BAA CALL 0004 27Jun12 Fedbizops.pdf

BAA 08-RD-01, CALL 0004

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

BAA-08-RD-01

Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) 0004

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: High Energy Research & Applications (HERA)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA-08-RD-01

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) TITLE: High Energy Research & Applications (HERA)/High Power Microwave (HPM) & Plasma Technologies

PROPOSAL CALL ANNOUNCEMENT (CALL) NUMBER: 0004

TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT: The technical points of contact for this CALL are as follows:

Statement of Objectives #1: Capt Steven Pugh, AFRL/RDHP, Kirtland AFB, NM, Phone 505-853-3298, Email: steven.pugh@kirtland.af.mil

Statement of Objectives #2: Capt Steven Pugh, AFRL/RDHP, Kirtland AFB, Statement of Objectives #3: Capt Steven Pugh, AFRL/RDHP, Kirtland AFB, NM, Phone 505-853-3298, Email: steven.pugh@kirtland.af.mil

Statement of Objectives #4: Capt Steven Pugh, AFRL/RDHP, Kirtland AFB, NM, Phone 505-853-3298, Email: steven.pugh@kirtland.af.mil

Statement of Objectives #5: Capt Steven Pugh, AFRL/RDHP, Kirtland AFB, NM, Phone 505-853-3298, Email: steven.pugh@kirtland.af.mil

Statement of Objectives #6: Capt Steven Pugh, AFRL/RDHP, Kirtland AFB, CONTRACTING POINTS OF CONTACT: The contracting points of contact for this CALL are:

Contract Specialist: Katy Florez, Det 8 AFRL/RVKDP, Kirtland AFB, NM, Phone 505-846-2037, Fax 505-853-3398, E-mail: katy.florez@kirtland.af.mil mailto:steven.pugh@kirtland.af.mil mailto:steven.pugh@kirtland.af.mil mailto:steven.pugh@kirtland.af.mil mailto:steven.pugh@kirtland.af.mil mailto:steven.pugh@kirtland.af.mil mailto:steven.pugh@kirtland.af.mil mailto:katy.florez@kirtland.af.mil

Contracting Officer: Geralyn Warner, Det 8 AFRL/RVKDP, Kirtland AFB, NM, Phone 505-846-4575, Fax 505-853-3398, E-mail: geralyn.warner@kirtland.af.mil

REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION:

Applicable Technical Areas from BAA 08-RD-01:

Technical Area 1 – High Power Microwave (HPM) Source Development Technical Area 2 – Pulsed Power (PP) and Pulsed Power Systems (PPS) R&D Technical Area 3 – Prime Power Systems Technical Area 4 – Theoretical and Computational R&D Technical Area 5 – Technology Demonstrator or Prototype Development, Integration, Operation, Demonstration and Testing

The work solicited under this CALL is summarized as follows (see Attachment 1 for a complete description):

Statement of Objectives #1: The scope includes the development and enhancement of AFRL/RDH advanced electromagnetic technologies at both the system and component level. System level research includes advanced electromagnetic sources, pulsed power, and antennas. Component level research will be pursued within this group to improve and enhance the operation, size, or desired effects of the overall systems and to advance the particular technology being investigated, such as energy storage, pulse width, power, frequency and etcetera. The scope encompasses areas of research from basic principle physics up to system integration level efforts and leverages other research methods such as computational modeling to achieve objectives. The objectives can be divided into three overarching topic areas: Advanced Electromagnetic Sources and Components; Pulsed Power Systems Technology, and Advanced Wideband Antenna Systems and Components.

Statement of Objectives #2: The scope includes the execution of high energy density plasma (HEDP) experimental campaigns on Shiva Star and related pulsed power systems, Equation of State and Warm Dense Matter experiments, using, for example, well diagnosed fuse discharges and Magnetized Plasma Compression- Field Reversed Configuration (MPC-FRC) system development.

Statement of Objectives #3: The scope includes theoretical analysis and computational modeling and simulation of High Power Electromagnetic (HPEM) systems and their associated components to include microwave or millimeter wave sources, pulsed power technologies, pulsed power driven loads for the production of high energy density plasma (HEDP) and near plasma environments, with and without embedded high magnetic fields, and radiation transport. The scope includes applying the necessary computational tools to support the development of HPEM weapons/systems at the appropriate technical level. For example, a computational method may be required to address basic physics within a high power microwave source (such as particle-in-cell codes), or multi-physics mailto:geralyn.warner@kirtland.af.mil software to investigate propagation of RF waves and interactions with other systems or materials. The Pulsed Power Branch solves multi-physics problems to include plasma physics, electromagnetic, hydrodynamics, radiation/particle transport and quantum mechanics.

Statement of Objectives #4: The scope includes the development of new and enhancement of existing AFRL/RDH microwave/millimeter-wave systems, applications and their associated components to improve system parameters and operations. These improvements include, but are not limited to, better assembly, greater output power, increased repetition rates, higher reliability and maintainability. Existing systems and applications considered for enhancement include, but are not limited to, Active Denial Technology (ADT) systems 0, 1 and 2 and Advanced Counter Electronic Sources (ACES) applications and associated development hardware. High Power Microwave (HPM) system components/subsystems include, but are not limited to, supervisory control, prime power, pulsed power, HPM or millimeter wave sources and antennas. These systems and subsystems will be developed as brassboard or higher, stand-alone systems to be used to evaluate technology for weapon payload integration. The scope encompasses the predictive modeling and hardware development for innovative solutions.

