A05 KDA SOW .docx

DRAFT

STATEMENT OF WORK

FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INSERTION AND INTEGRATION

FOR WEAPON SYSTEMS DEVELOPED BY KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE

28 May 2024

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

The mission of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) is to deliver integrated and interoperable warfighting capabilities through cutting-edge research, development, acquisition, test, evaluation, and sustainment to provide the warfighter the decisive advantage.

NAWCWD performs Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E), software integration, interoperability, modeling, and simulation; and supports Network Centric Warfare for guided missiles, complex and advanced weapons, and weapon systems. NAWCWD performs RDT&E, in-service support for guided missiles, free-fall weapons, targets, support equipment, crew systems, and electronic warfare; and integrates weapons and avionics on tactical aircraft. NAWCWD operates the Navy’s western land and sea range test and evaluation complex; and develops and applies new technology to ensure battlespace dominance.

SCOPE

This effort will provide support in design, development, testing, documentation, engineering advisement, and Subject Matter Expert (SME) services, studies, and technology demonstrations to support the Surface to Surface Missile Technical Project Office (SSM-TPO) to ensure battlespace dominance by utilizing systems in development or developed by KDA including but not limited to Naval Strike Missile (NSM) and Joint Strike Missile (JSM).

APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

· DoDI 5200.39, Critical Program Information (CPI) Identification and Protection Within Research Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) (28 May 2015)

· DoDI 5200.48, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), 06 Mar 2020

· DoDM 5200.01(V2), DoD Information Security Program: Marking Information, 24 Feb 2012

· 32 CFR Part 117, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), 24 Feb 2021

· MIL-STD-461G, Requirements for The Control of Electromagnetic Interference Characteristics of Subsystems and Equipment (11- Dec-2015)

· MIL-STD-464D, Electromagnetic Environmental Effects, Requirements for Systems (24 Dec 2020)

· MIL-STD-810H(1), Department of Defense Test Method Standard: Environmental Engineering Considerations and Laboratory Tests (18 May 2022)

· MIL-STD-1472H, Department of Defense Design Criteria Standard: Human Engineering (15 Sep 2020)

· SECNAVISNT 5510.36B, Department of the Navy Information Security Program, 12 Jul 2019

GENERAL

The Government will provide all necessary reference documents not generally available to the contractor as required. Throughout the life of this contract, if any instruction or document is replaced or superseded, the replacement or superseding instruction or document shall be incorporated into the requirements in this SOW once approved and agreed upon by all parties.

SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS

All commercially available hardware and software acquired by the contractor in response to this requirement shall comply with the appropriate standards. Additional standards and specifications with a variety of origins and Department of Defense (DoD) standards will be utilized to the extent necessary to promote maximum utility, flexibility, and economy.

REQUIREMENTS

The following paragraphs describe technical task areas to be performed by the contractor. The contractor shall provide a Contractor’s Monthly Progress and Status report that shows planned expenditures over the life of the contract, and comparison of planned and actual expenditures. Technical tasking progress shall be summarized to include accomplishments, schedule compliance, issues, and risks to completion of the contract. (CDRL A001)

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

The contractor shall provide design, design review, and analysis as defined by the following requirements:

Design Development and Review The Contractor shall develop designs, fabricate technology demonstrators, simulators, prototypes and/or mock-ups of software and hardware, modify original designs, and identify and complete design validation testing. The Contractor shall prepare technical data packages of systems, subsystems, equipment, and components unique to the Contractor’s products. (CDRLs A002 and A00B) The Contractor shall review and evaluate designs provided as Government Furnished Information (GFI) to establish compliance with mission and other specified requirements. The following are examples of required reviews and evaluations to be performed: analyses to identify potential impacts on performance, reliability, maintainability, user interface, logistics, schedule, and cost.

