RAVEN_RFI_PUBLICRELEASE_v9.docx

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Rollover Avoidance and Vehicle Environment Navigation (RAVEN) Request for Information (RFI)

Background:

The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) C5ISR Center Research and Technology Integration (RTI) Directorate is performing market research on passive ranging solutions suitable to provide drivers of combat vehicle with driving hazards and obstacle warnings. In the past, negative and positive obstacles (i.e. ditches, berms) have posed grave and sometimes fatal danger to Soldiers driving with low situational awareness in unfamiliar environments. RTI seeks technologies that can passively sense such obstacles in a timely manner (i.e. low latency) and preferably collocated with(in) the sensor such that the driver can be alerted before an accident is about to occur. Technologies of interest are those that could be used to increase Soldier situational awareness in challenging environments, dynamically localize objects that pose high rollover threat, and display these objects in real time to the Soldier and their broader systems (e.g. Team Assault Kit).

Requested Information:

The C5ISR Center requests the following information for each precision reference system:

Company Information

· Company Name

· Company Address

· RFI Technical POC Name, Email Address, and Phone number

· RFI Business/Contract POC Name, Email Address, and Phone number

· CAGE Code

· Facility Clearance Level

· Joint Certification Program (JCP) DD Form 2345 (JCP Home (dla.mil))

Technical Information

Technologies may include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

· Passive range finding

· Structure-from-motion/Photogrammetry

· Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)

· Semantic segmentation

· Monocular or stereo vision

· High resolution inertial navigation system (INS) and global position system (GPS)

· Terrain maps

· Visual odometry

· Innovative image and signal processing techniques, algorithms, and capabilities

· Low Size Weight and Power edge computing (processing inside the sensor housing or collocated outside of the sensor)

· Sensor fusion

· Low latency processing or real-time processing and display

The technologies chosen should be suitable for integration onto ground combat military vehicles and their systems. All environment sensing must be done using passive sensors exclusively (technologies using LiDAR (light detection and ranging) or other time-of-flight reliant sensing techniques are not acceptable) and cameras operating in the visible light spectrum (red-green-blue/day cameras) will not be effective at night and under degraded environmental conditions. The solution should integrate high-definition midwave and/or longwave infrared cameras to fulfill passive sensing requirements and visual environment capture requirements for display to the Soldier. The technologies chosen should be effective in their mission on restrictive terrain (i.e. secondary roads, paved roads, etc.) with sensing requirements changing based on the difficulty of the terrain. Obstacles of interest that should be detected by the system (though not necessarily classified beyond “GO/NO GO terrain”) could include tank ditches, wadis, steep grades, thick trees, personnel, vehicles, buildings, curbs, signs, power boxes, and any other objects that pose rollover or other driving risks. Distinguishability between such objects as mentioned above and objects that pose no hazard to the driver (such as tall grass and bushes) is preferred.

Submission Requirements:

This RFI provides general public release requirements ONLY. Additional technical details for this RFI is contained in a controlled document containing Control Unclassified Information (CUI). Therefore, it is not available for general release via this announcement. To gain access to the controlled document, your company/entity must be certified by the Joint Certification Program (JCP). To request the controlled document, you must click on the title in SAM.GOV to request access. Please enter the reason for requesting access and with your JCP certification number and CAGE code. Once approved you will be granted permission to access the controlled document. You may request access to the controlled document until 19 AUG 2024.

All documents shall be portion marked IAW DoDM 5200.01-V2. Submission of proprietary and other sensitive information shall be marked and identified with disposition instructions (submitted material will not be returned).

· Subject line should be: RAVEN

· Unclassified responses must be to: usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.mbx.rti-industry-engagement@army.mil.

· Responses with CUI must be sent encrypted via DoD SAFE submitted via DoD SAFE (https://safe.apps.mil/). If you require a DoD SAFE drop link, please contact usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.mbx.rti-industry-engagement@army.mil.

· For submission of SECRET or higher classification material to C5ISR Center, please contact usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.mbx.rti-industry-engagement@mail.smil.mil.

· Responses submitted by contractors that contain U.S. classified military information (CMI) generated in conjunction with a DOD program should be classified in accordance with the applicable Security Classification Guide (SCG). Please include a copy of the SCG with the submission. Only U.S. citizens are authorized to respond to this RFI.

Questions and requests for clarification:

Questions and requests for clarification of information must be submitted to: usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.mbx.rti-industry-engagement@army.mil (UNCLASSIFIED) or usarmy.apg.devcom-c5-isr.mbx.rti-industry-engagement@mail.smil.mil (CLASSIFIED) no later than 30 calendar days following RFI posting. NOTE: If you are sending a CLASSIFIED question, please send a courtesy email to the UNCLASSIFIED mailbox to notify of the request on the Classified side.

Questions with CUI shall be submitted via DOD SAFE. If you require a drop link, please contact usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.mbx.rti-industry-engagement@army.mil. Questions and requests will only be accepted in writing; phone calls will not be accepted.

Requests shall be submitted only to the email address specified above. Any other forms of request for additional information will not be honored.

Response Due Date: 19 AUG 2024

Disclaimer:

This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. In accordance with FAR 15.202 (e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No award is intended as a result of this notice. The Government will not reimburse costs incurred by respondents in response to this RFI, or for participating in information exchange regarding details of the RFI.

Any information submitted by respondents to this sources sought synopsis is voluntary. The Army does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. Respondents should not construe this synopsis as a commitment for any purpose. Respondents will not individually be notified of the results of any government assessments. The Government's evaluation of the capability statements received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small businesses, or any particular small business designation (e.g. SDVOSB, HUBZone, 8(a), WOSB, EDWOSB.).

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