Statement of Objectives #5: The scope includes design and development of high energy particle beam accelerators to conduct effects experiments.

Statement of Objectives #6: The scope includes development efforts to assess enabling pulsed power system and subsystem technologies, computer analysis of potential pulsed power systems and subsystem components as well as system performance, including, but not limited to developmental hardware fabrication, assembly, testing, data, and data analysis to support AFRL/RD hypervelocity ElectroMagnetic (EM) launch systems and components. The scope includes necessary design, development, engineering, fabrication, assembly, analysis, and testing of pulsed power systems and subsystems for high current pulsed power systems.

ANTICIPATED FUNDING: Anticipated funding for this CALL (not per contract, award, or Statement of Objectives (SOO) is: FY12: $1.895M; FY13: $10.35M;

FY14: $8.9M; FY15: $7.05M; FY16: $6.75M; and FY17: $5.055M

Anticipated funding per SOO (not per contract or award) is as follows:

Statement of Objectives #1:

FY 12: $525,000.00; FY 13: $5,000,000.00, FY 14: $5,000,000.00;

FY 15: $5,000,000.00; FY 16: $5,000,000.00; FY 17: $4,000,000.00

Statement of Objectives #2:

FY 12: $1,000,000.00; FY 13: $1,300,000.00; FY 14: $1,300,000.00

Statement of Objectives #3:

FY 12: $50,000.00; FY 13: $450,000.00; FY 14: $500,000.00; FY 15: $500,000.000;

FY 16: $500,000; FY 17: $300,000.00

Statement of Objectives #4:

FY 12: $250,000.00; FY 13: $1,250,000.00; FY 14: $1,000,000.00

Statement of Objectives #5:

FY 12: $20,000.00; FY 13: $1,750,000.00; FY 14: $500,000.00; FY 15: $750,000.00;

FY 16: $750,000.00; FY 17: $255,000.00

Statement of Objectives #6:

FY 12: $50,000.00; FY 13: $600,000.00; FY 14: $600,000.00; FY 15: $800,000.00,

FY 16: $500,000.00; FY 17: $500,000.00

This funding profile is an estimate only; it does not represent a contractual obligation for funding. All funding is subject to change due to availability and based on Government discretion.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The anticipated period of performance for individual awards resulting from this CALL is between twelve (12) and sixty-three (63) months in duration (reference SOOs for applicable periods of performance). The period of performance is to be proposed in the format “includes XX months for technical effort and three (3) months for Final Report preparation.”

PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: The due date for proposals submitted in response to this CALL is no later than 12:00 p.m. (local time) on 27 Jul 2012. Proposals for any other technology area identified in the baseline BAA will not be accepted at this time unless a CALL for proposals in that specific area is open. Proposals received after the due dates and times shall be governed by the provisions of FAR 52.215-1(c)(3).

Proposals shall be submitted to the Contracting Point of Contact identified in this CALL at the following address.

Attn: Katy Florez, AFRL/RVKDP 3550 Aberdeen Bldg 413, Room 160 Kirtland Air Force Base, NM 87117

CALL AMENDMENTS: Offerors should monitor FedBizOps/EPS http://www.fbo.gov for any additional notices to this CALL that may permit extensions to the proposal submission date or otherwise modify this announcement.

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ANTICIPATED TYPE OF CONTRACTS/INSTRUMENTS: The Air Force anticipates awarding two (2) Cost-Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), Indefinite-DeliveryIndefinite- Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with CPFF completion-type task orders as a result of this CALL but reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed. Group 1, the minimum ordering amount for each IDIQ contract award will be $100,000.00. The maximum amount of any contract will be $24,525,000.00; Group 4 the minimum ordering amount will be $150,000.00. The maximum contract amount will be $2,500,000.00. The ordering period will be limited to five (5) years from contract award and the technical period of performance for any resulting task orders is anticipated to be between twelve (12) to sixty (60) months in duration.

The Air Force anticipates awarding four (4) Cost-Plus Fixed-Fee (CPFF), completion-type contracts as a result of this CALL but reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed.

Model contracts may be provided to each apparent successful offeror for review and comment as part of the BAA solicitation and award process, if necessary. The Air Force does not anticipate awarding assistance instruments as a result of this CALL.

Anticipated type of contracts is as follows:

Statement of Objectives #1:

The Air Force anticipates awarding multiple (more than two (2)) Cost-Plus Fixed-Fee (CPFF), competing, Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with CPFF completion-type task orders as a result of this SOO, but reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed. The minimum amount/minimum ordering amount for any contract award will be $100,000.00. The maximum amount for any contract award will be $24,525,000.00. The ordering period will be limited to five (5) years from contract award and the technical period of performance for any resulting task orders is anticipated to be twelve (12) to sixty (60) months in duration.

Statement of Objectives #2:

The Air Force anticipates awarding one (1) Cost-Plus Fixed-Fee (CPFF), completion-type contract as a result of this SOO, but reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed.

Statement of Objectives #3:

The Air Force anticipates awarding one (1) Cost-Plus Fixed-Fee (CPFF), completion-type contract as a result of this SOO, but reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed.

Statement of Objectives #4:

The Air Force anticipates awarding one (1) Cost-Plus Fixed-Fee (CPFF), Indefinite- Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with CPFF completion-type task orders as a result of this SOO, but reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed. The minimum amount/minimum ordering amount for any contract award will be $150,000.00. The maximum amount for any contract award will be $2,500,000.00. The ordering period will be limited to three (3) years from contract award and the technical period of performance for any resulting task orders is anticipated to be twelve (12) to thirty-six (36) months in duration.

