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RADAR FUNDAMENTALS TRAINING, BASIC EOIR TRAINING & TRANSMIT RECEIVE MODULES FOR PHASED ARRAY RADAR TRAINING

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

1.0 BACKGROUND

This SOW is to provide instructor led Radar Fundamentals Training, Basic EOIR Training and Transmit Receive Modules for Phased Array Radar Training to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division employees.

2.0 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

None

3.0 REQUIREMENTS

3.1 The Contractor shall provide a four (4) day Radar Fundamentals Training Course for at least seventeen (17) students.

3.2 The Contractor shall provide access to for three (3) supervisors, in addition to the students, to allow for monitoring of attendee participation and quality of instruction.

3.3 The Contractor shall provide training in person at the University of Mary Washington Campus in Dahlgren, VA.

3.3.1 In the event of continuing COVID-19 restrictions, at the Government’s option, the training may be provided as live virtual training. This option may be requested up to 30 days prior to the scheduled start of the course.

3.3.2 If the virtual option is requested by the Government, the Contractor shall provide and coordinate the virtual delivery platform to conduct the training. The training shall be delivered on a platform compatible with a standard configuration unclassified Navy Marine Corps Internet (NMCI) laptop.

3.4 The Contractor shall provide all labor and materials to conduct the training.

3.5 The Contractor shall provide electronic and hard copy of Course Materials, notes, and any required supporting texts at least seven (7) days prior to the beginning of the class to allow for distribution to the students.

3.6 The Contractor shall provide training that is instructed by domain experts.

3.7 The Contractor shall perform an assessment activity at the end of the training to determine the level of understanding of the material by the students. The results of the assessment shall be provided to the Government.

3.8 The Contractor shall provide student certificates upon successful completion of the course.

3.9 The Contractor shall ensure training covers the following topics:

3.9.1 – Radar Measurements, including range, bearing, target size estimation, Doppler velocity, and radar horizon

3.9.2 – Radar system components and the radar range equation, including using radar range equation to estimate received power, target signal to noise, and maximum detection range.

3.9.3 – Target reflectivity, including radar cross section, swerling models

3.9.4 – Radar clutter, including volume clutter, surface clutter, discrete clutter, land clutter, sea clutter, Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) processing, clutter maps, deleterious clutter effects on radar performance, clutter characteristics, effects of platform velocity, distributed sea clutter and sea spikes, terrain clutter, grazing angle vs. depression angle characterization, birds.

3.9.5 – Propagation of RF signals in free space and through the atmosphere, including propagation factor; interference (multipath,) and diffraction; refraction; standard refractivity; the 4/3 Earth approximation; sub-refractivity; super refractivity; trapping; propagation ducts; littoral propagation; propagation modeling; attenuation.

3.9.6 - CW Radar, Doppler, and Receiver Architecture including basic properties, CW and high PRF relationships, dynamic range, stability, isolation requirements, techniques, and devices, superheterodyne receivers, in-phase and quadrature receivers, signal spectrum, spectral broadening, matched filtering, Doppler filtering, spectral modulation, CW ranging, and measurement accuracy.

3.9.7 - Clutter Filtering Principles including signal-to-clutter ratio, signal and clutter separation techniques, range and Doppler techniques, principles of filtering, transmitter stability and filtering, pulse Doppler and MTI, blind speeds and blind ranges, staggered MTI, analog and digital filtering, notch shaping, gains and losses.

3.9.8 Clutter performance measures including clutter attenuation, improvement factor, subclutter visibility, and cancellation ratio.

3.9.9 - Radar Waveforms including time-bandwidth concept, Pulse compression, code families, matched filters, Optimal codes and code families: multiple constraints. Performance in the time and frequency domains, Mismatched filters and their applications, Orthogonal and quasi-orthogonal codes; Multiple-Input- Multiple-Output (MIMO) radar; MIMO waveforms and MIMO antenna patterns.

3.9.10 – Electronically Scanned Radar Systems including fundamental concepts, directivity and gain, elements and arrays, near and far field radiation, element factor and array factor, illumination function and Fourier transform relations, beamwidth approximations, array tapers and sidelobes, electrical dimension and errors, array bandwidth, steering mechanisms, grating lobes, phase monopulse, beam broadening, examples.

3.9.11 – Active Phased Array Radar Systems including what are solid state active arrays (SSAA), what advantages do they provide, emerging requirements that call for SSAA (or AESA), SSAA issues at T/R module, array, and system levels, digital arrays, future direction.

3.9.12 - Multiple Simultaneous Beams including reasons for multiple beams, independently steered beams vs. clustered beams, alternative organization of clustered beams and their implications, quantization lobes in clustered beams arrangements and design options to mitigate them.

3.9.13 - Noise in Receiving Systems and Detection Principles including noise sources, statistical properties, false alarm and detection probability, and pulse integration schemes. Radar cross section; stealth; fluctuating targets; stochastic models; detection of fluctuating targets.

NOTE: The Government anticipates training will occur May 2022.

The Contractor shall provide each Contractor employee with the personal protective equipment required to do their job safely and in compliance with all applicable regulations.

All Contractor personnel shall maintain social distancing and wear a facemask at all times while onsite at the NSWCDD base until notified otherwise by the government.

3.10 The Contractor shall provide a three (3) day Basic EOIR Concepts Training Course for at least fifteen (15) students.

3.11 The Contractor shall provide access to for three (3) supervisors, in addition to the students, to allow for monitoring of attendee participation and quality of instruction.