The Contractor shall implement source code changes and software bug fixes, perform integration, verification and validation reviews of systems, equipment, assemblies, or modules to ensure that these items perform as specified by individual design specifications. The contractor shall provide a written evaluation of the design or design changes along with rationale after completing the analysis. (CDRLs A002, A003 and A00B) Design Analyses The Contractor shall perform design analyses and studies for systems development, production, and in-service activities. The following are examples of design analyses and studies required for systems development, production, and in-service activities: mission analysis, mission architecture, mission planning, participation in Concept of Operations development, and military utility analysis. (CDRL A003) The Contractor shall evaluate procedures, processes, designs, and design changes for cost savings. The Contractor shall deliver to the Government a design disclosure Technical Data Package including details concerning the substitution of piece parts and requirements concerning equivalency (exact reproductions). (CDRL A002) The Contractor shall produce technology demonstrations, prototypes, and/or mock-ups of hardware resulting from reverse engineering of legacy systems that have lost technical capacity to be built as new or to support obsolescence. (CDRL A003) Operation Research The Contractor shall construct, modify, and/or perform statistical and/or analytical investigations of missile systems and their assembly, support systems, and launcher with mathematical simulation models in order to support analysis and test and evaluation efforts.

The Contractor shall conduct aerodynamic modeling, tactics investigation through simulation, establishment of optimization techniques, control system analysis, derivation of decision theories, development of inventory control models, conducting probability and statistical theories, and provide independent analytical assessments of systems and components. Contractor shall provide Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) and Modeling and Simulation pedigree documentation; version of simulation used; settings and/or initial condition for all modeling and simulations conducted. (CDRL A003 and A00G) The Contractor shall provide automated analysis tools such as decision support systems. The Contractor shall correlate decision support applicability and its ability to support current needs and requirements. (CDRL A003) Field Engineering and Analyses The Contractor shall participate in planning, organizing, and attending on-site working sessions in the Fleet for purposes of system performance improvement. The contractor shall perform analyses of system performance through an assessment of data generated during fleet operations, maintenance, testing, trials, or training exercises. (CDRL A003) The Contractor shall perform field engineering tasks related to maintaining and enhancing deployed development equipment in accordance with the equipment's operational specifications or improved specifications. The Contractor shall perform system or equipment alterations in accordance with the applicable installation specifications, guidelines, and alteration instructions. The Contractor shall conduct the associated operational verification tests to assure the operational integrity of the system or equipment and perform requalifications and delta qualifications as required. (CDRL A003) The Contractor shall identify existing Government sources of information, collect available maintenance data, edit and analyze this data, identify trends or problems affecting mission requirements, and submit recommendations with associated rationale for changes to design or maintenance requirements to improve availability and performance. The Contractor shall investigate failures of components and systems failures to isolate the causative defect and recommend possible corrective actions to the Government. (CDRL A003) Chemical Analyses The Contractor shall plan, execute, analyze, interpret and report the results of chemical investigations. These may include research and design of thermodynamics, energy transfer phenomena, solid-state mechanisms, molecular dynamics, kinetics, spectroscopy of energetic reactions, molecular synthesis, environmental studies, metallurgical analysis, or other chemical properties. (CDRL A003) Physics Analyses The Contractor shall plan, execute, analyze, interpret and report the results of investigations on such items as the design of missile seeker performance, kinetics, ballistics, atmospheric optics, smoke modeling, radiation transfer, light scattering, electro-optics, geometrical, and physical optics. (CDRL A003) Electromagnetic Analyses The Contractor shall perform and document analyses, studies, and testing concerning the areas of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), and Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP). The contractor shall provide reports with rationale for any assumptions made during the preparation of these reports. Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO)/Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) analysis shall be in accordance with MIL-STD-461G and MIL-STD-464D. (CDRL A004) The following are examples of engineering investigations to be performed: mechanical and electronic packaging technology, mechanical and thermal modeling, item packaging and mounting technologies, component design and integration, system, subsystem, equipment and component testing (electronic and mechanical), EMC control plans, EMC test plans/test reports. (CDRL A004) Environmental Analysis The contractor shall prepare, conduct analysis, and review environmental impact statements and assessments on any new or updated products developed and delivered to the Government. The contractor shall provide written reports which shall include findings, assumptions and recommendations. Environmental testing assessments shall be in accordance with MIL-STD-810H(1). (CDRL A003) Production Analyses The Contractor shall provide estimates of potential technology insertion and technology transition production costs for KDA products. The contractor shall develop, prepare, assemble, validate, review, analyze, assess, and deliver the following to the Government for technology insertion and technology transition efforts: (1) Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs); (2) Notice of Revisions (NORs); (3) recommendations on any new KDA technological developments and product improvement initiatives; (4) recommendations on technology insertion and transition activities; and (5) recommendations on integration of various warfare systems on KDA products with rationale for ECPs and Technical Directives (TDs). (CDRLs A005 and A006) Technology Studies The Contractor shall perform analyses and conduct technical studies related to research and development of potential technology insertion and technology transition efforts and test and evaluation technologies. The Contractor shall report the results of such investigations along with recommendations and the basis for those recommendations. (CDRL A003) The Contractor shall survey advanced technology approaches to similar problems both in Government and the private sector and document recommendations. The Contractor shall report the results of such investigations along with recommendations and the basis for those recommendations. (CDRL A003) The Contractor shall identify manufacturers of, and the availability and suitability, of Commercial Off-the- Shelf (COTS) equipment required from second and third tier vendors to implement promising improvements. The Contractor shall perform engineering investigations to evaluate COTS item reliability, maintainability, availability, supportability, and configuration status in accordance with applicable drawing specifications, configuration documents, and other applicable documentation. The Contractor shall report the results of such investigations along with recommendations and the basis for those recommendations. (CDRL A00F) Human Factors The Contractor shall prepare; evaluate; and annotate human factors program plans, analysis reports, test plans and procedures, and other human factors related documentation. The Contractor shall attend human factors reviews, demonstrations, testing, and mockup or model reviews. The Contractor shall record discrepancies and formulate recommendations for resolution. Human factor support shall be in accordance with MIL-STD-1472H. (CDRL A007, A00C, A00D and A00E)

