Attachment 10 - DD 254 Placeholder.docx

The document is a DD 254 (Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification) attachment related to the Automated Air-to-Air Refueling (A3R) contract opportunity. The file is marked as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and is only available to qualified U.S. contractors with a certified DD Form 2345. Interested contractors must contact Program Manager Madeline Carpenter or Contracting Officer Luke Johnston to request access, providing a current DD Form 2345. The full DD 254 document will be securely transmitted via the DoD Safe Website with a separate decryption password.

The associated federal contract opportunity (Solicitation Number FA2385-25-S-9761) is issued by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory, focusing on developing advanced boom automation technologies for aerial refueling. The A3R project aims to create autonomous control technologies that could enable an uncrewed tanker, with specific work areas including developing logic for refueling proceed/stop decisions, extending system reliability, supporting system certification, and identifying contingency event resolution. The acquisition approach emphasizes platform-agnostic capabilities, open architecture, and interface standards to prevent vendor lock scenarios, with a particular focus on demonstrating full boom automation in GPS-denied environments.