UJTS WSS Release and RFI 31 March 2025.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR

UNDERGRADUATE JET TRAINING SYSTEM (UJTS)

FIELDING

Prepared for and by:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICE

PMA-273 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND

Patuxent River, MD 20670

31 March 2025

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A: Approved for public release: distribution unlimited.

1 DESCRIPTION

This Release of Information and Request for Information (RFI), Serial Number 25-0001/UJTS, is a continuation of on-going communication and market research in support of the Undergraduate

Jet Training System (UJTS) program. For further background, reference should be made to three previous Request for Information postings under 24-0015_UJTS dated 26 June 2024; 23-0002

UJTS dated Aug 2023; 23-0001 UJTS, dated 23 Jan 2023; 20-0001 UJTS, dated 28 Jul 2020; and a market survey posting under N6134018R0066, dated 21 May 2018.

1.1 This is a Request for Information Only

This market research is for information gathering and/or internal planning purposes only. This

RFI does NOT constitute an Invitation for Bid (IFB), a Request for Proposal (RFP), a Request for Quote (RFQ), nor is it a promise to issue an RFP in the future or an indication that the

Government will contract for any of the items and/or services contained in this notice. This RFI does not commit the Government to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No solicitation documents exist at this time. Thus, at this time, the Navy is NOT seeking proposals and will NOT accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the Government will

NOT pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI.

1.2 Undergraduate Jet Training System Overview This is a Request for Information Only

Jet training capability is required to provide intermediate and advanced training for undergraduate USN and United States Marine Corps (USMC) jet aviators and flight officers.

The T-45 Combined Multi-Service Pilot Training System currently supports CNATRA’s

Intermediate and Advanced Jet Training Syllabus and is anticipated to be re-capitalized by replacement.

The UJTS program has two overarching goals: (1) Speed to Initial Operational Capability (IOC) and (2) Quality of Training. The UJTS program is on an accelerated procurement timeline to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) by December 2025 with a projected Contract Award in

January 2027. The RFP will be for the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) of the UJTS solution as well as the Procurement of the first lot of Low Rate Initial Production

(LRIP) aircraft and limited quantities of ground-based training systems. Due to advancements in operational platform landing modes and in ground-based simulation, the UJTS air vehicle will only be required to conduct Field Carrier Landing Practice (FCLP) to wave off.

The Government will release Draft solicitation documents as they become available to seek industry input.

This market research is for information gathering and/or internal planning purposes only. This

RFI does NOT constitute an Invitation for Bid (IFB), a Request for Proposal (RFP), a Request for Quote (RFQ), nor is it a promise to issue an RFP in the future or an indication that the

Government will contract for any of the items and/or services contained in this notice. This RFI does not commit the Government to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No solicitation documents exist at this time. Thus, at this time, the Navy is NOT seeking proposals and will NOT accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the Government will

NOT pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI.

2 SPECIFIC ITEMS OF INTEREST

References:

A. UJTS Weapon System Specification (WSS) (CUI)

B. UJTS Mission Profiles

C. Instructional Media Requirements Document for T-45C Undergraduate Strike/ Advanced

E-2 Curriculum, 22 DEC 2023 (CUI)

D. CNATRAINST 1542.167D Chief of Naval Air Training T-45C Undergraduate Strike and

Advanced E-2 Training Master Curriculum Guide, 12 Nov 2024

E. CNATRAINST 1542.164B Chief of Naval Air Training Advanced Strike Fighter Naval

Flight Officer Training System (NFOTS) Curriculum, 15 Mar 2021

F. LVC Scenarios

G. Training Facilities Report (TFR)

Air Vehicle Weapon System Specification (WSS) Industry Review & Input

The Government requests industry input on Reference (A) Draft WSS, which currently only contains requirements for the air vehicle. Reference (B) is provided to accompany the Draft

WSS. In an effort to ensure speed to IOC, the Government desires to keep the contractor development timeline (contract award to delivery of 1st test aircraft) no more than three (3) years in duration. Therefore, in review of the draft WSS, please annotate any requirements or combination of requirements that will take your company longer than a 3-year development

(contract award to delivery of 1st test aircraft) timeline. Additionally, please relay if any requirements are unachievable with your current or proposed solution.

The Draft Aircraft WSS is not yet a comprehensive specification. The Government expects to add, modify, and delete requirements as UJTS capabilities are refined and in response to industry input, however key requirements that are anticipated to drive cost and schedule are included in this draft WSS. The Government will further define the standards and ground rules that will apply to the aircraft requirements.

Specifications and documents that are referenced in the draft WSS but not publicly available should be assumed to match the civil equivalent documentation.

GBTS

The Government requests industry input to the below areas in order to assist in finalizing WSS requirements for GBTS. References (C) through (G) provide information to assist in developing inputs.

I. Mix of Training Devices

The Government is contemplating a four-tiered GBTS product line, consisting of Operational

Flight Trainers (OFT), Unit Training Devices (UTD), Cockpit Procedural Trainers (CPT), and

Desktop Avionics Trainers (DAT) but seeks industry’s input on an appropriate mix. Based on

References (C) through (E), what mix of GBTS device types does industry recommend?

II. Courseware

Based on References (C) through (E), what mix of courseware would industry recommend to maximize the Government's ability to organically use, revise, and maintain the delivered courseware products?

