Aircraft Performance Requirements.pdf

AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

ELECTRONIC ATTACK (EA) AND TARGET BANNER TOW (TBT)

The contracts shall provide for the following performance criteria (assume standard day conditions):

1.1 Electronic Warfare (EW) Services

1.1.1 Typical missions include:

i. Air Intercept Control (AIC) services

The Contractor shall operate its aircraft under the direction of mission controllers or pre-exercise instructions. The Contractor’s aircraft and personnel shall be capable of flying profiles simulating a blue force intercepting aircraft through bearing/range/altitude calls or act as red forces that get intercepted or take appropriate actions as directed to avoid being intercepted.

ii. Air Defense and EW presentations

The Contractor shall operate its aircraft to provide Air Defense and EW presentations. Air Defense and EW presentations are typically flown at all altitudes, under direct control, with supporting aircraft carrying AST pods and/or EA jammers. EW presentations typically consist of a kill chain assessment pass, starting by simulating a medium altitude threat and escort jammer, then simulating a missile launch and low altitude fly out at targeted vessels. Services continue by rotating through AST/ALQ codes and exposing operators to EW jamming equipment in support of the Opposing Force (OPFOR). Air defense presentations shall work below or above the radar horizon, with the aircraft simulating threats interacting with the training audience through various stages of Rules of Engagement (ROE) including missile fly outs.

The Contractor’s similar aircraft shall fly in close formation. The Contractor’s dissimilar aircraft shall fly in a loose tactical wing formation.

iii. Communications relay services The Contractor shall operate its aircraft to provide Communications relay services. Communications relay services are used to enable shore based communications with the at-sea training audience. The aircraft typically flies a medium altitude cap at max endurance. The Contractor shall perform airborne encrypted and unencrypted Ultra High Frequency (UHF) communications relay to include voice and data utilizing Government provided mission equipment systems (e.g. Navy Common Data Link Model 600RL (NCDL), Unmanned Aerial Communications Relay (UACR), PRC-158 dual channel radio). The Contractor shall have the ability to electronically receive, handle, store and load Crypto Key Material (KEYMAT) as required in accordance with the NSA CSS Policy Manual 3-16.

iv. Test and Evaluation Services The Contractor shall operate its aircraft to provide Test and Evaluation (T&E) services. T&E services are used to evaluate the continued effectiveness of production assets by other than Commander Naval Air Forces (CNAF). Other users include, but are not limited to, NAVAIRSYSCOM, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEASYSCOM), Naval Research Lab (NRL), United States Air Force (USAF), and Non DoD Government agencies.

v. Target Tow services The Contractor shall provide target tow services. The Contractor shall provide four tow reels. The tow reels must be either RM-30A/A1 or MTR-101, and be operationally staged on the East Coast base (two (2) tow reels) and on the West Coast base (two (2) tow reels). The aircraft must carry and deploy Government Furnished Property (GFP) targets, cable and material, and cartridges. Target towing systems must be Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved for carriage and operation. The Contractor shall obtain and maintain a Class 1.4 Explosive license through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE).

vi. Banner Tow services The Contractor shall provide banner tow services. The aircraft must carry and deploy GFP banners, cables, material and cartridges. Each banner is laid out with associated cable (takeoff launch towline) and is paid out upon aircraft takeoff. Upon completion of the banner tow mission, the banner is dropped by the aircraft at a pre-determined location. Banner towing systems must be FAA approved for carriage and operation.

vii. Visual observer services The Contractor shall provide visual observer services for Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) escort. The aircraft must fly 500 ft above or below a UAS equipped with a beacon, in a race track pattern around the track of the UAS. The aircrew will provide weather and traffic advisories, based on visual and/or Traffic

Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) tracks, and be prepared to make Guard transmissions to advise other aircraft of the UAS traffic.

1.1 EW Aircraft Mission Profiles

1.1.1 EA Aircraft Mission Profiles

The aircraft mission profiles below are representative of typical operations conducted in a training environment. The Contractor shall provide aircraft capable of meeting the mission criteria provided below.

Specific training scenarios are subject to change based on the mission profiles at the request of the customer.

TABLE 1

Aircraft Mission Profiles (STANDARD DAY)

EA Profile Including Start, Taxi, Takeoff, then climb to cruising altitude of 20,000 ft. Mean Sea Level (MSL) and transit 150 Nautical Miles (NM) at max range airspeed to push point.

Continue level transit 100 NM at 300 Knots Indicated Air Speed (KIAS), then simulate 100 NM missile launch/fly out (descend to 200 ft. MSL at 4,000 ft./min rate of descent within 25 NM, then completing the remaining transit at 300 KIAS). Off target, aircraft will transit home by climbing 20,000 ft. and transit 350 NM at max range airspeed and normal descent for recovery. Total range for the profile is 700 NM.

