Attachment_1_SOO_TA_2_CEWA_v3.docx

RDH-1 BAA CALL 0001

High Power Electromagnetics (HPEM) Cyber / Electronic Warfare Applications (CEWA) Statement of Objectives (SOO)

November 2015

1.0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED:

Applicable Technical Areas from BAA-RVKD-2014-0003:

Technical Area 2- HPEM CEWA

This Call is for all offerors to propose research for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quanity (IDIQ) type contract in the area of HPEM CEWA. The objectives of this Technical Area are to study, develop, support, and enhance innovative concepts where HPEM technology can be used to complement and enhance cyber and electronic warfare concepts. This includes identifying scenarios where HPEM can be used for Cyber/EW, studying single pulse concepts, studying repetitive pulse concepts, developing concepts in the laboratory, and performing small scale demonstrations. The contractor shall perform exploratory efforts to identify potential applications of HPEM in the Cyber and EW communities.

2.0 OBJECTIVES OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED:

Objectives for the IDIQ:

· The offeror shall study opportunities where HPEM technologies can be used to complement or enhance capabilities of the cyber and electronic warfare communities.

· The offeror shall conduct experiments that enhance the understanding of how HPEM technologies can be used for cyber and EW missions. The contractor shall emphasize effects caused by backdoor coupling phenomenology and concepts unique to exposing test assets to high power densities.

· The offeror will identify the radio frequency parameters (power density, pulse width, pulse repetition rate, etc), based on experiments conducted, that are required to initiate Cyber / EW concepts.

· The offeror shall conduct experiments to understand robustness of HPEM effects observed in experimentation. This can include experiments on multiple makes and models of a class of test assets or studying HPEM effects on similar technologies integrated into multiple types of test assets. The contractor shall study the effects of natural phenomenon.

· The offerors shall support field experiments such as BLACK DART or VIGILANT HAMMER.

Objectives for Task Order 1:

· The offeror shall develop a library of day-in-the-life scenarios which provide examples of how HPEM can enhance and complement cyber and EW missions.

· The offeror shall identify RF coupling phenomenology and effects on electronics (single pulse and/or multiple pulse) that have cyber and/or EW mission applications (with emphasis on back door coupling effects).

· The offeror shall develop combinations of radio frequency parameters (e.g. carrier frequency, pulse repetition rate, pulse width, modulation schemes, etc) that can be used to design an HPEM CEWA RF source (deliver parameters only, not the source).

· The offeror shall support one field experiment such as BLACK DART or VIGILANT HAMMER

3.0 BACKGROUND INFORMAITON:

The military recognizes opportunities in combining Cyber and Electronic Warfare communities. In 2013, the Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) began the HPEM CEWA Program to investigate innovative opportunities to use HPEM technologies to support and enhance the missions of the Cyber and EW communities. Combining these three somewhat-independent areas of specialization has produced creative ideas for using single shot HPEM technology, multi-shot HPEM technology, and specialized waveform technologies.

4.0 RESEARCH SCHEDULE AND REQUIRED DELIVERABLES:

CDRL A006: Computer Program End Item

5.0 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED INFORMATION & BASE SUPPORT:

Any base support, Government Furnished Property (GFP), Government Furnished Information (GFI), equipment, or facilities needed for this requirement should be specified in the proposal.

6.0 CONTRACTOR ACQUIRED PROPERTY:

The offeror should propose Contractor Acquired Property (CAP) as required to fulfill the proposed effort.

7.0 REQUIRED TRAVEL:

Some travel is anticipated in support of this effort to attend meetings for technical collaboration, conduct experiments and demonstrations, and to facilitate at most one or two Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) per year between the Government and the contractor.

8.0 OPERATIONS SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:

The Security Classification Guide (SCG) for Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Program (CE HPM) dated 15 February 2012 and US Cyber Command Instruction 5200-03 Administration, Security and Management SCG dated 11 October 2011 will apply to this effort and can be provided upon request. All applicable health, safety, and environmental regulations will also apply.

Program security classification for this effort is TOP SECRET. A Contract Security Classification Specification (DD Form 254) will be applicable to any resulting award.

9.0 CONTRACT HOLIDAYS:

Contract Holidays: The prices/costs include holiday observances; accordingly, the Government will not be billed for such holidays, except when services are required by the Government and are actually performed on a holiday. The following days are contract holidays:

8.0 PROGRAM MANAGERS:

Primary: Mr. Peter Finlay, AFRL/RDHA, (505) 846-8386, DSN 246-8386 Alternate: Mr. Tyrone Tran, AFRL/RDHA, (505) 846-0299, DSN 246-0299

BAA-RVKD-2014-0003

CALL 0001 - SOO