TEST AND EVALUATION

The Contractor shall provide test articles, fixtures, and instrumentation. The Contractor shall participate in test planning, performance, data analysis, and development of documentation as defined by the following requirements.

Plans and Procedures The Contractor shall provide pre- and post-test simulations of expected system performance in test scenarios. The Contractor shall develop test exercise geometry and constraints necessary to implement test scenarios. The Contractor shall develop or evaluate and provide comments on test plans and procedures. The Contractor shall submit an evaluation report on the adequacy of such plans and provide rationale and assumptions. The Contractor shall provide inputs to detailed test procedures implementing test plan requirements. (CDRL A008) Test and Test Support The Contractor shall conduct tests to investigate technical approaches, verify interface interoperability, and evaluate technical performance under controlled conditions and in representative operational environments. (CDRL A009) The Contractor shall perform pre-test predictions using modeling and simulation models and conduct post-test analysis to strengthen current models. (CDRL A009) The Contractor shall update existing models to improve predictive analysis. (CDRL A009) Contractor shall assist the SSM-TPO in developing representative modeling by providing SME support, software development support, Integrated Flight Simulation (IFS) support, and materials necessary for the SSM-TPO Hardware in the Loop (HIL) Lab, Software Integration Lab (SIL), and Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) weapon system modeling. (CDRL A009) The Contractor shall plan, coordinate, and perform test and evaluation of completed hardware designs. The Contractor shall provide test articles, test fixtures, and instrumentation. The Contractor shall participate in test events, flight test, telemetry, operations, and maintenance activities. The Contractor shall perform data capture and data retrieval in association with test activities. (CDRLs A008 and A009) The Contractor shall attend tests performed at both Government and private test sites to review the appropriate test requirements provide analytical evaluations during testing and procedures, monitor the test being conducted, and document the test. (CDRL A009) Test Analyses and Reports The Contractor shall review test data and perform analyses of the performance of units under test. The Contractor shall formulate recommendations, with justification, to correct any test item performance, quality, maintenance, or problems impacting mission. (CDRL A009) The Contractor shall recommend and justify improvements to design, configuration, materials, and/or construction. The Contractor shall collect, review, prepare test data and documents and distribute test documents and reports. The Contractor shall evaluate test report content and recommend changes with rationale. (CDRL A009)

TRANSITION ENGINEERING

The Contractor shall provide transition engineering from initial development through Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP), installation, interim fleet support, and training for the transition of development systems, commodities, technology demonstrators, prototypes, mock-ups, and items as defined by the following requirements.

