MODIFICATION
58 -- Mobile Heavy Duty Tactical Electronic Warfare System.
- Notice Date
- 9/14/2007
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07, ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008
- ZIP Code
- 07703-5008
- Solicitation Number
- W15P7T-07-I2WD-1026
- Response Due
- 10/26/2007
- Archive Date
- 12/25/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The EW Battalion shall consist of (3) EW companies with (3) platoons within each company. Each company shall consist of: (1) Mobile EW Operations Center (EWOC), (6) Mobile Direction Finding Systems,(3) Mobile Jamming Systems,(3) Mobile Tactical Electronic Protection Systems,(1) Ionosonde HF Ionospheric Sounder. The Government requests the Contractor to provide the following services: Supply, install, integrate and locally support one (1) EW company within the EW Tactical Battalion covering the H/V/UHF bands and consisting of: One (1) mobile EW Operations Center (EWOC), Six (6) mobile H/V/UHF Comms Electronic Support acquisition and wide band direction finding systems (2 per EW platoon) Three (3) mobile H/V/UHF Comms Electronic Attack jamming systems (1 per EW platoon). Three (3) mobile H/V/UHF Comms Electronic Protection deception systems (1 per EW platoon). One (1) Ionosonde HF Ionospheric Sounder. -This single EW company baseline system shall be expandable by adding additional companies or individual H/V/UHF Comms DF and Monitoring ES units, Comms EA (Jamming) and EWOC units without changing the software. This required EW System shall provide a stat e-of-the-art solution allowing the it to monitor, intercept, collect and locate radio comms of enemy forces and to selectively jam comms of enemy forces. The Contractor shall provide a proposal for the baseline single EW company system configuration broke n down to line items for each of the mobile units. The Contractor shall show how this baseline EW company solution can be scaled to a fully equipped EW Tactical Battalion. The new equipment and software shall integrate with the existing compatible mobile equipment and software in the possession of the Government. Each mobile unit shall have the ability to function in a standalone mode if comms to the EWB HQ or EWOC is lost. -EW Operation Center (EWOC)The EWOC shall provide the necessary processors to support resource tracking, propagation analysis, 3-D mapping, database analysis, comms management, jamming effectiveness analysis, tasking, reporting, system configuration, netwo rk analysis and collection management. The functionality shall be sized to permit the data to be passed to the ES and EA over 64 kBPS tactical data links. -Comms Electronic Surveillance, The mobile ES subsystem shall provide the capability to acquire, identify, demodulate, collect, record and geolocate conventional fixed frequency as well as frequency agile H/V/UHF comms signals. The acquisition and DF func tions shall be performed concurrently on all new energy alarms using wideband tuners and high speed digital signal processing. Each ES shelter shall incorporate the equipment to exploit HF groundwave, V/UHF line of sight and HF skywave signals. The HF gr oundwave and V/UHF antennas shall be mounted on a pneumatic mast while the HF skywave antenna shall be deployed as a large baseline array of at least 7 elements. -Comms Electronic Attack (EA) The mobile EA subsystem shall provide the capability to accept V/UHF frequency lists from the EWOC (optionally from the NCS) and to networks of interest by detecting the presence of transmissions and radiating modulated jammin g energy on those frequencies. The EA shall be effective against fixed frequency conventional signals as well as Frequency agile (FH) signals. -The Electronic Protection (EP) mobile unit shall consist of 2 remote V/UHF Comms Electronic Attack (EA) jamming techniques generator sub-systems integrated into transit cases and into the same EP shelter under the same overall control, and management soft ware solution. The Electronic Protection (EP) systems shall be used as remote controllable battlefield comms deception systems equipped with extensive recorded comms and programmable to imitate various global radio types and faulty enemy emitters at suffi cient power to compromise the real emitters when the Electronic Protection (EP) systems are forward deployed. -The comms segments shall consist of the local Flashnet and the command and control comms network. Flashnet comms between the mobile shelters and the EWOC shall be accommodated using VHF tactical radios with embedded encryption. The command and control comms shall utilize HF skywave and optionally V/SAT satellite comms. -EW Operations Center (EWOC) shall act as the tactical command and control center for the specific EW company system. The primary function of the EWOC shall be to maintain a central command post