FA8650-17-S-1006.pdf

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Number: FA8650-17-S-1006

NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION (NOCA)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) * FA8650-17-S-1006

Spectrum Warfare Enduring Challenges (SWEC)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: Spectrum Warfare Enduring Challenges (SWEC)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: Notice of Contract Action (NOCA)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: FA8650-17-S-1006

CLASSIFICATION CODE: A (R&D)

NAICS CODE: 541712

TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT: Michael Nowak, Spectrum Warfare Technical Advisor, AFRL/RYW,

(937) 713-8482 Michael.Nowak.2@us.af.mil

CONTRACTING POINT OF CONTACTS: Trisha Buddelmeyer, Contract Specialist, AFRL/RQKSE, (937) 713-9969, Trisha.Buddelmeyer@us.af.mil or Shayla Wray, Contracting Officer, AFRL/RQKSE,

(937) 713- 9984, Shayla.Wray@us.af.mil

***********This announcement does not request any white papers or proposals at this time***********

The following topic is an anticipated requirement for AFRL/RY. An Open BAA requesting white papers for this topic is anticipated to be published in the January 2017 timeframe.

The anticipated funding listed below reflects estimated funding only. This estimate is not a promise of funding.

Funding is uncertain and is subject to change. Changes in availability may occur at the discretion of the Government.

Program Description: The United States’ defense strategy continues to evolve in order to best position the Department of Defense (DoD) to counter evolving global threats, to provide an effective geopolitical deterrent for the nation, and to maintain a decisive military advantage in light of global technological access. Strategic guidance at all levels emphasizes the need for Science and Technology (S&T) to enable effective military operations in anti-access/area-denied (A2/AD), cyber, and contested environments, where advancements in sensing and countermeasures technology are needed to defeat high-end weaponry such as integrated air defenses, long-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, advanced fighters, and weapons of mass destruction (WMD). As the Air Force evolves to provide core mission capabilities against potential near-peer threats, it continues to play a central role in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations against a range of extremist groups in the Middle East and throughout the world, placing a continued demand on further development of persistent surveillance and other advanced sensing capabilities that provide a substantial warfighter impact. The Sensors Directorate continues to be stretched in multiple directions to address a variety of user needs, and must exhibit a combination of agility and discipline to effectively respond to the evolving Air Force needs while maintaining sufficient focus in key research areas to establish and transition new sensing and countermeasures capabilities.

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Effectively addressing these extensive and competing user demands necessitates a research portfolio with appropriately balanced and focused revolutionary, relevant, and responsive components. It must simultaneously provide innovative sensing capabilities to the current warfighter as conflicts continue to evolve; extend Air Force capabilities for ISR, strike and electronic warfare in contested environments to deter future conflicts; and discover game-changing capabilities that will provide a long term military advantage in a world of proliferated technology. Furthermore, it demands that the directorate become more effective in demonstrating the integration of technology into complex systems-of-systems capabilities, since this is where the Air Force can maintain dominance in a world of rapidly proliferated technology.

To respond to these extensive and competing demands for revolutionary sensing and countermeasures capabilities, the RYW Spectrum Warfare Division is pursuing 2 enduring challenges:

PROTECT AIRCREWS AND AIRCRAFT

Enhance threat understanding, the spectral coverage and sensitivity of warning receivers, and the effectiveness of countermeasures techniques to protect against a range of surface-to-air and air-to-air threats, with a focus on the most advanced, lethal, and emerging threats. Enable assured operations of airborne missions in the presence of agile and complex threat kill chains, electromagnetic disruption of mission systems such as Global Positioning System (GPS) and communications, and on- and off-board cyber threats.

DEFEAT INTEGRATED AIR DEFENSES

Enable persistent airborne missions with distributed, networked and adaptive electronic warfare capabilities to deny, disrupt, degrade, and deceive integrated active and passive, airborne and ground-based defensive capabilities, including directed energy threats.

The objective of this effort is to conduct research and development (R&D) in the areas of aircrew/aircraft protection and defeating integrated air defense systems (IADS).

OPSEC: General OPSEC procedures, policies and awareness are required in an effort to reduce program vulnerability from successful adversary collection and exploitation of critical information. OPSEC will be applied throughout the lifecycle of the contract. The Critical Information List will be provided upon request by the RYOY Information Protection Office. While working on the government installation OPSEC will be provided by the RYOY Information Protection Office.

The contractor shall be required to deliver all hardware, software, and associated data developed and utilized in the development of any resulting contract. It is anticipated that a BAA providing details into this program will be released in the January 2017 timeframe; the BAA will be made available at www.fbo.gov. Other business opportunities for AFRL are also available at www.fbo.gov. Any questions may be directed to the contracting or technical points of contact listed in the announcement.

Anticipated Contract Type: A Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) contract is anticipated.

Anticipated Funding: $23,220,000 (Estimated $100,000- $5,000,000 contract value per award)

Place of Contract Performance: Contractor’s Facility http://www.fbo.gov/ http://www.fbo.gov/

Period of Performance: Estimated to be 1-3 years per award

Classification Level: Up to Classified

Set Aside: None

THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR PROPOSALS.

DO NOT SUBMIT PROPOSALS AT THIS TIME.

ANY PROPOSALS RECEIVED WILL BE DISREGARDED.