Revised SOO 31 Jan 2022.pdf

Electro-Optic Sensing Defensive Electronic Warfare (EOS-DEW)

Statement of Objectives (SOO)

31 Jan 2022

1. Background:

U.S. aircraft are required to penetrate and operate in hostile environments. The major threats they face today can include, but are not limited to, multi-spectral guided missiles, hostile fire, and directed energy weapon systems. Many of the guided missile systems are man portable; therefore, in any area in which U.S. aircraft operate, they will be susceptible to these highly-proliferated threats. An ongoing concern is the efficacy of existing Countermeasure (CM) systems and techniques as these weapon systems and threat capabilities advance. Countermeasures previously shown to be sufficient are being relegated to obsolescence by advanced threats. At a minimum, the effectiveness is being degraded, thereby increasing the vulnerability of U.S. aircraft. Development must occur to derive a solution to counter each new threat that is identified. For example, effective missile countermeasure techniques rely on early launch detection and launch envelope timelines, dictating continual improvements in missile warning sensor architectures exploiting different portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Directed energy threat detection, on the other hand, requires laser detection schemes containing multiple discriminants. The relative fidelity of coherence, wavelength, direction-of-arrival, geolocation, fluence and pulse processing discriminants is dictated by the threat spaces of interest and drives the complexity of warning sensor architectures to satisfy hand-off requirements for protection countermeasures. Validating the fidelity of sensor architectures requires specialized and customized testing methodologies involving high fidelity threat simulation, radiometry, platform motion simulation, tracker characterizations and data analysis techniques.

2. Objective: The objectives of this work are to develop and demonstrate prototype advanced integrated threat warning systems while also advancing multi-spectral test and developmental risk reduction methodologies to support Research and Development (R&D), and procurement agency milestones. These objectives include testing methodologies and simulations for AF and DoD procurement activities critically supported by the Integrated Threat Warning Laboratory’s (ITWL’s) world-class threat warning core competencies. The work should include solution development, integrated test capability, and instrumentation to augment agency developmental testing goals in the areas of threat warning.

3. Scope: The scope of this effort covers integrated threat warning advancement throughout the lifecycle which includes research and development, procurement, and operations and maintenance:

Multi-spectrum threat warning primarily focusing on o Missile sensing o Laser sensing o Hostile fire sensing

Multi-spectrum threat simulation Multi-threat simulation Sensing technology evaluation o Fielded systems o Developmental components and systems

Enhanced testing and evaluation techniques to support R&D

4. Technical Areas/Objectives The objectives for this effort are to execute R&D in technology areas supporting integrated threat warning systems and integrated survivability technology.

4.1. Threat Sensor Development

Objective: The Government desires to achieve a number of technical objectives to advance the state of the art and develop enhanced multi-spectral threat sensing systems. Areas of interest include:

• Component hardware development/evaluation

• Algorithm development/evaluation

• Investigate emerging technologies as they relate to threat detection techniques and discriminants

• System development/evaluation

• Threat signature simulation/simulators development/evaluation

• Evaluation environment development/integration

4.2. Multi-Spectral Threat Simulation Development

Objective: Simulation development involves replicating threat signatures in representative mission scenarios supporting developmental evaluation of sensors/systems in hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) laboratory and field settings. Of high interest is the ability to perform these types of simulations across a broad spectral range. Areas of interest include:

• Threat signature simulator o Missile o Laser o Hostile Fire

• Kinematic motion simulator

• Real-time radiometrics

• Atmospheric turbulence simulation

• Scene clutter simulation

• Simulation implementation and integration

4.3. Modeling and Simulation

Objective: Modeling and simulation supports sensor development/evaluation and multi-spectral threat simulation in HITL laboratory and field settings. Areas of interest include:

• Aircraft and missile trajectory generation

• Missile plume signature generation

• Atmospheric effects modeling o Transmission o Scattering, including UV o Turbulence

• Missile engagement 3D modeling

• Kinematic transformations

• Laser propagation modeling

4.4. Experiments, Characterizations, and Infrastructure Operations Objective: Conduct risk reduction experiments and characterization of threat warning systems using HITL techniques and infrastructure. Improve instrumentation, equipment and infrastructure to support sensor development/evaluation and multi-spectral threat simulation in HITL laboratory, Laser IRCM Development (LID) Range, and field settings. Conduct verification and validation (V&V) characterizations of the ITWL hardware in support of developmental testing (DT) and operational testing (OT) milestones. Areas of interest include:

• Risk reduction systems engineering o Missile warning o Laser warning o Hostile fire

• Threat warning systems and directed energy countermeasures characterization o Parametric measurements o End-to-end performance timeline

• Radiometry o Missile signature o Pulse and Continuous Wave (CW) laser o Directed energy countermeasure

• Laser scintillometry

• Hardware-in-the-Loop kinematics

• Threat signature simulator o Missile o Laser o Hostile Fire

• Automated command and control software development

• Data acquisition and analysis tool development

4.5. Test and Demonstration

Objective: Support test and demonstration events as part of multi-spectral threat sensor development and evaluation. Evaluation and assessment of experimental test results of live-fire, flight, field or other relevant environments often in remote locations. Remote locations could include but not limited to the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) test range in California, Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, the White Sands Missile Test Range in New Mexico, the Eglin Test Range in Florida, evaluation events at various bases, and several OCONUS locations.