that is constantly in contact with the EW Tactical Battalion Headquarters receiving tasking and battle orders and reporting intelligence information as well as the electronic order of battle and location of hostile forces. Tasking and information received from Headquarters shall be relayed to the ES and EA units f rom the EWOC via HF or V/UHF radio. The required functions of the EWOC are summarized as follows: SIGINT/Electronic Attack Command and Control, Comms network manager, Collection manager, Electronic Attack Manager, Mission Planning, Propagation analysis, Jamming Effectiveness Analysis, Coverage Analysis, 3-D maps showing deployment scenario and blue/r ed force status, Line of Sight Path profile analysis, Database Storage and Processing, Signal Analysis and replay facility. -The EWOC shall consist of HF and V/UHF comms and servers and workstation computers interconnected via a TCP/IP Local Area Network (LAN) to provide database processing, replay and analysis, situation display capabilities and HF/V/UHF comms equipment. The Collection Management and Electronic Attack scenarios shall be managed from the EWOC. -Command and Control EW Operations Center (EWOC) shall serve as the mission planning, co-ordination with operational forces, tasking and deployment of ES and EA assets, comms management, preparation and transmission of operational orders and generation of tactical situation reports, and the analysis and Control Center for the EW company. -Comms Management, The comms manager function shall configure the HF and V/UHF comms radios, co-ordinate the frequencies of operation with the overall frequency management plan, configure the HF and V/UHF network and monitors the friendly forces links for transmission quality and operations protocol adherence. -Collection/ES subsystems Management, The collection manager function shall schedule tasking to the ES subsystems in the form of tasking messages which are derived from the mission planning functions and orders from EWB HQ. The collection manager shall co mmunicate with the ES Net Control Station (NCS) to relay the missions and tasking in the form of messages sent over the HF or V/UHF comms net. -Jamming/EA subsystems Management, The Electronic Attack (EA) manager function shall schedule jamming missions and target units in the enemy forces. The Electronic Attack manager function shall permit well defined construction of a strategic plan prior to hostilities. During peacetime operations, the electronic attack manager shall be capable of collecting information about the comms operations of the enemy forces such as the frequency of operation for each network, operating schedules, locations and movements, modulation types, etc. This information shall then usable to prepare a jamming strategy which includes generation of frequency lists as a function of time of day, areas of operation, number of emitters, etc. The electronic attack manager function shall issue tasking orders to th e EA Jammer subsystem by means of the HF or V/UHF comms links. The HF or V/UHF comms shall normally be passed through the ES NCS but it shall also be possible to transmit directly to the EA Jammer mobile for standalone operations. -Database storage and processing, SQL Server software shall provide a powerful relational database that can store all ES DF data collected by the ES subsystems, collection reports, Line of Bearing (LOB) to target data, tasking records, signal records, coll ection reports and location reports. The database function shall be specifically designed to interface with the digital audio/IF and intermediate frequency (IF) storage recorder which makes all audio/IF (.wav for audio) recordings associated with collection reports avail able for replay, analysis, transcription, etc. -Signal Analysis and Replay function shall provide the ability to replay recorded audio/IF data, perform signal analysis, demodulate digital IF data, transcribe voice and data and to store signal parameters for unknown signals. The signal analysis softwar e shall provide spectral analysis, baud rate analysis, eye pattern displays, frequency shift analysis, and constellation displays. The data demodulator shall provide a software configurable data demodulation capability that can demodulate for example M-ary FSK (with up to 8 levels), multitone modems (with up to 32 subcarriers), QAM and PSK (with up to 16 states), synchronous, asynchronous, ASCII, EBCDIC, Baudot, Morse OOK signals. The signal analysis workstation shall provide the capability to determine the parameters of unknown signals and to provide these parameters to the ES units to support identification and collection against the appropriate targets. -Collection Manager Server (CMS), It shall provide the basis for system device allocation, brokering, control, and monitoring. The CMS at the EWOC shall