Statement of Objectives #5:

The Air Force anticipates awarding one (1) Cost-Plus Fixed-Fee (CPFF), completion-type contract as a result of this SOO, but reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed.

Statement of Objectives #6:

The Air Force anticipates awarding one (1) Cost-Plus Fixed-Fee (CPFF), completion-type contract as a result of this SOO, but reserves the right to award the instrument best suited to the nature of research proposed.

ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF AWARDS: The Air Force anticipates awarding multiple contracts as a result of this CALL. Multiple IDIQ awards will be subject to Fair Opportunity as provided by FAR 16.5 “Indefinite-Delivery Contracts”, FAR 16.505- “Ordering”, and all supplements that apply with respect to fair opportunity requirements.

This also applies to all subsequent task orders to be awarded beyond the guaranteed minimum order. However, the Air Force does reserve the right to make a single award, multiple awards, or no awards pursuant to this CALL.

ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: August-September 2012

INTENT TO PROPOSE: Potential offerors are requested to advise the contracting point of contact if they intend to submit proposals in response to this CALL. Such notification is merely a courtesy and is not a commitment by the offeror to submit a proposal.

DELIVERABLES:

The Government does not anticipate deliverables other than data. Refer to the attached Statements of Objectives for applicable Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs).

CDRLs are included as Attachment 4 to BAA 08-RD-01, as amended.

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

1. Program security classification for this CALL is SECRET. This effort may require access to classified information up to and including SECRET/NOFORN. It is anticipated that awards will be unclassified with limited access; however, it is anticipated that attendance at meetings and discussions concerning portions of the work may be classified up to a level of SECRET/NOFORN. Therefore, foreign owned firms are precluded from submitting proposals. Draft DD Forms 254 are included as Attachment 2 to this CALL.

2. No Advisory & Assistance Services (A&AS) or Level of Effort (LOE) contracts will be awarded as a result of this CALL.

3. AFFARS 5352.209-9001 Potential Organizational Conflict of Interest.

4. Government Furnished Property/Government Furnished Equipment (GFP/GFE) is anticipated to include:

Statement of Objectives #1: See CALL Attachment 3

Statement of Objectives #2: See CALL Attachment 3

Statement of Objectives #3: None

Statement of Objectives #4: See CALL Attachment 3

Statement of Objectives #5: See CALL Attachment 3

Statement of Objectives #6: See CALL Attachment 3

Any Government Furnished Property, Equipment, or Facilities (including the items listed in the Attachments) needed for this requirement should be specified in the proposal. All property is to be furnished in an ‘‘as-is’’ condition. The offeror is responsible for all costs related to making the property available for use, such as payment of all transportation, installation, or rehabilitation costs.

For all proposed Government Property, the offeror is required to submit the following information:

i. A list or description of all Government property that the offeror or its subcontractors propose to use on a rent-free basis. The list shall identify the accountable contract under which the property is held and the authorization for its use (from the contracting officer having cognizance of the property);

ii. The dates during which the property will be available for use (including the first, last, and all intervening months) and, for any property that will be used concurrently in performing two or more contracts, the amounts of the respective uses in sufficient detail to support prorating the rent;

iii. The amount of rent that would otherwise be charged in accordance with FAR

52.245-9, Use and Charges; and

iv. A description of the offeror’s property management system, plan, and any customary commercial practices, voluntary consensus standards, or industry-leading practices and standards to be used by the offeror in managing Government property.

FAR 45.202 requires Contracting Officers to consider any potential unfair advantage that may result from an offeror possessing Government property. Offers proposing the use of Government property will be adjusted by applying, for evaluation purposes only, a rental equivalent evaluation factor as specified in FAR 52.245-9.

3. Representations and Certifications: Offerors shall submit, with the Business proposal, a completed copy of the Representations and Certifications found at BAA 08-RD-01 Attachment 3.

4. When submitting a proposal under this CALL for non-IDIQ SOOs (SOOs 2,3,5 and 6), an offeror is not required to propose to more than one Statement of Objectives (SOO).

However, if proposals are submitted for more than one SOO, separate Technical Management and Cost volumes (and copies) shall be submitted for each SOO, following the proposal submission instructions found in BAA 08-RD-01.

5. Each Statement of Objectives is being competed independently and will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria specified in BAA-08-RD-01.

6. This CALL contains an updated BAA 08-RD-01 Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL), DD Form 1423-1, Data Item A005 (Attachment 5). This CDRL will be used in place of CDRL A005 provided in Attachment 4 to BAA 08-RD-01.

7. No other agency will be allowed to issue orders against any resulting IDIQ contracts.

8. If an offeror chooses to propose to one of the IDIQ contracts anticipated in this CALL (SOOs #1 or #4), it must submit a Technical Proposal that addresses all objectives in the Basic IDIQ SOO, and at a minimum, a Technical Proposal and Cost Proposal for one (1) of the corresponding Task Order SOOs. If an offeror wishes to submit a Technical Proposal and Cost Proposal for more than one (1) of the corresponding Task Orders, it may do so but it is not required. In order to receive an IDIQ contract award, an offeror must submit acceptable proposals for both the basic IDIQ Contract and a minimum of one (1) Task Order.

