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Aerospace Dominance Enabler Division

Atmospheric Early Warning System (AEWS)

Remote Radome Replacement

Dustin Seidl - Lead Program Manager Christopher Jarman - Contracting Officer Heather Ball - Contracting Officer

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• General Information: Fire Exits, Restrooms

• Check in:

• Main Briefing:

• General Questions:

• One-on-One Sessions:

Schedule & Agenda

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• This industry day is for informational purposes only. The remarks of USG officials involved in the Remote Radome Replacement Program, shall not be considered a guarantee of the USG’s course of action in proceeding with the program

• The information provided today reflects current USG intentions of how the program may be carried out, and is subject to change based on a variety of circumstances, including input from prospective contractors

• This briefing does not constitute an invitation for bid or request for proposal and is not to be construed as a commitment by the USG

Disclaimer

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• Conduct market research

• Open exchange of ideas with industry partners

• Enhance the USG’s ability to obtain quality services and products

• Ensure strategy promotes a robust and fair competition

• Increase efficiency in proposal preparation, proposal evaluation, negotiation, and contract award

• Address industry questions and concerns

Purpose of Industry Day

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• This is an open forum seeking industry input to support market research.

Ideas and information, including this briefing, attendance roster, and Questions & Answers will be recorded and posted on SAM

• Proprietary questions and answers will be addressed with individual companies and will NOT be posted on SAM

• Nothing provided throughout this event will be contractually binding and will only be for planning purposes. Questions will be answered to the best of the team’s knowledge as it exists at this time

• No agreements, promises or other commitments are made or implied by the Government or Contractors participating in Industry Day and the one-on-one sessions

Rules of Engagement

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• The AEWS is a joint United States and Canadian early warning radar surveillance system. It provides surveillance of airspace from potential incursions or attacks from across North America's Polar Region.

• The AEWS consists of:

– 27 Long Range radar sites

– 36 Short Range radar sites

– 35 Archer Sensors

Background

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• This acquisition is for non-personal services to provide for the replacement of Long and Short range radomes (55 and 28 foot).

• The Contractor will furnish all facilities, parts, material, equipment, and services necessary to manufacture, transport, remove, install, and dispose of radomes in austere locations within both the United States and Canada.

• Radomes need to be a stable composite material transparent to radio waves electromagnetic signals and withstand severe weather conditions such as snow loads, salt spray, and extreme temperatures, with very limited maintenance

Statement of Need

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• Proposed acquisition strategy:

– Full and Open Competition (Two contracts)

• One contract for AN/FPS-117 radome replacement

• One contract for AN/FPS-124 radome replacement

– Contract Length: TBD, pending manufacturing /installation lead-time

– Contract Type: Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ)

• CLIN types: Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Reimbursable No Fee (CRNF), and Cost-Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF)

• Quantity Ranges: TBD

Contracting

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Contracting CLIN Structure:

CLIN Noun Pricing Arrangement U/I Description

0001 Data Not Separately Priced

(NSP)

Lot This CLIN is used for all data deliveries

0002 Travel CRNF Lot Travel to sites

0003 Shipping CRNF Lot Radome shipping, handling, transportation, and disposal transportation

0004 Site Survey and Installation Plan Report

FFP Each Contractors plan to transport, assemble, disposal

0005 Radome Purchase and Install

FFP Each Radome manufacturing, Removal, installation, disposal, and test

0006 Training FFP Each Maintenance training

0007 Over & Above CPFF Lot Covers unknown work discovered during installation

0008 Engineering Change Proposals?

FFP Each Covers design changes to the radome design

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Map

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LRR Site

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LRR Pictures

4 Leg Tower FPS-117 Radar

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LRR Configurations

Long Range Radome, Tower Configurations: (27 Sites total)

• LRR Radomes ─ Air Force Model CW-396GPS - "A" Variant (Alaska and

Canada) ─ ESSCO M55-70-9100 – 3 Coastal sites (Canadian ) ─ AFC 61DSF50 (61' Radome) - Hawaii

• LRR Towers ─ AB199 - 4 leg model ─ AB199A - 4 leg variant - Koke'e only ─ AB259 - 3 leg model ─ AB259A - 3 leg variant ─ Cement Enclosed Tower - Kotzebue ─ Canadian East coast Towers - 7-8 legged

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General Short Range Site Configuration **the two SGT radomes in the foreground are not included in this effort**

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SRR Pictures

FPS-124 Radar Protected / Wrapped

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SRR Configurations

Short Range Radome, Tower Configurations: (36 Sites Total)

• SRR Radomes ─ ESSCO S27-82 - Legacy model P/N CW-1221 ─ ITI T28D - Lab 4 and SRD only o SRD only Radome with Fall Arrest Zenith panel prototype

• SRR Tower ─ 4 legged primary surveillance tower

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• Long Rang Sites are manned locations

