DFO Segment 2 Section C Draft 2.pdf

PART I – SECTION C STATEMENT of WORK Screening Information Request (SIR) 693KA8-21-R-00001

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C.1 GENERAL

C.1.1 Objective The primary goal of this acquisition is to establish a single award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for technical, acquisition, and logistics support for the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Phase 4B.

C.1.2 Background The WAAS Dual Frequency Operations (DFO) - 2 (DFO-2) procurement provides for the continuation of technical refresh and Dual Frequency (DF) capability development that was initiated under the WAAS Phase 4A - DFO Segment 1 contract. The objectives of the DFO-2 Contract are as follows:

1. Continue technical refresh with the introduction of commodity x86 processors and a transition from the Advanced Interactive Executive (AIX) Operating System to Linux, as well as integration of new Ground Uplink Stations (GUS) receivers and firmware, updated reference receivers, and other equipment to address obsolescence;

2. Introduction of automated requirements testing capabilities;

3. Transition of WAAS Telecommunications Network (TCN) from current Time Division

Multiplex (TDM) point-to-point circuits to FAA mandated GFE cloud-based communications networks;

4. Update WAAS security posture to support open network framework;

5. Develop and test operational capability introduction of WAAS DF services;

6. Continue WAAS Geostationary Earth Orbiting (GEO) constellation sustainment through development and introduction of operations of GEO 8 and 9;

7. Finalize the WAAS Dual Frequency service Full Operational Capability;

8. Incorporate Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) authentication and resiliency updates as required by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); and,

9. Continue Contractor Depot Logistics Support (CDLS) services.

All modification must be developed and fielded while maintaining all operational and performance requirements for the existing Single Frequency User Service.

Definitions of key WAAS terminology are included in Appendix A. Background information on Satellite Based Augmentation System (WAAS) is available at http://gps.faa.gov.

C.1.2.1 Program Organizations The FAA WAAS Program Office, located at FAA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., is responsible for the design, development, and overall management of WAAS.

The WAAS Second Level Engineering Support organization is National Airway Systems Engineering (NASE) located at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (MMAC), Oklahoma City, OK. NASE is responsible for the continued operation of WAAS and maintains the WAAS product baseline. NASE also conducts performance monitoring of WAAS and resolves anomalies. NASE validates Release performance and operational cutover procedures using its test environment before fielding. The term ‘Release’ refers to the collection of operational and non-operational hardware and software changes, documentation changes, and maintenance procedure changes that encompass a change to the WAAS operational baseline.

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NASE will produce a Maintenance Release approximately once each calendar year. Generally, these Maintenance Releases include modifications to address maintenance issues, and in some cases additional changes are needed for specific fielding needs, e.g., relocation activities. There are occasional needs for a test-related modification when performance or integrity issues require resolution. The Contractor must coordinate NASE Maintenance Releases with all Contract work efforts, including sharing the a) code baseline, b) non-op tools baseline, c) requirements baseline, and d) configuration management activities. These activities are detailed within Task Order(s).

WAAS Operations Specialists are located at the National Operational Control Center and the Pacific Operations Control Center. The WAAS Operations Specialists perform continuous 24 by 7 by 365 real-time status and performance monitoring of WAAS. WAAS Operations Specialists initiate manual actions such as corrective and periodic maintenance. The WAAS Operations Specialists are also responsible for certification of WAAS Service.

The WAAS Test Group, located at the William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, is responsible for oversight of WAAS testing and provides key technical experts for WAAS design, test, operation, and anomaly resolution. The WAAS Test Group conducts additional real-time and historical performance monitoring of GPS and WAAS.

The FAA’s Logistics Center (FAALC), located at the MMAC, provides depot-level support for WAAS equipment. Replacement components are provided through the FAALC via CDLS services for the WAAS.

C.1.2.2 Relationship and Coordination with Other Organizations The contractor must coordinate as articulated in each awarded Task Order with the internal FAA offices, Governmental organizations, and Non-Governmental organizations named in each awarded Task Order to carry out the specified tasks and responsibilities as prescribed in the contract and awarded Task Orders.

C.1.3 Scope .As identified in individual task orders, the services provided under this contract will support the Navigation Branch of FAA. The Contractor must furnish the necessary personnel, materials, equipment, facilities, travel, and other services required to satisfy the task order requirements for technical, logistics, acquisition and business support services described therein. While Section C.5 of this Statement of Work (SOW) identifies task areas, each task order will further define its scope with the relevant specificity.