APPLICABILITY OF BASELINE BAA: All requirements of BAA-08-RD-01 apply unless specifically amended and addressed in this CALL. For complete information regarding BAA-08-RD-01, refer to the initial BAA as amended. It contains information applicable to all CALLS issued under the BAA and provides information on the overall program, proposal preparation and submission requirements, proposal review and evaluation criteria, award administration, agency contacts, etc. Direct questions to the points of contact previously identified in this CALL.

ATTACHMENTS:

1. CALL 0004 Statements of Objectives (SOOs):

a. Statement of Objectives #1 Basic IDIQ, “Technologies for High Power Microwave System Development”

i. Statement of Objectives #1, Task Order Statement of Objectives, “Basic HPEM Source and Component Development”

ii. Statement of Objectives #1, Task Order Statement of Objectives, “Pulsed Power Systems Development”

iii. Statement of Objectives #1, Task Order Statement of Objectives, “W-Band Propulsion Development”

b. Statement of Objectives #2, “High Energy Density Plasma Technology and Magnetized Target Fusion”

c. Statement of Objectives #3, “High Power Electromagnetic Computational Modeling and Simulation”

d. Statement of Objectives #4 Basic IDIQ, “Advanced Microwave/Millimeterwave Systems Development”

i. Statement of Objectives #4, Task Order Statement of Objectives, “Next Generation Systems Development and Applications”

e. Statement of Objectives #5, “High Energy Particle Beam Accelerators and Effects”

f. Statement of Objectives #6, “High Current Pulsed Power”

2. CALL 0004 Draft Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification, DD Forms 254:

a. Draft DD Form 254 for Statement of Objectives #1, #4, #5

b. Draft DD Form 254 for Statement of Objectives #2, #3

c. N/A for Statement of Objectives #6

3. Government-Furnished Property, “Government-provided GFP, Including Major End Items and Reparable Items”:

a. GFP/GFE List for Statement of Objectives #1

b. GFP/GFE List for Statement of Objectives #2

c. N/A for Statement of Objectives #3

d. GFP/GFE List for Statement of Objectives #4

e. GFP/GFE List for Statement of Objectives #5

f. GFP/GFE List for Statement of Objectives #6

4. Government-Furnished Property, “Government Property Authorized for Contractor Requisition with or without Reimbursement from DoD Supply Sources”

5. Updated BAA 08-RD-01 Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL), DD Form 1423-1, Data Item A005

BAA 08-RD-01

Call 0004

Basic IDIQ Statement of Objectives (SOO) #1 “Technologies for High Power Microwave System Development”

1.0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED

Applicable Technical Areas from BAA 08-RD-01:

Technical Area 1 – High Power Microwave (HPM) Source Development Technical Area 2 – Pulsed Power (PP) and Pulsed Power Systems (PPS) R&D Technical Area 3 – Prime Power Systems Technical Area 4 – Theoretical and Computational R&D

The scope includes the development and enhancement of AFRL/RDH advanced electromagnetic technologies at both the system and component level. System level research includes advanced electromagnetic sources, pulsed power, and antennas. Component level research will be pursued within this group to improve and enhance the operation, size, or desired effects of the overall systems and to advance the particular technology being investigated, such as energy storage, pulse width, power, frequency and etcetera. The scope encompasses areas of research from basic principle physics up to system integration level efforts and leverages other research methods such as computational modeling to achieve objectives. The objectives can be divided into three overarching topic areas: Advanced Electromagnetic Sources and Components; Pulsed Power Systems Technology; and Advanced Wideband Antenna Systems and Components.

2.0 OBJECTIVES OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED

• Advanced Electromagnetic Sources and Components o Develop 10% and higher bandwidth HPM oscillators and amplifiers.

o Develop compact, super high power and efficient narrowband HPM oscillators.

o Develop HPM systems capable of performing long-range RF remote sensing and imaging.

o Develop portable high-average power HPM systems.

o Develop cathode technologies (both DC and pulsed) required by the advanced microwave source development program.

o Develop advanced materials to improve operating parameters and physical size of advanced microwave sources and components.

o Increase capabilities to initiate and sustain plasmas in atmospheric and upper-atmospheric conditions using HPM. Develop components to execute RF breakdown experiments to investigate HPM-Plasma interactions.

o Develop, model, and test millimeter-wave powered heat-exchanger systems for use in heating a working gas or fluid for the purposes of propulsion. Develop millimeter-wave powered plasma sources, associated high voltage power and magnetic field systems and beam conditioning and direction systems.

o Design, develop, fabricate, test, and analyze HPM components for use in HPM launch systems. The definition of components includes, but is not limited to, vacuum diodes, pulsed power interfaces, pulsed power components (such as capacitors, Pulse Forming systems), timing and triggering components, pulsed power diagnostics, HPM diagnostics, HPM loads and antennas.

• Pulsed Power Systems Technology o Evaluate performance, operational suitability and lifetime of pulsed power technologies and components such as Marx banks, pulse forming networks, linear transformer drivers, pulse forming lines, non-linear transmission lines, hybrid pulsed power topologies, gas switches, solid state switches, capacitors, varactors, insulating dielectrics and non-linear dielectrics.

o Increase, as required by exigencies of the program, the energy density of pulsed power systems, the compactness, the repetition rate, the pulse length, and the number of pulses in a burst o Evaluate the trade space of performance, volume and mass of electromagnetic systems.

o Develop technologies that provide power and energy pulses close to the source’s optimal operation while having less mass and volume than more conventional components and topologies.

o New components and pulsed power technologies shall be developed and demonstrated to have pervasive applications to a breadth of electromagnetic sources.

o Design and develop pulsed power technologies and components that demonstrate increases in the power and energy density and reliability of prime and pulsed power topologies.

o Develop, design, construct, test, analyze, and implement enabling technologies for compact, repetitive pulsed power topologies that include prime power and power conditioning.

o Design, construct and perform experiments to determine functionality, environmental operability, integration and life-time of that particular pulsed power technology or component, not only on the bench but also when operated within the entire system for which the pulsed power system was designed.

o Develop and validate modeling and simulation code that optimizes the design of pulsed power systems and components.

