities (ADEOC)
The purpose of this effort is to develop, mature, validate, and ultimately transition technologies fostered under the technology development product lines of 711 HPW/RH's Airman Biosciences (RHB), Bioeffects (RHD), and Warfighter Interactions & Readiness (RHW) Divisions.
RHB - Envisioned technologies will provide the capability to enable, enhance, sustain, and/or restore the health, performance, and safety of personnel in a variety of challenging USAF/USSF mission sets. The goal is to provide advanced technologies and data products, personalized to the individual and appropriate for use in operational USAF/USSF environments.
RHD - Envisioned technologies for 711 HPW/RHD will provide the capability to field and use novel weapon technologies, including directed energy systems, and enable the development of protective equipment and mitigation strategies in extreme environments faced by USAF/USSF. These technologies include the ability to model the human in these mission spaces for weaponeering guides, wargames and mission planning.
RHW - Envisioned technologies will provide the capability to increase combat capabilities through personalized learning, readiness, and cognitive improvements; and to deploy integrated solutions that develop synergies, maximize battlespace interoperability, enhance situational awareness, and increase combat power while decreasing Airman and Guardian physical and cognitive workloads.
FA8650-21-S-6005 Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory
9/10/21, 10:58 AM SPECIAL NOTICE - Silent Swarm 2025
This Special Notice is issued by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) on behalf of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) and other Department of Defense (DoD) entities. It requests submissions from industry, academia, and government organizations for participation consideration in the Silent Swarm 2025 Experimentation Event (SS25), which is focused on the rapid development and experimentation of emerging Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) capabilities on small, attritable, multi-domain Unmanned Systems (UxS).
The purpose of this Special Notice is to solicit innovative technology initiatives related to Distributed Electromagnetic Attack, Deception and Concealment, Digital Payload Delivery, Resilient Communications, and Electromagnetic Warfare Support with Geolocation. Submissions are due by October 15, 2024, and must be provided through the Vulcan platform. Selected participants will have the opportunity to further develop their technologies while operating in an operationally relevant sandbox environment alongside subject matter experts. Small and large businesses, University Affiliated Research Centers (UARC), Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC), and Government activities are encouraged to respond.
N0016424SNC23 Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command
9/12/24, 3:56 PM - SPECIAL NOTICE - Silent Swarm 2023
N0016423SNB18 - SPECIAL NOTICE - Silent Swarm 2023 – FSC/PSC AJ13 – NAICS 5417
ISSUE DATE: 30 NOV 2022 CLOSING DATE: 16 JAN 2023 10:00AM ET
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR SUBMISSIONS ONLY. THIS REQUEST IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN INVITATION FOR BIDS, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, A SOLICITATION, A REQUEST FOR QUOTES, OR AN INDICATION THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTRACT FOR THE ITEMS CONTAINED IN THIS NOTICE. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT REIMBURSE RESPONDENTS FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBMISSION OF THE INFORMATION BEING REQUESTED OR REIMBURSE EXPENSES INCURRED TO INTERESTED PARTIES FOR RESPONSES OR PARTICIPATION.
Background and Description:
This Special Notice is being issued by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), in support of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering [OUSD(R&E)], and other entities within the Department of Defense (DoD). This Special Notice is intended to be a Request for Submissions for participation consideration in the Silent Swarm 2023 Experimentation Event. Silent Swarm is a series of events focused on experimentation with early development Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) capabilities that can be employed on small, multi-domain unmanned systems. The Silent Swarm series provides a challenging and flexible experimentation environment for technology developers within an operationally relevant context alongside DoD subject matter experts.
Given the extraordinary reliance of the DoD on commercial vendors and private sector solution providers, NSWC Crane will require a combined effort of industry and government experts to bring innovative initiatives into the experimentation event to achieve definable specific outcomes. Small and large businesses, along with University Affiliated Research Centers (UARC), Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) and Government activities are encouraged to submit in response to this request for submissions.
Objectives:
Responses to this request for submissions should identify initiatives focused on implementation of EMSO related capabilities that could be employed on small multi-domain unmanned systems (UxS).
Silent Swarm is targeting technologies in the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 2-5 range.
Swarming small, attritable UxS will be the objective employment vehicles for capability employment in the experimentation environment. Lower TRL initiatives that do not currently meet constraints for small platform integration will still benefit from Silent Swarm participation.
Silent Swarm provides an experimentation venue and environment for rapid technology exploration and innovation, provides an opportunity for teaming and direct feedback from technical and operational subject matter experts (SME).
Focus Areas and Priorities:
Silent Swarm 2023 will focus on 1) distributed Electronic Support (ES), 2) distributed Electronic Attack (EA)/ Electronic Protect (EP), and 3) deception. Initiatives participating in this experimentation may fit under one or more of these focus areas. Prioritized factors within each focus area are categorized as either an effect or enabling technology. Effects refer to capabilities that directly impact the operational environment, while enablers refer to capabilities that contribute to the success of the effect.