For Drag Count calculations: Aircraft in proposed mission configuration including an AST-9 and ALQ-167 pod on the wings.

NOTE: EA equipped aircraft must be capable of flying in tactical wing formation for escort missions.

1.1.2 TBT Aircraft Mission Profiles

The aircraft mission profiles below are representative of typical operations conducted in a training environment. The Contractor shall provide aircraft capable of meeting the mission criteria provided below.

Specific training scenarios are subject to change based on the mission profiles at the request of the customer.

TABLE 2

Target Tow Profile Including Start, Taxi, Takeoff, then climb to cruising altitude of 20,000 ft. MSL and transit 150 NM at max range airspeed to rendezvous with ship/aircraft. Fly an additional 80 minutes at 10,000 ft. to 5,000 ft. MSL which includes streaming the Target, providing services, and retrieving the target Aircraft will then RTB 150 NM at max range airspeed and normal descent. For Drag Count calculations: Aircraft in proposed mission configuration including a RM-30A/A1 or MTR-101.

Banner Tow Profile For banner tows that are deployed upon takeoff, Aircraft must be capable of a 2-hour total flight time.

For Drag Count calculations: Aircraft in proposed mission configuration including associated hardware/banner.

1.2 Simultaneous Presentations

1.2.1 East Coast

The Contractor shall be capable of providing a minimum of the below simultaneous presentations on the East Coast. The Contractor’s aircraft may be reconfigurable for any mission. At the Government’s discretion, these presentations may be:

i. six EA missions, or

ii. five EA, and one TBT, or

iii. four EA, and two TBT.

1.2.2 West Coast

The Contractor shall be capable of providing a minimum of the below simultaneous presentations on the West Coast. At least two of the West Coast aircraft must be capable of traveling to Hawaii. The Contractor’s aircraft may be reconfigurable for any mission. At the Government’s discretion, these presentations may be:

i. four EA missions, or

ii. three EA, and one TBT, or

iii. two EA, and two TBT.

1.3 Aircraft Capability and Configuration Requirements

1.3.1 EA Aircraft Capability and Configuration Requirements

The Contractor aircraft performing EA missions must meet the following configuration and performance requirements:

Table 3

EA AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENTS

Communications Suite

FAA communication requirements In Accordance With (IAW) Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Two Ultra High Frequency (UHF) radio in the cockpit One Very High Frequency (VHF) radio in the cockpit Provisioning for the GFP provided APX-123 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Transponder and IFF control head Provisioning for the Government provided two URC-200 or two PRC-158 encrypted UHF Communications relay radios. Top and bottom mounted UHF antennas will be provided as

CFE

Electronic Warfare Operator aircraft Intercommunication System (ICS) Capability

Navigation Suite FAA navigation requirements IAW 14 CFR FAA approved Global Positioning System (GPS) Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) including Air-to-Air capability Permanently mounted Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) II

Weather Radar One forward hemisphere scanning I-band Weather Radar that can also detect victim surface ships (approximately 1000 m^2 Radar Cross Section (RCS) at 25 NM in clear weather). (Weather Antenna may be removed when tasked to provide two EA jamming bands)

Range Over water operations 250 NM from nearest land, in mission configuration with two AST- 9 pods in mission configuration At least two West Coast aircraft must be capable of traveling to Hawaii

Minimum Take-off to Landing Time

Five hours in slick configuration (without EW pods) from take-off to landing

Day Altitude 100 ft. up to and including 35,000 ft. MSL in mission configuration with two AST-9 pods Night Altitude 1,000 ft. up to and including 35,000 ft. MSL with two AST-9 pods Airspeed 300 KIAS in mission configuration with two AST-9 pods up to and including 20,000 ft.

MSL

Turn 2.7G sustained turn in in mission configuration with two AST-9 pods up to and including

14,000 ft. MSL DRFM Operations Aircraft shall be reconfigurable for “Nose on/tail on” B, C/D, E/F/G, I-band jamming.

Aircraft shall be capable of simultaneously supporting two different bands of EA Jamming. Additionally, at least two hard points will include RF cabling support for GFM antennas mounted in ALQ-167 pods and GFM EA Pod Horn (skin mount) antennas on top and bottom of the aircraft

B-band Jamming Aircraft shall be reconfigurable for B-band noise and “Nose on” B-band EA jamming with a Government provided mission equipment 1000W cross dipole transmitting antenna. This hardware may be used for B-band EA Techniques.