Participate in the flight and field events that may include operation of government-provided threat surrogate systems, government provided threat warning systems, instrumented threat sensors and seekers, search/track sensors, other CM equipment, data collection devices, support equipment, and portable laser equipment. Perform pretest preparations including but not limited to test planning, system upgrades and modifications, and test asset instrumentation as required. Document the test procedures and the results in technical reports.

Design and maintain mobile test capabilities as required, to include but not limited to data acquisition with data integrity and ITWL mobile trailer.

5. Management. The contractor shall exercise program, administrative, information technology, and financial management functions including establishing activities and milestones; tracking performance, cost and schedule; overseeing quality performance; planning, forecasting, and reporting funding and funding changes; and preparing appropriate documentation.

6. Deliverables. Data shall be delivered in accordance with the Contracts Data Requirements List

(CDRL) items shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Pertinent Contract Data Requirement List (CDRL) items

CDRL Deliverable Name

A001 Scientific and Technical Reports – Final Report DI-MISC-80711A/T A002 Funds and Man-hour Expenditure Report (FMER), Monthly DI-FNCL-80331A/T A003 Scientific and Technical Reports – Spend Plan, Monthly DI-MISC-80711A/T A004 Contract Funds Status Report (CFSR) , Quarterly DI-MGMT-81468A/T A005 Contract Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS), As Required DI-MGMT-81334D/T A006 Presentation Material, As Required DI-ADMN-81373/T A007 Status Report, Monthly DI-MGMT-80368A/T A008 Project Planning Chart, As Required DI-MGMT-80507C/T A009 Computer Software Product, As Generated DI-IPSC-81488/T A010 Test Plan, As Required DI-NDTI-80566A/T A011 Software User Manual (SUM), As Required DI-IPSC-81443A/T A012 Engineering Data Package, As Required DI-SESS-82166/T A013 Digital Imaging, As Generated DI-MISC-81579/T A014 Technical Report/Study Services, As Generated DI-MISC-80508B/T

7. Security

7.1. Operation Security (OPSEC)

General Operations Security (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 life cycle of the contract. The Critical Information List (CIL) and the RY OPSEC Plan will be provided upon request by AFRL/ RYOY Information Protection Office. While working on the government installation, OPSEC guidance and OPSEC training will be provided by AFRL/RYOY Information Protection Office. This training will ensure contractors are familiar with RY’s CIL and RY’s OPSEC Plan as it pertains to their contract. The contractor shall apply OPSEC in their management of their current program IAW AFI 10-701 Operations Security and WPAFB Supplement to AFI-10-701. The Contractor shall perform the following typical security duties on an intermittent basis: opening/closing ITWL vault, end of day security; checking that safes are closed and locked and documenting this on a SF702 form, ensuring classified materials are cleared from any unsecure locations where open storage of classified is not authorized, activating alarm systems and locking and securing doors.

7.2 Program Security Requirements

The Contractor shall participate with the Government in the development of a Security and Technology Protection Plan (S&T) to include the identification of Critical Program Information (CPI), and shall also participate with the Government in determining countermeasures needed to safeguard the CPI throughout the acquisition process. The Contractor shall plan for and execute S&T protection in accordance with the S&T and program guidance.

The work to be done may be classified up to TS/SCI and TS/SAR classification levels.

7.3 Information Security/Information Assurance (INFOSEC/IA)

The contractor shall apply Security+ subject matter expertise to manage the unique multilevel security information system and networking requirements of the various System Engineering (SE) and System of Systems (SoS) Research and Analysis, Advanced Technology Demonstrations, and Integrated Technology Assessments task areas as identified in Section 4.0.

This subject matter expertise should also include detailed knowledge and demonstrated applications of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and TEMPEST processes.

8. Safety Plan. Obtain an approved safety plan, Air Force Instruction 91-202 Air Force Research

Laboratory Supplemental 1, before any experiment may be conducted outside of a laboratory environment.

9. Schedule. The schedule objective for completion of the proposed objectives is 48 months. This includes completion of the actual R&D in 45 months and completion of the final report in the remaining 3 months.

10. Contract Holidays: The prices/costs in Section B include holiday observance accordingly, the

Government will not be billed for holidays, except when services are required by the Government and are actually performed on a holiday. The following days are contract holidays:

New Year Day, Presidents Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.