The personnel in each labor category must conform to or exceed the staffing qualifications outlined in Attachment J-32 of this contract. In accordance with section H.10, the Government may waive requirements of Contractor personnel for individuals who possess superior qualifications in terms of education, capabilities, experience, or accomplishments.

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C.2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

The following specifications, handbooks, standards, and drawings form a part of this contract and are applicable to the extent specified herein. The latest version of these documents as of the contract award date shall apply, unless the version is otherwise explicitly provided.

C.2.1 Order of Precedence In the event of a conflict between the text of this SOW and the references cited herein, the text of this SOW takes precedence. Nothing in the SOW, however, supersedes applicable laws and regulations unless a specific exemption has been obtained at the contract or task order level.

C.2.2 FAA Specifications FAA-E-2892e (Draft)

System Specification for the Wide Area Augmentation System, TBD, DRAFT

Section J of this Contract includes a copy of FAA-E-2892e.

C.2.3 FAA Standards and Orders FAA-HF-STD-004A Standard Practice: Requirements for a Human Factors Program, September 27, 2016 FAA-STD-026A Software Development for the National Airspace System (NAS), June 1, FAA Air Traffic Organization Safety Management System Manual, Version 2.1, April 2019 FAA_SEM_V1 FAA System Engineering Manual, Version 1.1, September 11, 2015 FAA Order 1100.157A

National Systems Engineering Divisions Maintenance Program Procedures, Operational Support, June 9, 1995

Copies of the above-listed FAA documents may be obtained from the following source:

Federal Aviation Administration https://www.faa.gov

C.2.4 Other Documents Acquisition Management System (AMS) – https://fast.faa.gov National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Program Managers' Guide to the Integrated Baseline Review Process ICAO SARPS Incorporate International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International

Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS) Annex 10, Volume I Volume I Radio Navigation Aids Seventh Edition, July 2018

RTCA/DO-178B Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification, December 1, 1992 https://www.faa.gov/

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RTCA/DO-229E Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Global Positioning System/Wide Area Augmentation System Airborne Equipment

SAE ARP 4754 Certification Considerations for Highly-Integrated or Complex Aircraft Systems, November 1996

SAE ARP 4761 Guidelines and Methods for Conducting the Safety Assessment Process on Civil Airborne Systems and Equipment. December 1996

Copies of the above-listed documents may be obtained and/or purchased from the following sources:

Acquisition Management System (AMS) http://fast.faa.gov

National Defense Industrial Association https://www.ndia.org

International Civil Aviation Organization https://www.icao.int

RTCA Inc.

www.rtca.org

SAE International

C.3 CONTRACT AND TASK ORDER MANAGEMENT

Contract and Task Order (TO) management is a mandatory element of all TOs issued under the DFO-2 contract. The objective of contract and TO management is to provide the necessary program management, project control and contract administration required to manage a high volume, multiple contract type TO process – ensuring that cost, schedule and quality requirements of each order are tracked, communicated to the Government, and ultimately attained. The use of commercially available automated tools, process expertise and other metrics supporting task order management are encouraged to provide quicker access, improved accuracy and enhanced accessibility. Additionally, these will promote timely monitoring of status/deliverables, facilitate tracking of the quality of work products, and assist with gauging overall customer satisfaction.

The Contractor must provide the appropriate program management and project controls necessary to manage the Task Orders; ensure that costs, schedule, and quality requirements for each Task Order are continually tracked with status communicated to the FAA; measure and report Earned Value Management; provide necessary Supply Chain Management, Contract Management, Resource Management and Subcontract Management; and ensure that each Task Order is successfully completed.

http://fast.faa.gov/ https://www.ndia.org/ https://www.icao.int/ https://www.sae.org/

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The Contractor must furnish the necessary and appropriate personnel, materials, equipment, facilities, travel, and other services required to satisfy the specific requirements of each Task Order.

C.4 CORE CAPABILITIES

The Core Capabilities are capabilities that the Contractor must be capable of providing in order to perform the SOW requirements. The Government has the right to request work and deliverables requiring some, all or none of the Core Capabilities in the Task Orders issued under this Contract.

1. Satellite Navigation: Technical knowledge of and experience with GPS and SBAS.

Understanding of GPS-based Position, Navigation, and Timing as identified in the GPS Interface Standards, GPS-IS-200 and GPS-IS-705 and the associated Standard Positioning Service Performance Specification. Understanding of Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Global Positioning System / Satellite-Based Augmentation System Airborne Equipment (RTCA/DO-229). Working knowledge of ICAO SARPs specific to SBAS, including the technical baseline for DF SBAS.