D band Antenna Two sets of D-band IFF antenna and cables (100 W average power, 4kW peak power), on the centerline top and bottom of the aircraft. The antenna cables must terminate at N(f) bulkhead connectors mounted on an RF panel accessible to the aircraft cabin such that cable length required to reach electronic equipment racks is minimized

Internal Racks Provisioning to internally mount two Government Mission Equipment (GME), 19-inch standard industry electronic racks, up to 43 inches high, for the equipment with seating for at least one operator per rack. The layout configuration must meet FAA Human Factors, Structural and aircraft Electrical Wiring requirements per FAA 8300.16 CHG 1

Cooling/Heating Power

5000 watts (W) of power to dissipate heat for GFP provided equipment. Environmental Control System (ECS) capable of maintaining normal operating temperatures for all aircrew and internal GFP (less than 4KW) and IAW OEM specifications

Mission Power In the Electronic Attack configuration, sufficient 28V DC and 115V 3-phase AC electrical capacity (MIL-STD-704F compliant) to safely and simultaneously power (1) required basic-aircraft systems, (2) government provided mission equipment and (3) contractor furnished mission equipment. If the contractor provides additional mission equipment then the mission power configuration of that equipment must be included in the electrical capacity. Only the contractor knows what additional mission power will be required to support their mission equipment.

Dual Control Boxes Provisioning to install, at a minimum, two GFPGME provided Dual Control Boxes (DCB) (CD- 300/ALQ part number (P/N) 1611AS9600-4). The aircraft must be configured to use either control box interchangeably

EW Wiring IAW provided GFI

External Pod Mounts External pod mounts are Government provided mission equipment and must conform to MIL-STD 8591 1000 lb. store with 14” lug spacing.

Aircraft must be capable of a combination of any two of the following external pods simultaneously:

a. AN/ALQ-188,

b. AN/ALQ-167,

c. AN/ALE-43 shell compatible pod,

d. AN/AST-6,

e. AN/AST-9,

f. Tactical Combat Training System (TCTS),

g. P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) (Note: TCTS and P5CTS are mounted with Government provided mission equipment LAU-7 and or ADU-299 adapters)

ALQ-167/AST-9 shape pods – generic pods that are empty pod shells used to house receive and/or transmit antennas

Large Area Tracking Range Shipboard and Rotary Wing Technology Upgrade

(LSRTU)

Provisioning to support a GFP internally mounted LSRTU

1.3.2 TBT Aircraft Capability and Configuration Requirements

The Contractor aircraft performing TBT missions shall meet the following configuration and performance requirements:

Table 4

TBT AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENTS

Communications Suite

FAA communication requirements IAW 14 CFR Two Ultra High Frequency (UHF) radio in the cockpit One Very High Frequency (VHF) radio in the cockpit

Navigation Suite FAA approved Global Positioning System (GPS) Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) including Air-to-Air capability Permanently mounted Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) II One forward hemisphere scanning I-band Weather Radar that can also detect victim surface ships (approximately 1000 m^2 RCS at 25 nm in clear weather)

Weather Radar Over water operations 250 NM from nearest land (except for Banner Tow) At least two West Coast aircraft must be capable of traveling to Hawaii

Range Five hours in slick configuration from take-off to landing. If target/banner deployed upon takeoff, the aircraft must be capable of a minimum of two hours flight time

Minimum Take-off to Landing Time

Two hours

Time on Station 100 ft. up to and including 30,000 ft. MSL in mission configuration with tow reel mounted

Night Altitude N/A Airspeed 250 KIAS when in mission configuration (target deployed) up to and including 20,000 ft.

MSL

Turn 2.0G up to 14,000 ft. MSL with tow reel Tow Reels RM-30A/A1 or MTR-101 or equivalent, at least two tow reel per coast * Mission Power As required to power CFE

* Note: Common tow reel targets include: TRX-9 and MRT-2000

1.4 Aircraft Basing

The Contractor shall permanently operate aircraft from home bases on the West Coast and the East Coast and from any operating site worldwide during periods of deployment.

1.4.1 East Coast Aircraft Basing

The Contractor shall establish a permanent base for the aircraft within 150 NM of location:

Latitude N36’ 00” and Longitude W75’ 30” for operations. If the facility that the Contractor selects does not have a Government fuels contract, the Contractor shall be approved for fuel only up to the Government contract fuel rate. The basing location must provide storage space for GFP/GME.

1.4.2 West Coast Aircraft Basing

The Government has designated a permanent base for the EA/TBT aircraft on the West Coast at NAS North Island, CA. The Government will provide facilities at no cost to the Contractor at NAS North Island. The Contractor shall be liable for any damage or misuse of the facilities and equipment. The Contractor’s use of the Government designated base at North Island is discretionary and the contractor may choose a private site of operation. However, the Government will not reimburse the Contractor for any additional costs as a result of using West Coast basing other than at North Island. The basing location must provide storage space for GFP/GME.