Attachment 1_Areas of Interest.pdf

Areas of Interest (AOI) 60th Air Mobility Wing

TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Cargo/Refueling Airport Environment

DESCRIPTION: The 60th Air Mobility Wing is responsible for the operation and maintenance of cargo and aerial refueling aircraft conducting missions across the globe in support of a wide variety of operations in both congested civilian environments as well as hostile theaters of combat. Successful operations encompass both planning/scheduling/employment of aircraft as well as the ground support structure including maintenance, logistics, and large capacity cargo and passenger aerial ports. The Air Force wishes to stay at the cutting edge of aviation and maintenance technologies and is looking to partner with innovative small businesses that may have solutions to Air Force challenges. The areas listed below are general challenge areas that the Air Force is interested in novel solutions:

1. Warehouse Management: Warehouse management solutions to facilitate rapid inventory & issuance; should address inventory management and visibility, storage optimization, and predictive asset life cycle tracking

2. VR/AR: Virtual reality/augmented reality applications for aircrew and ground personnel

3. Compliancy: HIPAA compliant secure wireless communication for hospital

4. Visual Threat Training: Modern aircrew visual threat training capability for ground to air threats against aircraft

5. Scheduling: Efficiently schedule and utilize local aircraft for training across multiple organizations

6. PNT: Resilient Position/Navigation/Timing (PNT) sources for aircraft and maintenance operations

7. Smart Mx: Smart maintenance and support equipment enabling less human interaction with equipment

8. Pax Term: Passenger terminal information system

9. Personnel Alert: Personnel alert capability during normal ops and emergency recall situations

10. Smart City: Smart city technologies

The Air Force is interested in exploring innovative technology domains that may not be covered in the list above, so this topic is intended to also be a call for open ideas and technologies that cover other related areas not currently listed (i.e. the unknown-unknown). This topic is meant for innovative solutions to be adapted in innovative ways to meet DoD stakeholders’ needs in a short timeframe and at a low cost.