Technology Demonstrators, Prototypes, and Mock-Up Production The Contractor shall produce technology demonstrators, prototypes, mock-ups and developmental items in accordance with the authorization and specification package.

Installation Requirements The Contractor shall identify and document installation requirements to ensure system compatibility. The Contractor shall identify and provide recommended solutions to interface problems; review and monitor system tolerances; perform system tests to assess performance, safety, operability, reliability and maintainability for impact on systems interface. The Contractor shall perform checks in accordance with installation drawings and specifications in preparation for installation of new equipment. The Contractor shall be responsible for site planning and preparation for equipment installation. The Contractor shall perform the installation of new equipment in accordance with the applicable installation drawings and procedures. The Contractor shall conduct associated operational verification tests to assure operational integrity of the installed equipment. (CDRL A009) Interim Engineering Analysis The Contractor shall provide systems engineering analysis for development, pre-production, prototype, and LRIP equipment or components, production material, and modification kits during development and deployment. The Contractor shall perform systems or equipment modifications to validate engineering/design recommendations or changes. The Contractor shall conduct the associated operational verification tests to assure the operational integrity of the system or equipment. The Contractor shall review, evaluate, maintain, and update data and associated documentation on fielded systems, subsystems, and components. (CDRL A009) The Contractor shall provide and assist with inactivation and disposal to ensure that critical equipment removed is safeguarded and destroyed in accordance with the appropriate Government instructions and directives. (CDRL A009 and A00H)

SME SUPPORT

The Contractor shall provide SME support services to SSM-TPO personnel as needed for internal SME development and detailed product troubleshooting.

SME Training The Contractor shall support one-on-one or group virtual or in-person training as requested for SSM-TPO personnel to learn strategies and processes for modeling and simulation, software development and interfacing, CONOPS and tactics development, and other subjects for effective integration of missile system into SSM-TPO supported systems. The Contractor shall provide training materials upon request. (CDRL A00A) Troubleshooting The Contractor shall support phone calls, meetings, and travel necessary for missile system troubleshooting for SSM-TPO supported systems. The Contractor shall respond to requests for troubleshooting services within 24hrs. If response is not providing a solution, response must include an estimation of services and time required to satisfy troubleshooting requirement. The Contractor shall provide troubleshooting training materials upon request. (CDRLA00A)

TECHNICAL TRANSLATION SERVICES

All documentation delivered to the SSM-TPO shall be in English. The Contractor shall provide translation services for existing program documents at the order level to be transferred into English.

TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE MEETINGS

The Contractor shall coordinate and attend Technical Interchange Meetings quarterly. Tasks to include planning, access coordination, scheduling, agenda, meeting minutes, action items reporting and tracking. (CDRL A00J and A00K)

DELIVERABLES

TRAVEL

Performance under this contract shall require travel by Contractor personnel. If travel, domestic or overseas, is required, the Contractor is responsible for making all necessary arrangements for its personnel. Prior approval is required for all travel under this contract. The Contractor shall provide the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) a written request for authorization to travel at least 30 days in advance of the required travel date, when possible. The request shall include: purpose of travel, location, travel dates, number of individuals traveling, and all estimated costs associated with the travel (e.g., lodging, meals, transportation costs, incidental expenses, etc.). Travel arrangements shall be planned in accordance with the Federal Travel regulations, prescribed by the General Services Administration for travel in the conterminous 48 United States, (hereinafter the FTR) and the Joint Travel Regulation, Volume 2, DoD Civilian Personnel, Appendix A, prescribed by the Department of Defense (hereinafter the JTR) and approval obtained prior to travel departure. Travel locations may include, but are not limited to the following: China Lake, CA; San Diego, CA; Washington, DC; and Patuxent River, MD.

