AEWTTR III

DISCLAIMER THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. (1) INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE: The purpose of this sources sought notice is to conduct market research to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources. Responses to this sources sought synopsis will be utilized by the Government to determine the best acquisition strategy. Interested sources are not required to have the expertise to support all products listed below to respond to the sources sought. Interested sources need to identify their capabilities, expertise and the product or service they intend to support. (2) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Aircrew Electronic Warfare Tactical Training Range (AEWTTR) Project Office at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), China Lake, CA, is the system support activity (SSA) that provides engineering expertise for the Naval Aviation Training Systems Program Management AIR (PMA 205) and Department of Defense (DoD) activities supporting the training and Test & Evaluation (T&E) Ranges. Electronic Warfare Threat Simulators (EWTS) engineering expertise includes oversight over the development, upgrade and life cycle sustainment of real-time and simulated multi-spectral threat emitting equipment required to provide lethal capability and operational readiness. The AEWTTR Project Office has been designated, by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), to develop, sustain, and upgrade training systems aimed to improve aircrew lethality and survivability. Training systems include threat simulators, radars, and training instrumentation capable of operation in the Network-Centric Warfare and Battlespace environments. To maintain the warfighters’ relevancy, these complex systems are continuously modified and modernized to provide realistic battlefield scenarios. (3) REQUIRED CAPABILITIES: EWTS Sustainment, Service Life Extension and Technical Refreshes - Maintain, repair, update, modify, test, deliver, and integrate components to threat systems and sub-systems. Systems that require sustainment or service life extension may include software development and upgrade and/or hardware integration of end items. Range Instrumentation, Equipment and EWTS Connectivity - Develop, document, deliver, integrate, and conduct acceptance testing of range instrumentation, equipment, servers, guards, switches, and multiplexers to be networked with EWTS for the purpose of aircrew training, weapons evaluation, and countermeasures development. Open Loop and Closed Loop EWTS Life Cycle Logistics and Spare Parts – Develop, assemble, test, and deliver parts, assemblies, and subsystems to replace depleted and obsolete inventory and maintain operational status of connected and isolated EWTS and peripheral equipment and instrumentation for the systems. Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) Interface Instrumentation - Develop, test, deliver and install interface instrumentation and devices that will gather data on the MANPADS to a single connection port and then transmit the required data to/from EWTS and peripheral equipment. Opposition Forces (OPFOR) Communication Systems - Design, develop, upgrade, and install OPFOR communication systems capable of radio frequency (RF) transmission to enable crew training for Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare (EMW) system operators to degrade, neutralize, or destroy enemy combat capability. OPFOR Electronic Attack (EA) Systems - Design, develop, upgrade, test, and install OPFOR EA systems capable of RF transmission to enable crew training in an electromagnetic denied environment. OPFOR Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS) Components - Design, develop, assemble, sustain, upgrade, test, and install OPFOR IADS subsystems such as Plot Extractors, Threat Command and Control (C2) Displays, and C2 software. Electronic Warfare Multiplexer (EW MUX) - Sustain and upgrade the EW MUX interface hardware and software and implement enhancements to satisfy operational requirements and Armed Forces combat readiness training requirements. Smart Target/Multispectral Threats Development – Design, develop, assemble, test, deliver, and integrate Smart Targets/Multispectral Threats Systems and related range instrumentation. Studies, Analyses, and Site Surveys - Analyze, assess, and provide upgrade solutions to improve functionality of currently active threat systems, and to activate threat systems currently inactive due to obsolete technology. Elements that shall be considered are quality, reliability, maintainability, interoperability, foreign threat intelligence data, frequency allocation applications, vulnerability to high-power irradiation, and EW threat presentation capabilities by the Ranges. EWTS SSA - Provide engineering, configuration management/data management (CM/DM), and logistics, in support of AEWTTR Integrated Product Team (IPT) located at NAWCWD China Lake. Cybersecurity Sustainment–Vulnerability Management – Institute a scan – remediate – rescan and validation methodology covering all systems utilizing the Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) Assured Compliance Assessment Solution or other current DoD mandated tool. Scan systems monthly to ensure remediation efforts are successfully implemented and provide a list of approved updates. Ensure all applicable Security Technical Implementation Guild (STIG) are applied and remediated using the Evaluate STIG (E-STIG) tool. Cybersecurity Sustainment–Patch Management – Develop documented patch management procedures establishing a methodology for patching and confirming patch management compliance.