RFI - TMQ-53 Follow-On.docx

This document is a Request for Information (RFI) for the TMQ-53 Follow-On contract, related to the Air Force's Expeditionary Meteorology (ExMet) program. The RFI focuses on the TMQ-53, an automated tactical weather sensor suite designed for deployment in austere, forward operating, and remote locations worldwide. The system provides critical meteorological data including cloud coverage, cloud base height, surface visibility, precipitation details, lightning detection, and utilizes Iridium satellite communications to support flight operations, combat missions, and medical evacuations.

The opportunity is being managed by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center, with the broader ExMET program aimed at developing a comprehensive "first-in" weather solution for tactical and near-peer environments. The TMQ-53 is part of a larger sensor suite that includes the Advance Micro Weather Sensor (AMWS) and the new Integrated Weather Observing System (IWOS), designed to provide observing, forecasting, and communications capabilities in diverse operational contexts, from data-rich to data-sparse/denied environments, in alignment with the 2022 National Defense Strategy.