III. Live/Virtual/Constructive Training

The Government anticipates Live/Virtual/Constructive (LVC) integrated training that allows real-time insertion of virtual threat environments in aircraft and simulators within a single training event comprised of connected training devices (any combination of aircraft or simulators). What LVC solution, technology, or architecture is recommended to enable low-latency, real-time linked training for such events as listed in Reference (F)? Can your recommended solution support simultaneous training events? What limitations do your existing solutions currently have to meeting these referenced events?

What LVC networking solutions exist to enable the aforementioned LVC training in an unclassified environment? What are the pros and cons of each alternative? What solution does industry recommend? Do you offer any unclassified network encryption capability?

IV. Physical Dimensions of training devices

What are the 3D physical dimensions for each type of simulator/ground based training device, as well as any associated equipment (such as server racks or associated infrastructure)? The intent is to obtain data to support facilities planning. Reference (G) guidance is provided.

V. DMSMS

How would you manage GBTS Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages

(DMSMS) and obsolescence to optimize material availability?

VI. Reliability &Maintainability

Describe your company’s engineering approach to Reliability and Maintainability for GBTS.

Please address for both hardware and software.

VII. Hyper-converged infrastructure

Have you considered leveraging a hyper-converged infrastructure in order to minimize device

HW footprint, particularly with regard to server space? Does industry recommend this type of architecture for the UJTS GBTS, to include LVC training capability?

Industry input on subsystem testing at contractor facility

The Government seeks industry’s input on potential subsystem testing that could take place at the contractor’s facility in order to help reduce risk of deficiency reports in Developmental Test

(DT). Please provide potential subsystem tests that could reduce such risk.

Industry Recommendations to accommodate expedited timeline

The Government seeks industry’s input on what the Government can provide prior to RFP release that will assist industry in better understanding the UJTS program to ensure the RFP is clear and without need for revisions and to enable industry to respond to the RFP in 90 days.

Please inform the Government of any documentation or otherwise that it can provide during this timeframe in order to better industry’s posture to respond quickly to the RFP once released.

Industry partners and subcontractors

The Government seeks to understand what additional contractors each potential offeror may partner with or have contracts with so that it can ensure Government individuals involved do not have Conflicts of Interest.

3 INDUSTRY MEETING / ONE-ON-ONES

The Government intends to host a Virtual UJTS Industry Meeting on 17 April 2025 to discuss the Government’s path forward to RFP release and anticipated proposal development and source selection timelines. Additionally, the Government will conduct Virtual one-on-ones with interested parties to answer questions about the Air Vehicle Draft WSS and GBTS inquiries.

One-on-ones will be conducted with potential prime contractors only. Please contact the

Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) and Contract Specialist if you are interested in attending the Industry Meeting and/or scheduling a one-on-one with the UJTS Government team.

Procuring Contracting Officer: Thomas Conrow thomas.w.conrow.civ@us.navy.mil

Contract Specialist: Erin Allison erin.e.allison.civ@us.navy.mil

4 RFI RESPONDENT INSTRUCTIONS

- References A and C are Controlled Unclassified Information and cannot be published on www.sam.gov. Please contact the PCO for additional vetting to receive the documents.

o Procuring Contracting Officer: Thomas Conrow thomas.w.conrow.civ@us.navy.mil o Contract Specialist: Erin Allison erin.e.allison.civ@us.navy.mil

- Responses to GBTS inquiries are requested as soon as possible, but no later than 14

April 2025, in order to expedite completion of the GBTS portion of the WSS.

- All final responses to this RFI should be submitted no later 30 April 2025 1700

Eastern Standard Time (EST).

- Responses should be submitted electronically via email to:

o Procuring Contracting Officer – Thomas Conrow – thomas.w.conrow.civ@us.navy.mil o Contract Specialist: Erin Allison erin.e.allison.civ@us.navy.mil

- Large files, up to 8.0 GB, may be delivered via DoD Secure Access File Exchange

(SAFE). Delivery of DoD SAFE Files should be coordinated with the PCO.

- Proprietary information should be clearly marked. It is the responsibility of respondents to clearly mark submitted information with appropriate restrictive markings. The

Government shall not be liable for any proprietary information not properly identified.

Any materials submitted in accordance with this RFI which contain information that is marked as proprietary will be protected as proprietary information.

- No classified documents shall be included in the response.

- Information submitted in response to the RFI will not be returned and becomes the property of the U.S. Government (except properly marked proprietary information).

- Data submitted in response to this questionnaire will be distributed and discussed within the Government.

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- Questions regarding this RFI should be directed to the Procuring Contracting Officer, via email, at thomas.w.conrow.civ@us.navy.mil; and Contract Specialist: Erin Allison erin.e.allison.civ@us.navy.mil.

- The electronic copy of your response must be in Microsoft Office 2016 or Adobe Acrobat readable formats.

- Respondents should provide identifying contact information, to include:

o Company Name and address o Name, title, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of point of contact o CAGE Code and Unique Entity Identifier (UEID) o An inventory list of all response files/elements which allow the Government to determine that the complete response has been received o If your company is not the manufacturer of the aircraft being described, please identify the manufacturer and identify your relationship with the manufacturer