SECURITY

Personnel Security The contractor shall provide personnel with the appropriate personnel security clearance levels for the work to be performed. Access to SECRET information is required in the performance of this contract and shall be in accordance with the 32 CFR Part 117, Feb 2021, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), applicable DoD personnel security regulations, and DoD Contract Security Classification Specification (DD Form 254). The contractor shall maintain sufficiently cleared personnel to perform the tasks required by this SOW IAW the DD Form 254 and the contract. All contractor personnel shall possess the requisite security clearance, accesses, and need-to-know commensurate with the requirements of their positions.

All contractor personnel with access to unclassified information systems, including e-mail, shall have at a minimum a favorable Tier 1 (T1) investigation.

Attachment 1, defines program specific security requirements. All controlled unclassified technical information shall be appropriately identified and marked in accordance with DoDI 5200.48, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), 06 Mar 2020. All Contractor facilities shall provide an appropriate means of storage for controlled unclassified and classified documents, equipment, and materials in accordance with Operational Security (OPSEC) requirements.

All controlled unclassified technical information shall be appropriately identified and marked with the following distribution statement(s):

Distribution Statement D: Distribution authorized to the Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only; Administrative, Critical Technology, or Operational Use, 28 May 2024. Other requests for the document must be referred to NAWCWD SSM-TPO, 1900 N. Knox Road, MS 6810 Attn: Director, SSM-TPO, China Lake, CA 93555-6100. REL TO USA AND NOR.

Information Security Direct Support contractor personnel working under the purview of a DoN Commanding Officer/Commander shall comply with the local security provisions and the requirements of SECNAVISNT 5510.36B. The contractor shall implement and maintain security procedures and controls to prevent unauthorized disclosure of controlled unclassified information and to control distribution of controlled unclassified information in accordance with NISPOM 32 CFR Part 117, 24 Feb 2021, and SECNAVISNT 5510.36B CUI information generated and/or provided under this contract shall be marked and safeguarded as specified in DoDI 5200.48, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Contractor shall not store or transmit CUI on personal information technology systems or via personal e-mail. Unclassified e-mail containing any DoD CUI shall be encrypted. Prior to sending CUI to any non-Navy Marine Corps Internet (NMCI) addressees, the sender must first positively verify all recipients are authorized access to CUI and have need-to-know. Non-NMCI recipients must have a DoD compliant Private Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate that enables electronic transmission via unclassified networks while protecting the CUI with a digital signature and encryption.

Communications Security (COMSEC) Not applicable.

Operations Security (OPSEC) The contractor shall comply with the OPSEC requirements outlined within the DD Form 254.

The Contractor shall develop, implement, and maintain an OPSEC program to protect controlled unclassified activities, information, equipment, and material used or developed by the contractor and any subcontractor during performance of the contract. The contractor shall be responsible for the subcontractor implementation of the OPSEC requirements. The OPSEC program shall be in accordance with DoD and DON operations security (OPSEC) requirements, to include:

1) Assignment of responsibility for OPSEC direction and implementation

2) Planning guidance for the use of the OPSEC Process to identify vulnerabilities and apply applicable countermeasures (Contact NAWCWD Industrial Security Office for a current OPSEC Annex and CI Guide)

3) Establishment of OPSEC education and awareness training

4) Provisions for management, annual review, and evaluation of OPSEC programs

5) Oversight for accountability of OPSEC requirements to subcontractors Program Protection Implementation Plan (PPIP) Not applicable.

Public Release Disclosure of information is covered by DFARS 252.204-7000 Disclosure of Information, incorporated in Section I of the contract. Concerning subsection (a)(2), “information otherwise in the public domain” is information officially released into the public domain, e.g. via Distribution Statement A, and does not include information in the public domain that has not been officially released. For disclosure of unclassified information that has not been officially released, the contractor must seek specific approval from the Contracting Officer, with approval from the NAWCWD Public Affairs Office (PAO).

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT D: Distribution authorized to the Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only, (Critical Technology), 28 May 2024. Other requests for this document must be referred to NAWCWD SSM-TPO, 1900 N Knox Road, MS 6810, ATTN: Director, SSM-TPO, China Lake CA 93555-6100. REL TO USA AND NOR.