Respondents should address as many as possible of the following components about their capability within their submissions:
1) Distributed Electronic Support (ES)
What it means within the context of Silent Swarm: Distributed passive sensors that receive, process and identify signals in the electromagnetic spectrum in order to support situational awareness and targeting for kinetic and non-kinetic effects.
Priorities:
Effects:
Identification and Classification of Complex Signals
Spectrum Sensing
ID Targets / Complex Emitters
Enablers:
Machine learning algorithms for signal processing
Signals Library
Objectives:
Identify sources of signals and characteristics of the emitted waveform
Contribute to the electromagnetic order of battle
Provide situational awareness of operational emitters
Demonstrate effectiveness and scalability of multi-domain swarming algorithms
2) Distributed Electronic Attack (EA) and Electronic Protect (EP)
What it means within the context of Silent Swarm: Distributed apertures that enable delivery of RF energy, high power microwave (HPM) or digital payloads to deny, degrade and deceive adversary capabilities and protect friendly systems from adversary EA.
Priorities:
Effects:
Coordinated / coherent / reactive EA effects
Sense and counter adversary EA
Small HPM applications
Enablers:
Delivering Digital Payloads
Command and Control (C2)
Resilient Communications
Objectives:
Deny protected entity tracking
Teams work to deliver coordinated effects.
EA effects from many small autonomous vehicles carrying small low-cost jammers / smart sensors
Utilize distributed reactive EA assets to hinder adversary spectrum sensing
Establish EA resilient communications in a contested environment
3) Deception
What it means within the context of Silent Swarm: Distributed capabilities to create chaos and confusion in the spectrum. Specifically targeting adversary situational awareness, Command and Control and decision-making processes in order to enable warfighter maneuver.
Priorities:
Effects:
WiFi/Bluetooth/Tactical Comms/Radar
Emulate forces
Smart / realistic / responsive decoys
Injection of false information
Enablers:
Low profile technologies (distributed)
Remote / delayed activation / low-cost leave-behind decoy
Objectives:
Deny adversary ability to maintain an accurate picture of the operational environment.
Use distributed, low observable deception devices to obscure, give false targets, and clutter
Delay adversary cycle
Additionally, the following areas are priorities for all focus areas:
Swarming / Intelligent Algorithms
Inter-swarm communications
Low SWaP, attritable systems
Alt-PNT and/or Geolocation to support coordinated effects
Digital Twins
Response Submission:
How do I submit?
If you do NOT have a Vulcan account, you need to first register at https://vulcan-sof.com/. With a Vulcan account you can initiate your submission on the call page titled: Silent Swarm 2023 Submissions https://vulcan-sof.com/login/ng2/submission?collectionUuid=c0ee55a6-dadf-4df8-b273-e7dbf5d2b718. You can also find it by navigating to "Calls” on the navigation bar. Your submission must be made on the Silent Swarm 2023 Submissions, which allows you to access the scout card submission form designed in accordance with the specific requirements of SS23.
Submission Requirements
Silent Swarm Submissions in Vulcan must be UNCLASSIFIED. If your capability contains classified information, you must first provide an UNCLASSIFIED submission in Vulcan and separately obtain from the Government (via SIPR or JWICS, as appropriate) the steps/procedures for submitting Classified information.
Initiatives shall submit a Scout Card with all required fields completed. Please be ready with all needed information in order to complete your submission. Note that you can edit your submission up until the published deadline (16 January 2023), but you must at least have preliminary answers in required fields in order to save your submission.
If the capability you intend to submit already exists in Vulcan, you can "Review & Submit" this Scout Card. If your capability does not yet exist in Vulcan, you will need to first create a new Scout Card and then submit your Scout Card to the Vulcan collection.
For more information and Frequently Asked Questions please go to the FAQ Page on Vulcan (https://www.cylitix.com/homepage/about-us/services/innovation-science/vulcan-page/faq-gov202/). For technical questions about the Vulcan platform or 'How to Submit', you may email: support@vulcan-sof.com
Required submission documentation, in addition to a Scout Card on Vulcan and responses to questions listed below, includes a white paper (no required format) no more than three (3) pages in length, not to include the cover page. The white paper should address how your submitted initiative meets the Focus Area(s) and related priorities identified above.
Within the Vulcan submission, responses to the following questions will be required:
What focus area(s) from above does this initiative most closely align to, and how so?
What priorities (as effects and/or enabling technology) does this initiative address?
What unique or novel capability does this initiative provide?
Is this initiative able to readily integrate with unmanned vehicle(s)? If so, what vehicle(s) and would you be able to provide that vehicle at an experimentation event?
Is your system capable of implementing swarming concepts (i.e. intelligent behavior, responsive systems, dynamic C2 nodes, etc.)
Is this initiative capable of distributed (coordinated) operations? If so, how?
How are position, navigation, and timing handled for this initiative?
What is the current technical readiness level (TRL) for this initiative?
What is the projected TRL for this initiative by 2023?