• Advanced Wideband Antenna Systems and Components o Design, fabricate, and demonstrate advanced wideband antenna systems.

o Conduct theoretical and numerical electromagnetic analyses, design calculations, and performance calculations of advanced wideband antenna concepts, both low-level CW and high power transient.

o Conduct electromagnetic and mechanical design calculations on advanced wideband antennas and components.

o Design, fabricate, install, and experimentally verify the performance of advanced wideband antennas.

3.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The High Power Electromagnetic (HPEM) Technologies Branch seeks to advance HPEM technologies that will enable applications centered on the use of high power microwave systems. It works to develop solutions that are lightweight, packageable, technical viable, and offer military advantages to a potential user. This program is developing potential designs and technology for both single shot and rep-rate radiating systems. The subsystems for these designs are at various states of technology readiness and need either further assessment or advancement.

The HPEM Sources Development Technical Area seeks to advance and enhance any relevant HPEM technologies essential to the HPEM counter electronics (CE) effort.

These technologies must address problems related to all components of the HPEM CE system, such as antennas and components, pulsed power and components, and radiofrequency (RF) sources and components. The solutions to these problems must result in a compact, high repetition rate, technically achievable system offering significant military advantages to the user. In general, given the developmental nature of the program, the subsystems involved with HEPM CE will lie at various states of technology readiness and need either further assessment or additional advancement.

The HPEM Technologies Branch also seeks to advance compact, rep-rate pulse power technologies that will enable the use of high power microwave systems in various platforms, but may include other rep-rate pulsed power applications. It is working to develop solutions that are lightweight, packageable, technically viable, and offer military advantages to the user. The goal of this Technical Area is to develop viable topologies and hardware for rep-rate systems, design pulse power loads, coupling of pulsed power to various loads and testing of these systems and components to determine performance and effectiveness. Subsystems and components for these designs are at various stages of technology readiness and need either additional assessment or further development.

Finally, the HPEM Technologies Branch seeks to advance the state-of-the art in wideband antenna systems and components. It is working to develop solutions that are lightweight, packageable, technically viable, and offer military advantages to the user.

The goal of this area is to explore the solution space available for addressing these issues.

4.0 POSSIBLE KNOWN CONSTRAINTS

This work requires coordination with in-house personnel at Bldg. 322. Work will be on Kirtland AFB, primarily at Bldg. 322, but may also include other sites such as the Chestnut range, Los Alamos National Lab, and Sandia National Lab. However, participation in tests at other remote locations may be required.

All applicable health, safety, and environmental regulations shall be followed. The regulation requirements change periodically and the most current rules in use at the time will be those that are followed. As part of laboratory safety/security requirements, the contractor shall comply with and generate Safe Operating Procedures, Maintenance Procedures, Technical Reports, Safety Permits, Frequency Allocations, Environmental Analysis, Hazard Analysis, Test Plans, Operational Concepts/Employment Guides, and Experimental Plans, in addition to other related documents as required. All experiments require Test & Safety Plans and must be approved w/AFRL Form 5 System Safety Permit IAW local regulations.

5.0 RESEARCH SCHEDULE AND REQUIRED DELIVERABLES

Start Work: Date of Award (DOA) End of Technical Effort (ETE): DOA + 60 months CDRL A001: System Safety Hazard Analysis Report As Required CDRL A003: Presentation Materials As Required CDRL A004: Status Report Monthly CDRL A005: Scientific and Technical Report

Draft ETE + 30 days Final ETE + 90 days

CDRL A006: Developmental Design Drawings As Required and Associated Lists

CDRL A007: Test Plan As Required CDRL A009: Computer Program End Item As Required Documentation CDRL A010: Software User’s Manual As Required CDRL A011: Technical Report As Required CDRL A012: Operations & Maintenance Instructions As Required

6.0 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY

BAA 08-RD-08, CALL 0004, ATTACHMENTS 3.a. and 4

7.0 REQUIRED TRAVEL

Study/expertise/demonstration related work may come from various CONUS locations requiring travel to/from those locations. Furthermore, participation in equipment assessment, equipment removal or transport, system test studies or technical exchange meetings or demonstrations at remote locations may be required.

8.0 PROGRAM SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

Security Classification Guide (SCG) for High Power Microwave (HPM) Weapon / Counter High Power Microwave (CHPM) Weapon Technology – 21 June 1999.

