Request for Information for a Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Training.pdf

Request for Information and Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) for a Mobile User Objective System

(MUOS) developed training course to include using MUOS on a Collins PRC-162 radio

Statement of Need:

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) through the Control and Reporting Center (CRC) Program Management Office (PMO) is seeking a vendor who has a fully developed MUOS training course that would guide users on basics and theory of the

MUOS Waveform, MUOS Planning and United States Air Force (USAF) Provisioning Process, Spectrum

Request form, JSMPS profile request, JIST Group Requests, MUOS COMSEC Ordering and Generation, JENM Overview, JENM Maintenance Application, MUOS User Host Configuration, MUOS Terminal Key

RCF Loading MUOS Terminal Operations MUOS. All training associated needs to be developed for the

Rockwell Collins PRC-162.

Background:

The CRC PMO is modernizing the AN/TRC-214 Radio Unit - replacing obsolete critical items and upgrading system capabilities to include: Integrated Waveform (IW), Mobile User Objective System

(MUOS), Ultra High Frequency (UHF) LOS Electronic Counter-Countermeasures (ECCM), Second-generation Anti-jam Tactical UHF radio for NATO (SATURN), 8.33 kHz channel spacing, Gen4 High

Frequency (HF) radio to new “D” MIL-STD’s (wideband HF, Automatic Link Establishment (ALE)), Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP), and Internet Protocol (IP). A combination of new radios and capabilities will enhance the current system capabilities of non-secure, secure, and anti-jam communications by utilizing UHF transceivers, multi-band Very High Frequency (VHF) (both High and Low), HF and Satellite

Communications (SATCOM) transceivers. The Rockwell Collins PRC-162 radio, which the new TRC-214 system will MUOS SATCOM capability

Training requirement specifications

1. Increase class participants’ knowledge of MUOS systems, capabilities, processes and roles

2. Increase class participants’ knowledge of role-based processes necessary to complete E2E

MUOS planning, provisioning, activation and operation

3. Enable class participants to execute processes and procedures necessary to operate MUOS Over the Air (OTA) with the aid of training materials and Quick Reference Guides (QRGs)

4. With the aid of the Student Guide, describe the MUOS terminal planning and provisioning process

a. Understand and perform the MUOS Mission Analysis processes

b. Understand and perform the Data Collection processes

c. Understand and perform the Network Design processes

d. Understand and perform the Network Load and Configuration processes

e. Understand and perform the Network Activation processes

f. Understand and perform the Operational Updates processes

5. With the aid of the Student Guide, describe the MUOS frequency request process in accordance with (IAW) best practices

a. MUOS Frequency Characteristics

b. MUOS Frequency Coordination Process

c. Function of MUOS Frequency Profiles

6. With the aid of the Student Guide, describe the Joint SATCOM Management and Planning

System (JSMPS) application capabilities and features and perform necessary initial provisioning request functions in accordance with applicable manual

a. Describe JSMPS account request process

b. Describe JSMPS roles

c. Describe JSMPS capabilities and features

d. Describe JSMPS resources

e. Submit Initial Provisioning Requests

f. Verify Initial Provisioning Requests

g. Clone Initial Provisioning Requests

h. Edit Initial Provisioning Requests

i. Download Initial Provisioning Resources

7. With the aid of the Student Guide, describe the Joint Integrated SATCOM Tool (JIST) application capabilities and features and perform necessary group request functions in accordance with applicable manual.

a. Describe JIST account request process

b. Describe JIST roles

c. Describe JIST capabilities and features

d. Submit Satellite Access Requests

e. Verify Satellite Access Requests

f. Validate Satellite Access Requests

g. Update Satellite Access Requests

h. Clone Satellite Access Requests

i. Download MUOS Group Authorization

8. With the aid of the Student Guide, describe the Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) application capabilities and features and perform necessary key request functions in accordance with (IAW) KMI User’s Manual.

