Command Post (CP) and Mountain Top Relay (MTR) Kits

1.0 Introduction and Mission: 

Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC), Maritime Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (MISR) Weapons School (WS).  NAWDC, via the MISRWS, leads the development and execution of Department of Defense’s (DoD) battle management (BM) / command and control (C2) / intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) exercise, RESOLUTE HUNTER (RH), in order to train and develop tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) and readiness across the United States Navy, joint, and coalition services.  MISRWS serves as the RH Program Manager for development and execution of the training exercise.

2.0          Scope

NAWDC has a requirement for the design, fabrication, delivery, installation, and testing of three (3) Command Post Kits and one (1) Mountain Top Relay kit to support a standalone, threat-representative communications network to be used by exercise OPFOR. A portion of RH takes place on the Fallon Range Training Complex (FRTC). The FRTC is a very challenging geographic area for ground-based communications due to the prevalence of mountain ranges and corresponding valleys. The command post and mountain top relay kits will upgrade and modernize the capability employed by the RED and GREEN forces during RH. RED and GREEN force commanders are given “commander’s intent” and objectives for each event, but are allowed to be a “thinking” enemy, requiring real-time command and control of RED and GREEN forces. Upgrading the command posts and adding a mountain top relay capability will enable the RED and GREEN forces to more effectively communicate, yielding a more lethal adversary and adding to the complexity of the problem RH exercise participants are tasked with solving. If RH range communications equipment is not purchased, RED and GREEN forces will continue to use the existing legacy equipment and will not be able to evolve and adapt to provide a realistic and challenging OPFOR during RH.

COMMAND POST KITS. Three (3) CP kits shall be delivered to and installed in CP vehicles which are located aboard the FRTC, adjacent to NAS Fallon, NV. All (3) CP vehicles are government-owned vehicles, and all equipment installed will become property of the U.S. Government. CP vehicles consist of one HMMWV, one military box truck, and one towed enclosed trailer. Any existing communications equipment removed to install the CP kits will remain the property of the U.S. Government and will be stored aboard the FRTC, coordinated via the MISRWS.

MOUNTAIN TOP RELAY KIT. One (1) MTR kit shall be delivered to and installed aboard the FRTC, adjacent to NAS Fallon, NV. The mountain range area upon which the kit is to be installed is approximately 8,000 feet elevation accessible via gravel road. Upon installation, the MTR kit will become property of the U.S. Government. Any existing communications equipment removed to install the MTR kits will remain the property of the U.S. Government and will be stored aboard the FRTC, coordinated via the MISRWS.

The (3) CP kits and (1) MTR kit, once installed, will operate as a standalone network utilized by RH exercise OPFOR. RH OPFOR will utilize the CPs throughout the FRTC as assigned by exercise control, with communications relay accomplished by the Mountain Top Relay.  The network will be used solely for scripted, unclassified exercise communications, and will not interface with any military or civilian communications networks on the FRTC.  Kit components have been selected to provide the best possible threat-representative network for blue force exploitation. The kits and resulting network cannot route or redirect user data traffic or permit outside visibility into transmitted data due to the standalone nature of the network. Equivalent components may be substituted by the contractor, so long as they are approved by the Technical POC or COR, and are configured in a standalone network.