9.0 PROGRAM MANAGER

Primary: Dr. Mike Haworth, AFRL/RDHP, (505) 853-3910 Alternate: Dr. Susan Heidger, AFRL/RDHP, (505) 853-4707

AA 08-RD-01

Statement of Objectives (SOO) #1

Task Order Statement of Objectives “Basic HPEM Source and Component Development”

The scope includes the basic science and engineering required for the development and enhancement of AFRL/RDH advanced electromagnetic sources and their associated components. Advanced electromagnetic sources include, but are not limited to, nonlinear transmission lines, metamaterial-based sources, and innovative technologies such as frequency-agile sources. The scope also includes development of source components and subsystems such as advanced cathodes and anodes, novel materials for high power electromagnetic (HPEM) related technologies, vacuum systems and magnet (resistive magnets, superconducting magnets, and permanent magnets) systems, as well as advanced repetitive pulsed-power (i.e., modulators) used to power the advanced microwave sources, advanced HPEM antennas, including source and/or antenna experiments to study RF breakdown of gases. The scope encompasses basic physics and basic engineering levels of research.

o Develop HPEM systems capable of performing long-range RF remote sensing and imaging.

o Develop cathode technologies (both DC and pulsed) required by the advanced microwave source development program.

o Develop advanced materials to improve operating parameters and physical size of advanced microwave sources and components.

o Increase capabilities to initiate and sustain plasmas in atmospheric and upper-atmospheric conditions using HPEM. Develop components to execute RF breakdown experiments to investigate HPEM-Plasma interactions.

o Design and develop non-linear transmission line technologies as required by the advanced microwave source development program.

See Background Information in Basic Contract SOO.

4.0 POSSIBLE KNOWN CONSTRAINTS

See Possible Known Constraints in Basic Contract SOO.

CDRL A003: Presentation Materials As Required CDRL A004: Status Report Monthly CDRL A005: Scientific and Technical Report

Draft ETE + 30 days Final ETE + 90 days

CDRL A006: Developmental Design Drawings As Required and Associated Lists

CDRL A007: Test Plan As Required CDRL A009: Computer Program End Item As Required Documentation CDRL A010: Software User’s Manual As Required All hardware items produced by the contractor through this task order will be turned over to the government at the end of technical effort.

There are no anticipated travel requirements for this SOO. However, any travel needed for this requirement should be specified in the proposal.

9.0 TASK ORDER OFFICER

Primary: Dr. Mike Haworth, AFRL/RDHP, (505) 853-3910 Alternate: Dr. Brad Hoff, AFRL/RDHP, (505) 846-0259

“Pulsed Power Systems Development”

Technical Area 2 – Pulsed Power (PP) and Pulsed Power Systems (PPS) R&D

The scope includes design, development and enhancement of pulse power topologies and components for High Power electromagnetic (HPEM) Technologies. This includes computer analysis of pulse power systems and components for HPEM systems and testing of components and systems in relevant environments to include thermal (both high and low temperature), low pressure (relevant to aircraft) and high vacuum (relevant to spacecraft).

• Pulsed Power Systems Technology o Evaluate performance, operational suitability and lifetime of pulsed power technologies and components such as Marx banks, pulse forming networks, linear transformer drivers, pulse forming lines, non-linear transmission lines, hybrid pulsed power topologies, gas switches, solid state switches, capacitors, varactors, insulating dielectrics and non-linear dielectrics.

o Increase, as required by exigencies of the program, the energy density of pulsed power systems, the compactness, the repetition rate, the pulse length, and the number of pulses in a burst o Evaluate the trade space of performance, volume and mass of electromagnetic systems.

o Develop technologies that provide power and energy pulses close to the source’s optimal operation while having less mass and volume than more conventional components and topologies.

o New components and pulsed power technologies shall be developed and demonstrated to have pervasive applications to a breadth of electromagnetic sources.

o Design and develop pulsed power technologies and components that demonstrate increases in the power and energy density and reliability of prime and pulsed power topologies.

o Develop, design, construct, test, analyze, and implement enabling technologies for compact, repetitive pulsed power topologies that include prime power and power conditioning.

o Design, construct and perform experiments to determine functionality, environmental operability, integration and life-time of that particular pulsed power technology or component, not only on the bench but also when operated within the entire system for which the pulsed power system was designed.

o Develop and validate modeling and simulation code that optimizes the design of pulsed power systems and components.

4.0 POSSIBLE KNOWN CONSTRAINTS

CDRL A003: Presentation Materials As Required CDRL A004: Status Report Monthly CDRL A005: Scientific and Technical Report

Draft ETE + 30 days Final ETE + 90 days

CDRL A006: Developmental Design Drawings As Required and Associated Lists

CDRL A007: Test Plan As Required CDRL A009: Computer Program End Item As Required Documentation CDRL A010: Software User’s Manual As Required

There are no anticipated travel requirements for this SOO. However, any travel needed for this requirement should be specified in the proposal.

Primary: Dr. Susan Heidger, AFRL/RDHP, (505) 853-4707 Alternate: Dr. Matt Domonkos, AFRL/RDHP, (505) 853-4507

“W-Band Propulsion Development”

The scope includes the basic science, engineering, and testing required for the development and enhancement a W-band propulsion system, and its associated components. This includes, but is not limited to, the investigation of novel materials to make a heat exchanger, millimeter-wave powered plasma sources, and associated components. The scope encompasses basic physics and basic engineering levels of research. The scope encompasses areas of research from basic principle physics up to system integration level efforts and leverages other research methods such as computational modeling to achieve objectives o Develop, model, and test millimeter-wave powered heat-exchanger systems for use in heating a working gas or fluid for the purposes of propulsion. Develop millimeter-wave powered plasma sources, associated high voltage power and magnetic field systems and beam conditioning and direction systems.

o Design, develop, fabricate, test, and analyze HPEM components for use in HPEM launch systems. The definition of components includes, but is not limited to, vacuum diodes, pulsed power interfaces, pulsed power components (such as capacitors, Pulse Forming systems), timing and triggering components, pulsed power diagnostics, HPEM diagnostics, HPEM loads and antennas.

