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Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Industry Day – 28 June 2018 Questions and Answers

Is there a requirement for passengers?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
No. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) have an interest in FARA variants that can carry passengers, but the Army does not.
2
Is there a preference for one vs. two pilots?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The aircraft should accommodate two pilots but should also be capable of being piloted by only one pilot or remotely piloted from a ground station.
3
What is the minimum number of rounds for cannon?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The Initial Capability Refinement Document (ICRD) does not specify. It is within the overall trade space.
4
What are the variants?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The ICRD refers to SOCOM (light assault) and USCG (search and rescue) variants.
5
What is the target for Maintenance Free Operating Period (MFOP)?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
ICRD para 4.3.4 states, “The aircraft must be designed for ease of maintainability and Increased Limited Maintenance Operating Periods of no less than 100 flight hours or 30 days for extreme environments (e.g. salt and sand) and no less than 200 flight hours or 30 days for all other operating environments between scheduled maintenance and inspection intervals as supported by on-board diagnostics.
6
Will Doctrine Organization Training materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities - Policy (DOTMLPF-P) evolve to support the MFOP?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
Yes.
7
Who is the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA)?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
There is not one at this time. The Competitive Prototype effort will be outside of DOD 5000.02 processes.
8
How does the Improved Turbine Engine (ITE) fit with respect to risk?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
Effort will be made to make ITE available to integrate into the prototype aircraft by 2022. If it is not ready, then the alternative engine is T701D. The differences in power and aircraft performance are acknowledged.
9
What are the proposal evaluation criteria?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The criteria are listed in the Program Solicitation.
10
Has single engine hybrid drive been considered?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The ICRD specifies the ITE.
11
Has operational risk been considered?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
Yes. Consideration of operational risk is ongoing.
12
What does ‘fully functional’ Mission Equipment Package (MEP) mean?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The fully functional MEP will fully conform to the ICRD description of FARA Increment 1 capability.
13
Will the contracting and legal slides be distributed to industry?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
Yes. The slides will be provided as an attachment to the FBO announcement.
14
Will the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) effort leverage the Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center’s (AMRDEC’s) $2B Other Transaction Authority (OTA)?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The Government intends to award program specific OTA for Prototype (OTAP) for the FARA-CP. The Government seeks direct interaction with the participants without having to use a consortium.”
15
Will there be more than one air vehicle per contract?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The Government will fund one flying prototype per OTAP agreement.
16
Is the digital backbone fully or partially integrated on FARA CP?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The digital backbone will be partially integrated, to include at a minimum the A-kit as described in the Mission Systems Appendix of the Supplemental Information Package (SIP) of the draft solicitation.
17
Are the technologies JMR Mission Systems Architecture Demonstration (MSAD) technologies mature enough to enable Modular Open systems approach (MOSA) on FARA?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
Some technologies are mature, and others are maturing. The Government will provide guidance on MOSA architecture as part of the final solicitation.
18
The FARA Increment 1 air vehicle platform is being developed under the FARA CP. How are other supporting technologies, e.g. mission systems, being developed?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The Army's Cross Functional Teams (CFT) have identified technology development priorities, and are working with the S&T and Program offices to tailor their technology / product development portfolios accordingly.
19
What is the funding plan? Is it new money?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
Army aviation leadership has adjusted funding profiles to enable modernization. The level of funding is on the order of a traditional Technical Maturation and Risk Reduction (TM&RR) phase, and will be identified in the final solicitation.
20
Will this FARA program impact funding for the FLRAA Program of Record (PoR)?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
No. FLRAA has an existing funding line as a DoD 5000.2 program of record.
21
Why is FARA expected to succeed when other scout/recon/light attack programs have not?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The Army accumulates lessons learned from all programs. FARA employs innovative techniques for requirements definition, oversight and execution, and transition to the planned PoR.
22
Does the FARA concept of operations (CONOP) contradict Army testimony that Apache/Gray Eagle teaming can do the attack / recon mission?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
No. The Apache/Gray Eagle team is suitable for the current mission. The future mission demands a more advanced capability.
23
Will Industry Day briefing slides be provided?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
No. The contracting and legal slides will be provided. See Answer 15 above.
24
What is the scope to be covered by proposals?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The full FARA Competitive Prototyping effort as described in the final solicitation should be covered in the proposals. Work plan and associated costs may be updated at the time of the Initial Design and Risk Review.
25
How much integration is to be included in the proposals?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
The final Program Solicitation will be clear on that subject. Baseline minimum are provisions for Size, Weight, and Power, and Cooling (SWAP-C), and the digital backbone.
26
Will there be a classified annex to the proposal?
2018 Industry Day
6/28/2018
Yes. Final solicitation will include submission instructions.

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