Has this initiative participated in Silent Swarm before?
All inquiries (technical and administrative) or clarifications of any kind must be submitted via email to the POCs listed below with the appropriate classification markings.
All contracting related responses should be unclassified and for general access by the Government, other evaluators, and other respondents. All material provided (responses, discussions, questions/answers, and other data) that is not related to competition sensitive or marked contractor proprietary material may be provided to other respondents. Any material provided may be used in development of future requirement documents.
Any proprietary information submitted must be clearly and separately identified and marked and will be appropriately protected. The Government will NOT be responsible for any proprietary information not clearly marked. Responders may include information that is not within the scope of this request for submissions, but must be relevant to the overall goals.
In addition, if responses include technical requirements that have been identified as CUI in accordance with NIST SP 800-171, the documents shall be identified with the appropriate category markings. See https://www.archives.gov/cui/registry/category-marking-list for guidance.
Classified responses shall NOT be mailed. Classified responses shall be marked and delivered in accordance with DoD Manual 5200.01. Classified responses must include identification of their source of classification guidance. All submissions via Vulcan must be UNCLASSIFIED.
This Special Notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a program or contractual solicitation. NSWC Crane is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of submissions or of the information received, or to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this request for submissions.
In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this request for submissions. The Government intends to use the information received in response to this request for submissions for planning purposes. The Government will not award a contract directly on the basis of this request for submissions or to otherwise pay for the information solicited.
Participants reviewing submissions to this request for submissions may include: The US Government; Federally Funded R&D Centers; Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) government support contractors; all are bound by appropriate non-disclosure requirement and bound by all proprietary laws. Regarding this request for submissions, no contact is allowed with these organizations.
Respondents must submit program/idea/concept white paper(s) and associated briefing(s) for review and consideration to NSWC Crane no later than 10:00AM ET 16 January 2023.
No additional forms or other materials are needed.
As a result of EMS domain complexities, there may be future updates to this announcement, additional request, inquiries, and/or potential demonstrations opportunities in a shared experimentation environment. Any changes or updates to this announcement can be found at the Government Point of Entry SAM.gov. Individual notifications will not be sent to respondents. It is the respondents’ responsibility to monitor and respond accordingly to Government announcements.
Future opportunities may become available at shared experimentation venue that will focus on representative scenarios and an environment that is conducive to evaluating the state of technology as it relates to employment and CONOPS development.
Points of Contacts (POCs);
Primary Point of Contact:
Address any questions, comments and areas/ideas for the government to consider relative to this request for submissions to:
Robert Gamberg
NSWC Crane, Spectrum Warfare S&T Division
Michelle Kitley
NSWC Crane, Intelligence Systems Branch
Classification Level Communication Method Submission POCs
Unclassified NIPR robert.d.gamberg.civ@us.navy.mil michelle.k.kitley.civ@us.navy.mil
Secret SIPR robert.d.gamberg1@navy.smil.mil michelle.kitley@navy.smil.mil
Top Secret JWICS gamberr@nmic.ic.gov michelle.k.stanforth@coe.ic.gov
All submissions should be submitted at the UNCLASSIFIED level via the Vulcan posting at https://vulcan-sof.com/login/ng2/submission?collectionUuid=c0ee55a6-dadf-4df8-b273-e7dbf5d2b718
N0016423SNB18 Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command
11/30/22, 3:57 PM Intent to Sole Source: Office of Space Commerce Strategic Advising to Aerospace
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO), Satellite and Information Acquisition Division (SIAD) located at 1325 East-West Highway Silver Spring Metro Center Building 2 (SSMC2) Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, intends to award a cost-plus-fixed-fee task order on a sole source basis in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(3) as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-3, “Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services.”
The proposed source is The Aerospace Corporation.
The requirement is to provide support for early lifecycle systems engineering, end-to-end systems engineering, technical strategy development, program strategy development, and architecture development for NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) from a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) to ensure unbiased, broad-based professional, conflict-free, and critical assessments. It is anticipated that Aerospace Corporation will also analyze, architect and integrate supporting infrastructure, interfaces, data needs, and concepts of employment to demonstrate and field capabilities. The anticipated period of performance will be from January 16, 2021 through January 15, 2022.
This notice is published for informational purposes only and is not a request for competitive quotations.
However, any firm who believes they can meet this requirement may submit a response in writing. Responses must include a written narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical information demonstrating the company's ability to meet the above requirements. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Written responses must be received no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after publication of this synopsis to the person listed as the Government point of contact in this announcement. All questions must be submitted in writing to the attention of the Government Contract Specialist. If no responses are received, the Government will proceed with the sole source negotiation.
NOTHING HEREIN SHOULD BE MISCONSTRUED AS A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS, QUOTES OR BIDS. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTATION IS AVAILABLE OR WILL BE ISSUED.
The National Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is 541330, and the size standard is $16.5M.
OSC_FY21_Strategic_Advising_Aerospace_NTSS Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
11/5/20, 7:50 PM