– Alaska is operated currently by Arctec Alaska

– Canada is operated and maintained by Nasittuq Corp

• Short Range Sites are un-manned locations

– SRD North Bay is the only manned location (test site)

– Only in Canada

– Operated and maintained by Nasittuq Corp

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• Weather Window

– Winter temperatures reach -70 Fahrenheit / -56 Celsius

– Many sites are only accessible during the months of May through Mid-September

• 4–5-month window

Arctic Climate

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• Snow Accumulation

– How will companies meet the requirement that limits snow and ice accumulation on top of the radome? Remote sites cannot be continually maintained

Challenges / Questions

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• Packaging/Containers Size and Weight Restrictions

– Containers should be one (1) size to meet all Transport methods. (2000 lb Limit)

• Helicopter

• Cargo Ship

• Over Land / Truck

– Containers should be developed to accommodate transport both new radome material and old radome material to be disposed of

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• Base Rings ** Drawings are not readily available for every radome/tower configuration

– Given the known configurations, what are the technical challenges to installing a radome to a base ring / tower?

– Will the Radomes mate to any base ring, or will alterations to the radome or base ring be necessary to install?

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• Radome Internal Temperatures

– Temperatures inside of the radomes have been observed above 110 degrees

Fahrenheit / 43 degrees Celsius in Hawaii, Utah, and the interior sites of Alaska. These temperatures throw warnings to the FPS-117 radar risking equipment failure and downtime. 8-inch side-windows do not expel enough air

─ Are or have Radomes been modeled, simulated, or tested for internal temperatures in terms of both time gradients and worst-case values? What data would be necessary to develop accurate models/sims for this?

– What designs solutions for the radomes are available to mitigate this issue?

Notes:

** Vents cannot be opened/closed manually at Short Range sites (unmanned) ** Any openings for summer ventilation also need to be arctic hardened to seal the domes in winter ** Design solutions for unmanned locations (Short Range) need to consider a permanent/unmanned ventilation system into the design.

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• Installation equipment to/from sites

– What de/installation, Installation equipment should be planned for in advance?

• Contractor supplied

• Government supplied

– Cranes are not possible in these remote locations ─ Some sites have small access doors to the 3rd floor. Companies need to consider equipment and materials dimensions?

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• Manpower Lodging / Accommodations

– SRR sites are remote; do not have billet, and meals

– LRR sites are billeted via maintenance contractors (Arctec /

Nasittuq)

– Contractors should plan accordingly

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• First Article Test Approach

– It's assumed most radome designs are commercially available, however the Air Force may require deviations to accommodate the mission. What test methods are available by the contractors to perform First Article Testing (Factory)?

• Modeling and Simulation?

• Tests for?

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Challenges / Questions

• Transmission Loss

• Waveform Distortion

• Polarization Distortion

• RF Reflectivity (Radome EMI env)

• Pointing Angles

• Range

• Transmit Power

• Bore Sight Error

• Null Depth

• Rain Loss

• Dynamic and Static Loading effects

(long/short term

• Snow Accumulation

• Pattern Distortion (Azimuth and Elevation)

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• Final Acceptance Test Approach

– There is no water access at most sites. What is the recommended approach to test installed new radomes?

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• Disposal Methods

– Alaska,

• Return to DRMO Fairbanks or Anchorage (Elmendorf AFB)

• Alternative: Local Disposal

─ Hawaii

• TBD

– Canada requires all radome material to be removed from the country to a US Disposal site (Location TBD). What would be the best approach to remove and ship radome material from sites at the end of the final ordering period?

– What would be a reasonable POP in the event material cannot be removed immediately from a site i.e. weather, or having to wait for barge the next year?

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• Site Survey and Installation Plan Report

– To accurately cost and propose the installation, test, and disposal of each site, what is the recommended approach?

• Perform a site survey for each site?

– What is a reasonable frequency?

– Can Nasittuq/Arctec perform surveys on your behalf or be subcontracted to perform the surveys

• Cost Plus / Cost Reimbursable CLINs?

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• Integration Approach

– What are your first impressions to accomplish this effort?

• Integration Leadtime

– Minimizing radar downtime is paramount to the radar mission and operational needs.

• What is the installation lead-time for a 55-foot radome?

• What is the installation lead-time for a 28-foot radome?

• What is the recommended installation/de-installation cadence?

• Serial installs per zone or parallel per zone/theater?

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• Period of Performance (Manufacturing and Install)

– 27 Long Range Sites

• What is the recommended contract period of performance?

– 36 Short Range Sites

• What is the recommended contract period of performance?

** 5, 7, 10 years?

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• The ESSCO/CPI drawings are not listed with distribution/protection marking.

– Can the government distribute legacy manuals TM87-13

(Type M55-70-9100) and TM91-7 (Type S27-82) to other contractors in support of this effort? Both types are currently serving the NWS fleet of radomes alongside the

CW-396A.

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Thank you for your interest in the AEWS Remote Radome Replacement Program