See Possible Known Constraints in Basic Contract SOO.

CDRL A001: System Safety Hazard Analysis Report As Required CDRL A003: Presentation Materials As Required CDRL A004: Status Report Monthly CDRL A005: Scientific and Technical Report

Draft ETE + 30 days Final ETE + 90 days

CDRL A006: Developmental Design Drawings As Required and Associated Lists

CDRL A007: Test Plan As Required CDRL A011: Technical Report As Required

Study/expertise/demonstration related work may come from various CONUS locations requiring travel to/from those locations. Furthermore, participation in equipment assessment, equipment removal or transport, system test studies or technical exchange meetings or demonstrations at remote locations may be required.

9.0 TASK ORDER OFFICER

Primary: Dr. Brad Hoff, AFRL/RDHP, (505) 846-0259 Alternate: Capt Katrina Schweiker, AFRL/RDHP, (505) 853-8172

Statement of Objectives (SOO) #2 “High Energy Density Plasma Technology and Magnetized Target Fusion”

Technical Area 4 – Theoretical and Computational R&D

The purpose of this effort is to execute high energy density plasma (HEDP) experimental campaigns on Shiva Star and related pulsed power systems, Equation of State and Warm Dense Matter experiments, using, for example, well diagnosed fuse discharges and Magnetized Plasma Compression-Field Reversed Configuration (MPC-FRC) system development.

• Design, develop and test experimental HEDP hardware capable of achieving energy densities on the order of 1011 J/m3, i.e. Mbar pressures.

• Design HEDP experiments and identify equipment such as vacuum pumps, diagnostics to verify the internal pressure in the HEDP experiment, and gas feed.

• Implement diagnostics in support of HEDP experiments to include (but not limited to) pulsed power diagnostics (voltage probes, Rogowski coils, Faraday rotation, open shutter photography), magnetic probes, fiber optic light monitors, optical emission spectroscopy, high speed optical photography, x-ray and VUV spectroscopy, neutron dose diagnostics, high energy particle time-of-flight measurements, and pulsed radiography.

• Form and compress Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) type of Compact Toroid at AFRL/RDHP’s Shiva Star facility to multi-keV temperature, with ion densities ~ 10^19 ions/cc.

• Develop and enhance FRC components to include FRC formation systems’ vacuum and magnetic coil hardware, the capacitor banks to drive the bias and reversed axial magnetic field, pre-ionization, and mirror field discharges, as well as adapter sections connecting the FRC and imploding liner chambers.

• Desired FRC parameters are radius ~ 2 cm, length ~ 10 to 20 cm, density ~ 0.5 x 10^17 (deuterium) ions/cc, ion temperature ~ 200 eV, axial magnetic field ~ 1 to 2 Tesla, and lifetime at least 20 microseconds. These experiments will include insertion into static copies of suitable imploding liners, perhaps with additional radial view diagnostic access.

The unique nature of this work involves pulsed power implementation at AFRL/RDHP, which involves multiple capacitor bank discharges with controlled relative timing, at currents ranging from kilo-amps to greater than 10 mega amps. The integrated experiments will involve destruction of portions of the hardware due to very high current densities and magnetic pressure. Due to other uses of the Shiva Star Facility, and due to destruction of portions of the experiment hardware, such hardware needs to be designed and constructed so that it can be inserted into and withdrawn rapidly from the central region under the Shiva Star transmission line. Often the success of high energy experiments will depend on information gleaned from sub-scale experiments or check-out of the hardware. In addition, dry-runs of the high energy experiments are required to verify the operation of diagnostics.

Forming and compressing FRCs entails injecting such FRC’s into the interior of approximately 30 cm long (tall), 10 cm diameter metal shells (liners), and compressing such FRC’s by means of an implosion of such liners. This is to perform Magnetized Plasma Compression (MPC) experiments using FRC’s as the magnetized plasma to be compressed.

Due to other uses of the Shiva Star Facility, and due to destruction of portions of the experiment hardware in integrated formation – compression experiments, the formation hardware needs to be designed and constructed so that it can be inserted into and withdrawn rapidly from the central region under the Shiva Star transmission line.

End Technical Effort (ETE): DOA + 36 months CDRL A003: Presentation Materials As Required CDRL A004: Status Report Quarterly CDRL A005: Final Scientific & Technical Report ETE + 90 days CDRL A006: Developmental Design Drawings As Required & Associated Lists CDRL A007: Test Plan As Required

BAA 08-RD-08, CALL 0004, ATTACHMENTS 3.b. and 4

There are no anticipated travel requirements for this SOO. However, any travel needed for this requirement should be specified in the proposal.

Security Classification Guide (SCG): Security Classification Guide (SCG) for High Power Microwave (HPM) Weapon / Counter High Power Microwave (CHPM) Weapon Technology

– 21 June 1999.

Primary: Dr. T. Chris Grabowski, AFRL/RDHP, (505)846-1161, DSN 246-1161 Alternate: Dr. James Degnan, AFRL/RDHP, (505)-846-1235, DSN 246-1235

Statement of Objectives (SOO) #3 “High Power Electromagnetic Computational Modeling and Simulation”

Technical Area 4 – Theoretical and Computational R&D

The scope includes theoretical analysis and computational modeling and simulation of High Power Electromagnetic (HPEM) systems and their associated components to include microwave or millimeter wave sources, pulsed power technologies, pulsed power driven loads for the production of high energy density plasma (HEDP) and near plasma environments, with and without embedded high magnetic fields, and radiation transport.