2. Communications: Technical knowledge of and experience with both TDM and Ethernet-based terrestrial communications systems. Understanding of industry-standard routing and data transmission protocols and solutions. Technical knowledge of transitioning from TDM-based to Ethernet-based terrestrial communications networks.

3. Software Development: Demonstrated matured and repeatable software development processes. Technical knowledge and application of FAA-STD-026A in the development and verification of software-intense, geographically-dispersed, near-real-time safety-critical systems.

4. Software Certification: Demonstrated knowledge of, and experience with, software assurance process based on the FAA-approved means of compliance applied to the software development and verification of the safety-critical systems required assurance to RTCA DO-178B Software Level (SL) B or its equivalent. Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with the application of FAA Advisor Circular No 23.2010-1.

Demonstrated working relations with current FAA approved Designated Engineering Representatives.

5. Systems Engineering: Technical knowledge of, and experience with, developing and executing systems engineering according to a Systems Engineering Management Plan.

This includes a) requirements development and allocation; b) requirements management;

c) configuration management; d) risk identification; e) management and requirement validation and verification; f) reliability, availability and maintainability; g) hardware drawing generation; and h) updates. Also, technical knowledge and experience with Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System, ClearCase/ClearQuest, and Cradle.

6. System Security: Technical knowledge of and experience with designing and developing a secure, robust system based on industry security best practices and adherence to

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NIST/FAA standards to achieve compliance to FAA security requirements. Demonstrated expertise in risk mitigation when migrating to a cloud-based communication network.

7. Automated Requirements-Based Testing: Technical knowledge of, and experience with, different levels of requirements-based testing (System, software, unit), as well as the ability to describe an automated test environment for the requirements-based test.

Additionally, experience with development and implementation of an automated test environment, including tool integration and development. Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) tools are preferred over proprietary tools.

8. System Test Development and Test Environment maintenance and management:

Technical knowledge of and experience with maintaining and enhancing development and test environments.

9. Standards Implementation: Technical knowledge and understanding of both national and international technical aviation standards (e.g., FAA, RTCA, and ICAO standards).

10. Integrated Logistics Support: Technical knowledge of and experience with managing logistics for deployed systems, including assessment of obsolescence, replacement of obsolete components, depot level repair, shipping, and procurement of replacement items.

C.5 TASK AREAS

When ordered by FAA, the Contractor must provide support in the research focus areas articulated below. All Contractor work activities under this Contract will be issued via Task Orders in accordance with the procedures outlined in Section G.11.

• Integrate the new GUS receiver upgrade into the existing GUS sites:

Design and develop WAAS modifications that replace existing GUS Receivers with updated GUS Receivers provided as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE).

• Update WAAS DO-178B SL D processors and migrate to Linux operating system:

Design and develop WAAS modifications to replace existing DO-178B SL D processors with Intel x86 based processors. As part of this modification, the Contractor may be required to transition the WAAS from an AIX-based operating system and compiler to a Linux operating system and compatible compiler.

• Develop and enhance automated requirements-based testing capabilities for

WAAS software (SW), including operational software, software toolsets, and software test capabilities:

Design, develop and verify automated DO-178B SL D software test capabilities. The automated test capability will be focused on high-level requirements-based testing.

• Re-establish WAAS Operational Software DO-178B SL D and/or SL B Safety Baseline:

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Modify DO-178B SL D software, operating system or compiler and will need to re-certify all SL D operation software, including tools used for operational baseline development, integration, and testing.

Modify WAAS DO-178B SL B software and will need to recertify the SL B codebase, including tools used for operational baseline development, integration and testing upon any such modification.

• Transition of WAAS Telecommunications Network (TCN) from existing Time Division Multiplex (TDM) based circuits to GFE Cloud-based communications networks:

Design, develop, and test modifications to the WAAS TCN that migrate from existing prime-line circuits to an FAA-provided cloud-based network. Such modifications would require the Contractor to develop transition strategies that continue to support WAAS performance and information security requirements.

• Update WAAS Security Architecture:

Implement information security requirements in accordance with the WAAS Performance Specification (FAA-E-2892e). The Contractor may be required to implement information security updates using a combination of commercially available tools and contractor-developed functionality.

• Conduct Technical Refresh of WAAS equipment:

Refresh WAAS equipment, including necessary modifications to software and hardware baselines and logistics requirements.

• Design and implementation of WAAS Dual Frequency Operation (DFO) Limited Operational Capability (LOC), Initial Operational Capability (IOC) and Full Operational Capability (FOC) service:

Design, develop and test WAAS Dual Frequency Operations LOC, IOC and FOC capabilities in accordance with the WAAS performance specification and Task Order requirements. The Contractor would need to 1) develop a separate software and hardware baseline; 2) modify and recertify DO-178B SL B and SL D operational software and tools; and, 3) construct additional hardware components.