3.12 The Contractor shall provide training in person at the University of Mary Washington Campus in Dahlgren, VA.

3.12.1 In the event of continuing COVID-19 restrictions, at the Government’s option, the training may be provided as live virtual training. This option may be requested up to 30 days prior to the scheduled start of the course.

3.12.2 If the virtual option is requested by the Government, the Contractor shall provide and coordinate the virtual delivery platform to conduct the training. The training shall be delivered on a platform compatible with a standard configuration unclassified Navy Marine Corps Internet (NMCI) laptop.

3.13 The Contractor shall provide all labor and materials to conduct the training.

3.14 The Contractor shall provide electronic and hard copy of Course Materials, notes, and any required supporting texts at least seven (7) days prior to the beginning of the class to allow for distribution to the students.

3.15 The Contractor shall provide training that is instructed by domain experts.

3.16 The Contractor shall perform an assessment activity at the end of the training to determine the level of understanding of the material by the students. The results of the assessment shall be provided to the Government.

3.17 The Contractor shall provide student certificates upon successful completion of the course.

3.18 The Contractor shall ensure training covers the following topics:

3.18.1 EO-IR Phenomenology

Physics of light and infrared Particle versus wave physics Propagation effects Signatures and clutter Introduction to Detection/Recognition/Identification Target reflectivity and emissivity Radiometry

3.18.2 System Analysis

Modeling and simulation approaches Imaging system analysis Modulation Transfer Function characterization and use Conversion gain and quantum efficiency System performance models

3.18.3 Optical System Engineering

Fundamental principles Requirement derivation Optical components and materials

3.18.4 Detectors

Physics and technology Focal Plane Arrays Detector materials Absorption physics Read Out Integrated Circuits Analog versus Digital processing Cooling technology

3.18.5 Applications

Image data processing Intro to image analysis for navigation, tracking, targeting Sensor systems Seeker systems Imaging seekers NOTE: The Government anticipates training will occur April 2022.

The Contractor shall provide each Contractor employee with the personal protective equipment required to do their job safely and in compliance with all applicable regulations.

All Contractor personnel shall maintain social distancing and wear a facemask at all times while onsite at the NSWCDD base until notified otherwise by the government.

3.19 The Contractor shall provide a three (3) day Transmit Receive Modules for Phased Array Radars Training Course for at least fifteen (15) students.

3.20 The Contractor shall provide access to for three (3) supervisors, in addition to the students, to allow for monitoring of attendee participation and quality of instruction.

3.21 The Contractor shall provide training in person at the University of Mary Washington Campus in Dahlgren, VA.

3.21.1 In the event of continuing COVID-19 restrictions, at the Government’s option, the training may be provided as live virtual training. This option may be requested up to 30 days prior to the scheduled start of the course.

3.21.2 If the virtual option is requested by the Government, the Contractor shall provide and coordinate the virtual delivery platform to conduct the training. The training shall be delivered on a platform compatible with a standard configuration unclassified Navy Marine Corps Internet (NMCI) laptop.

3.22 The Contractor shall provide all labor and materials to conduct the training.

3.23 The Contractor shall provide electronic and hard copy of Course Materials, notes, and any required supporting texts at least seven (7) days prior to the beginning of the class to allow for distribution to the students.

3.24 The Contractor shall provide training that is instructed by domain experts.

3.25 The Contractor shall perform an assessment activity at the end of the training to determine the level of understanding of the material by the students. The results of the assessment shall be provided to the Government.

3.26 The Contractor shall provide student certificates upon successful completion of the course.

3.27 The Contractor shall ensure training covers the following topics:

3.27.1 Design

Review of active electronically scanned arrays (AESAs) Basics of steering, beamforming, sidelobe control Array technical figures of merit: gain, beamwidth, noise figure, input third order intercept, sidelobe levels T/R Modules in AESAs T/R Module Design

3.27.2 Performance

T/R Module Functions T/R Module Performance

3.27.3 Components

Monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC) Thin and thick film networks Low Noise Amplifiers (LNA), power amplifiers, phase shifters, attenuators, common leg circuits, circulators and limiters Circulator versus switch tradeoffs for transmit receive operation

3.27.4 Packaging

Module packaging: hermetic versus non-hermetic Thermal management with examples

3.27.5 Production and Cost

MMIC fabrication T/R module assembly Module cost NOTE: The Government anticipates training will occur April 2022.

The Contractor shall provide each Contractor employee with the personal protective equipment required to do their job safely and in compliance with all applicable regulations.

All Contractor personnel shall maintain social distancing and wear a facemask at all times while onsite at the NSWCDD base until notified otherwise by the government.

4.0 GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED PROPERTY/MATERIAL/INFORMATION (GFP/GFM/GFI)

4.1 The Government will provide each student with an unclassified Navy Marine Corps Internet laptop to access the virtual training.

4.2 The Government will provide the names of all students at least one (1) week prior to the scheduled start of training.

5.0 SECURITY

The work to be performed under this contract is unclassified.

6.0 TRAVEL

The contractor will be required to travel in performance of this contract. The number of trips and types of personnel traveling shall be limited to the minimum required to accomplish work requirements and shall be coordinated with the technical point of contact. All travel shall be conducted in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR). The following travel is anticipated: Three (3) personnel to the University of Mary Washington Campus in Dahlgren, VA for five (5) days for each occurrence of the training held over a 12-month period.

7.0 TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT

Steve Owen

NSWCDD/B42

Address: 18444 Frontage Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448 Phone: 540-653-4025 Email: steven.t.owen5.civ@us.navy.mil