X-band Radar Development

Added: Aug 02, 2010 3:10 pm This notice is for information and planning purposes only as a final decision on this matter is pending. The Sensors Program Office (MDA/SN) of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is responsible for the continued development of a family of radars that will provide acquisition and tracking of ballistic missiles that may be launched against the United States, deployed forces, friendly nations, and allies. The radars include the Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance (AN/TPY-2), Cobra Dane, Sea-based X-band Radar (SBX), Upgraded Early Warning Radars (UEWR) and Ground-based Radar Prototype (GBR-P). As an element of the BMDS system, these radars must be able to detect, track, and discriminate threat missiles during the early, midcourse and terminal phases of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) mission and must be integrated into the BMDS.



The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to award a sole source Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to the Raytheon Company, Woburn, Massachusetts, for radar development efforts as follows: 1) Software - (a) development and maintenance of a X-band Radar software packages to run the X-band family of radars (forward-based, terminal, and sea-based), (b) maintenance of existing software baselines developed to support X-band Radars (d) Unified Missile Defense Function Development & Implementation; 2) Models & Simulation (a) development of high fidelity models, (b) verification of models (c) support for wargames and exercises (d) performance assessment events; 3) Concurrent Test & Training Operations (CTTO) (a) replication of radar signal and data processing Hardware-In-The- Loop (HWIL) to allow for CTTO, (b) procurement and integration of CTTO into all Raytheon Developed Radars; 4) Developmental Engineering Support to deployed radars; 5) Hardware Obsolescence Studies, Redesign, Technology Insertion, and Refurbishment; 6) Engineering and Analysis Studies 7) Testing (a) Contractor Developmental Testing, (b) Targets of Opportunity, (c) Real World Events. The period of performance of the contract is five years, though the Government will continue to explore opportunities for competition. This acquisition does not include procurement of radars.



This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties who believe MDA should consider an alternative acquisition strategy must respond within fifteen days from the date of publication in writing to William Mills at bill.mills@mda.mil. Such responses should include the basis for the alternative strategy as well as the capability of the company to meet each of the stated requirements in the event an alternative strategy is adopted.