• Modify the existing WAAS L1 service to process L1 and L5 GPS signals:

Design, develop and test WAAS algorithms and software to change from the use of GPS L1 C/A and L2 P(Y) for GPS ionospheric corrections to the use of GPS L1 C/A and L5 signals.

• Implement SBAS Resiliency:

Design, develop, and test WAAS modifications required to support the characterization of the current and projected operational threats to achieve resiliency, particularly in the cybersecurity domain.

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• Implement SBAS Authentication:

Design, develop and test WAAS modifications required to support future SBAS authentication requirements as required per ICAO SARPS updates.

• Sustain the WAAS Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite constellation by integrating FAA-provided WAAS GEO satellite payloads and supporting ground infrastructure:

Design, develop, and test WAAS hardware and software modifications required to integrate new WAAS Geostationary Satellite service leases into the WAAS and support removal of existing Geostationary Satellite service leases.

• Provide Contractor Depot Logistics Support (CDLS) in support of WAAS lifecycle maintenance:

Stand-up and support a contractor logistics facility that can support receipt and shipment of WAAS equipment and support test, repair and replacement of failed WAAS units.

• Conduct studies, analysis, architectural development, prototyping and development in support of Technology Opportunities for WAAS:

Perform analyses, develop WAAS architectural changes, develop prototypes, and conduct design and development activities in response to changes in GPS schedules and/or capabilities, modifications to driving program specifications or industry standards (such as DO-229 WAAS Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS), Dual-Frequency Multi-Constellation MOPS, ICAO SARPS, etc.), changes in FAA and/or US security postures, the introduction of additional GPS and /or SBAS capabilities, etc., during the period of performance of this contract and task orders.

• Transition Planning:

Develop a transition plan for the startup of Contract work activities, which may include the transition of GFE development, integration and test environments for the WAAS. During this period, the Contractor will initiate and accept the transfer of relevant information, data, and equipment from the previous Contractor. The transition may also include the transition of spare equipment and component testing equipment and setups.

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APPENDIX A – DEFINITIONS

See FAA-E-2892e, Appendix A for a complete set of WAAS Definitions. Definitions specific to this Statement of Work are contained below.

Anomaly: An unexpected or unplanned event that is outside the normal, expected operation parameters. The event can be hardware, software or system related including both the operational system and shadow and development environments. Anomalies include performance degradation, faults and reported errors.

DFO Phase 4B: The follow-on segment to WAAS Phase 4A (originally DFO Segment 1) which included upgrades to the WAAS infrastructure to enable reception and collection of the L5 signal with the WAAS reference station network. WAAS DFO Phase 4B will fully implement the new Dual Frequency (DF) User Service.

DF Limited Operational Capability (LOC): The DF Limited Operational Capability (DF LOC) introduces Dual Frequency capabilities to the WAAS Program. DF LOC completion will result in an over-the-air DF SARPs and DF MOPS-compliant L5 Signal in Space that is for non-aviation use only.

DF Initial Operational Capability (IOC): The DF Initial Operational Capability (DF IOC) introduces Dual Frequency capabilities to the NAS. DF IOC is achieved upon DF Signal in Space commissioning and does not meet all WAAS DF Service performance requirements.

DF Full Operational Capability (FOC): The DF Full Operational Capability (DF FOC) is dependent on the achievement of the GPS III FOC capability. DF FOC is achieved upon satisfaction of all WAAS DF Service performance requirements.

Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS): MOPS are technical aviation navigation aid guidance documents. MOPS are developed by RTCA, Inc. in conjunction with Government and Industry and become the basis for WAAS avionics certification.

Release: Refers to the collection of operational and non-operational hardware, software, documentation and maintenance procedures that encompass the WAAS operational baseline.

Software Level B Safety Baseline: DO-178B or similar FAA approved means of compliance Certification of all Software allocated to SL B

Software Level D Safety Baseline: DO-178B or similar FAA approved means of compliance Certification of all Software allocated to SL D

Shadow System: Test equipment compliment for testing of operational WAAS hardware and software system changes prior to fielding.

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WAAS Non-Operational Software: Any software not meeting the criteria of operational software. Software that is used to test, validate, or analyze the performance of WAAS operational software or WAAS itself.

WAAS Operational Software: Software that executes on any WAAS operational hardware or that impacts any operational functionality of the WAAS. Any tool or tool component that is included as part of the operational software build or is used to generate any software included in any operational software build.

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