The scope includes applying the necessary computational tools to support the development of HPEM weapons/systems at the appropriate technical level. For example, a computational method may be required to address basic physics within a high power microwave source (such as particle-in-cell codes), or multiphysics software such as COMSOL to investigate propagation of RF waves and interactions with other systems or materials.

The Pulsed Power Branch solves multiphysics problems to include plasma physics, electromagnetic, hydrodynamics, radiation/particle transport and quantum mechanics.

Examples of codes currently used in the branch include MACH2/3, ALEGRA, ICEPIC, TMAX, Geant 4, WARPX, NIMROD, CALE, CAGEN, COMSOL, and ABINIT.

• Develop/apply computational models and simulations of high energy density physics pulsed power driven loads; High Power Microwave (HPM) sources, components, and systems; and particle beam experiments. Current programs include coil gun, magnetized target fusion, HPM propulsion, particle beams, rep-rated pulsed power, nano-technology, experiments in warm dense matter, and HPM source development.

• Develop/apply computational models to examine large amounts of data extracted from diagnostic equipment used during HPEM experiments.

This technical area seeks to advance technologies that will enable HPEM systems and pulsed power driven HEDP applications and experiments. Past efforts have enabled solutions to HPEM sources, rep-rate and single shot pulsed power systems, HEDP current delivery, instability growth, and flux capture, among others.

The prospective sponsors for such efforts, DOE, DTRA, AFOSR, or others, might want the details or results of such efforts to be classified, limited distribution, or public domain in part or in whole. In the classified or limited distribution case, the sponsor(s) will provide the security classification guide. In the public domain case, reports on the progress of this effort should be submitted for OPSEC review and public release.

CDRL A003: Presentation Materials As Required CDRL A004: Status Report Quarterly CDRL A005: Final Scientific & Technical Report ETE + 30 days CDRL A009: Computer Program End Item Documentation ETE + 30 days CDRL A010: Software User’s Manual ETE + 30 days

BAA 08-RD-08, CALL 0004, ATTACHMENTS 3.c. and 4

There are no anticipated travel requirements for this SOO. However, any travel needed for this requirement should be specified in the proposal.

Primary: David Amdahl, AFRL/RDHP, (505) 846-4024, DSN 246-4024 Alternate: Dr. Edward L. Ruden, AFRL/RDHP, (505) 846-0687, DSN 246-0687

Basic IDIQ Statement of Objectives (SOO) #4 “Advanced Microwave/Millimeter Wave Systems Development”

1.0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED

Technical Area 5 – Technology Demonstrator or Prototype Development, Integration, Operation, Demonstration, and Testing

Develop next generation High Power Microwave (HPM) systems and enhance existing AFRL/RDH microwave/millimeter-wave systems and their associated components for improved assembly and system operations. Existing systems include, but are not limited to, Active Denial Technology (ADT) systems 0, 1 and 2; Microwave Electronic Ground Attack (MEGA) and the Counter-electronic High-power microwave Advanced Missile Program (CHAMP) system. Next generation HPM system components/subsystems include, but are not limited to, supervisory control, prime power, pulsed power, HPM or millimeter wave sources and antennas. These subsystems will be developed as brassboard or higher, stand-alone systems to be used to evaluate technology for weapon payloads integration. This effort will take place in the High Energy Research and Technology Facility (HERTF) and at Building 323, within the area of Kirtland AFB, and/or at various testing facilities throughout the country.

• Develop, demonstrate, operate, improve, and maintain RDH microwave and millimeter-wave systems. Experimental efforts include evaluation of effectiveness, scalability, operability, and maintainability of these systems.

• Evaluate the technologies in these systems for effectiveness, scalability, operability and maintainability.

• Operate, improve, and maintain evaluation/acquisition tools.

3.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The radio frequency (RF) ADT program has been in existence at AFRL since 1993. Throughout its history, ground-based field demonstrations, as well as laboratory tests, have been conducted, serving as scale-size proof-of-principle efforts. Prior success has allowed the program to expand and begin development and demonstration of a key subsystem for a fixed-wing enabling airborne system – the high power millimeter wave radiating system consisting of source, beam control, and antenna, as well as the test stand required to operate these devices. In addition, efforts on making key components smaller/lighter for ground based configurations and on alternative applications have begun. This contract will provide engineering and operational expertise for customer-directed current ground-based ADT systems (primarily ADT System 1) and related components, demonstrations, tests, concept of operations (CONOPS), and technical activities using such systems and components as directed, as well as component and system advancement or refurbishment as directed. Field demonstrations and tests covered by this task order are primarily those using ADT System 0, 1 and 2 but could involve other systems.

The Advanced Counter Electronic Sources (ACES) technology has been in development for the past 5 years. Over the years the source has been developed, refined, and integrated into a pod shaped device that was tested to be flight worthy. This prototype system has been tested and has demonstrated acceptable effects against electronic targets. This technology is being used on the Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (CHAMP JCTD). A ground based system, Microwave Electronic Ground Attack (MEGA), has also been in continuous development over the past few years. This system uses the same source technology, but is characterized by a greater output power than the pod system.

4.0 POSSIBLE KNOWN CONSTRAINTS

This work requires coordination with in-house personnel at the HERTF facility and Building

323. Work will be on Kirtland AFB, primarily at Building 323, HERTF, the HERTF blast pad and test range, and the Millimeter Wave Test range in the M60 Canyon.

All applicable health, safety, and environmental regulations shall be followed.