a. Describe KMI features and capabilities

b. Request MUOS HAIPE Closed Partition Ordering Privilege

c. Request MUOS HAIPE FFVS Key Material

d. Request MUOS SCIP FFVS Key Material

e. Generate MUOS HAIPE PPK Material

f. Load MUOS Keys onto SKL

9. With the aid of the Student Guide, describe Joint Enterprise Network Manager (JENM) startup procedures, JENM interfaces, JENM hardware and software requirements, JENM applications and the JENM Graphical User Interface (GUI) in accordance with (IAW) TM 11-7010-623-SUM

a. Identify systems which can Interface with JENM

b. Identify JENM hardware and software requirements

c. Identify the two required services in the Windows Operating System for JENM to startup correctly

d. Identify JENM’s capabilities

e. Identify JENM’s data flow

f. Describe the procedures to launch JENM’s five applications

10. With the aid of the Student Guide, describe the JENM Maintenance Application capabilities and features and perform necessary maintenance functions in accordance with (IAW) TM 11-7010-

623-SUM

a. Identify JENM Maintenance Application Features and Capabilities

b. Import and export network designs

c. Add, view, edit and delete certificates

d. Add, view and delete a Certificate Revocation List (CRL)

e. Delete temporary files

11. With the aid of the Student Guide, describe the MUOS Network Designer Application capabilities and features and perform MUOS network designs in accordance with (IAW) TM 11-7010-623-

SUM

a. Identify features and capabilities of the JENM MUOS Network Designer Application

b. Identify the Data and Documents for Creating a MUOS Network Design

c. Manage MUOS Network Resources using the Resource Manager

d. Create a MUOS Network Design

e. Configure JENM MUOS Network Designer Application Settings

f. Save RCFs to File

g. Load Radio

h. Load SKL

12. With the aid of the Student Guide, describe MUOS user host settings and configuration and perform MUOS user host grooming functions in accordance with (IAW) best practices

a. With the aid of the Student Guide, describe MUOS user host settings and configurations

b. With the aid of the Student Guide, modify user host IP address settings

c. With the aid of the Student Guide, modify Max Transmit Unit (MTU) settings

d. With the aid of the Student Guide, modify Internet browser settings

e. With the aid of the Student Guide, modify TacChatIP settings

13. With the aid of the Student Guide, describe Simple Key Loader capabilities and features and perform necessary terminal loading functions

a. Identify features and capabilities of the PRC-162

b. Zeroize RT-1949 to prepare for loading PRC-162

c. Load MUOS Keys to an PRC-162

d. Load RCFs to an PRC-162

14. With the aid of the Student Guide, describe PRC-162 operational capabilities and perform operational procedures in accordance with (IAW) TM 11-5810-410-13_P

a. Active MUOS Mission Plans on a PRC-162

b. Instantiate MUOS on a PRC-162

c. View MUOS Status on a PRC-162

d. Place P2P Calls using a PRC-162

e. Place P2N Calls using a PRC-162

f. Place Group Calls using a PRC-162

g. Place Multiple Calls Simultaneous using a P PRC-162

h. Modify Settings on a PRC-162

15. With the aid of the Student Guide, execute terminal planning and provisioning processes necessary to activate MUOS terminals in support of assigned task

a. Describe MUOS Mission Analysis processes

b. Describe MUOS Data Collection processes

c. Execute Network Design processes

d. Execute Network Load and Configuration processes

e. Execute Network Activation processes

Provide a proposed timeline that would cover time for provisioning the radios (before actual training class), actual training time, and additional time after training is provided to answer any students’ questions or concerns.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI), TRAINING TIMELINE AND PRELIMINARY COST

This RFI is issued for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Proposal

(RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This request for information does not commit the

Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Air Force is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S.

Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued.

Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with a white paper.

Send responses to the contracting officers: Wendy Farley, wendy.farley@us.af.mil and Mitchell Gooslin, mitchell.gooslin@us.af.mil .

White papers in unprotected PDF format are due no later than 24 Mar 25, 14:00 MST. Responses shall be limited to 20+5 pages (maximum of 10 pages of text/mixed content and up to 5 additional pages allowed for photos of or screenshots from similar or proposed solutions).

mailto:wendy.farley@us.af.mil mailto:mitchell.gooslin@us.af.mil