connect to the CMS at each of the remote mobile sub-systems in a master-slave configuration where the C MS at the EWOC is the master. In the EW Tactical Battalion System, each mobile unit shall be equipped with its own CMS so as to provide autonomous operating capability in the event of EWOC link failure. As the master, the EWOC CMS shall be responsible for distributing tasking to the mobile units and for collecting intercept results from them for inclusion in the EWOC database. -Audio/IF Server, The collection system shall provide digital IF data recorded from any of the digital receiver assets present within the system. The digital IF data shall be streamed to the collection workstation for software demodulation, playback, and d istribution to the decoder resident in half of the collection workstations. At the operators discretion, the signal shall be recorded to the audio/IF server in either audio (.wav) or digital IF format. It shall be possible for the operator to specify that the digital IF be software demodulated at the remote unit and compounded into a 64kbps audio/IF stream that is routed simultaneously to the audio/IF server for storage and to the requesting workstation. -Database Server, The Database Server shall be a dedicated master repository for collected intercepts and traffic. The database server shall run the RDBMS Software. A backup server shall be provided to facilitate archiving of data from the database and Audio/IF Storage Server. -General Workstation Requirements, All operator workstations throughout the system shall run Windows XP, All databases shall use SQL server. -H/V/UHF Mobile Station Workstations shall be included in the EWOC to provide remote access to the H/V/UHF mobile sub-systems. -Supervisor Workstation, The EWOC workstation shall be used by collection managers or shift supervisors to perform high level tasking or analysis pursuant to EW Tactical Battalion workflow. -Maintenance Workstation, The EW Tactical Battalion System shall include a maintenance workstation function. The EW Tactical Battalion system shall include a firewall to minimize the risk of viruses and network intrusions. -Comms Electronic Support (ES), The Comms Electronic Support (ES) mobile unit shall consist of one (1) V/UHF Comms Electronic Support (ES) sub-system operating against line of sight (V/UHF) and one (1) mobile HF Comms Electronic Support (ES) sub-system ope rating against ground wave (HF) signals integrated into the a 788 type 1 shelter mountable on a HMMWV under the same overall control, collection and database management software solution. -Comms E lectronic Attack (EA), The Comms Electronic Attack (EA) mobile unit shall consist of 2 remote V/UHF Comms Electronic Attack (EA) jamming techniques generator sub-systems integrated into transit cases and into the same shelter under the same overall control , and management software solution. The Comms Electronic Attack (EA) jamming techniques generator sub-systems shall be used in conjunction with solid state power amplification and directional and controllable antenna systems while integrated into the Comm s Electronic Attack (EA) mobile unit but shall also be dismountable for use as remote Comms Electronic Attack (EA) jammers. -Functional, Electronic Protection (EP), The Electronic Protection (EP) Deception sub-system shall be designed to deceive threat Comms Electronic Support (ES) systems and confuse threat comms systems. It is necessary to either deny the enemy the ability t o detect these transmissions by using Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) radios such as the Frequency Hopping radios that have been required or to fool the enemy into thinking that there are additional locations from which the ES and EA systems are operati ng. This shall be accomplished by the Electronic Protection (EP) Deception system using radio decoys to transmit false signals. The Electronic Protection (EP) mobile unit shall consist of 2 remote V/UHF Comms Electronic Attack (EA) jamming techniques gen erator sub-systems integrated into transit cases and into the same EP shelter under the same overall control, and management software solution. The Comms Electronic Attack (EA) jamming techniques generator sub-systems shall both be used as remote controll able Electronic Protection (EP) systems equipped with extensive recorded comms for various global radio types as well as programmable to imitate faulty enemy emitters at sufficient power to compromise the real emitters when the Electronic Protection (EP) s ystems are forward deployed. -Intra-site comms, Intra-site comms shall be accomplished using 10/100/1000 MB Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN). The computers and equipment within each shelter shall communicate via TCP/IP sockets. -Inter-site Comms, Flashnet Comms System A V/UHF comms network shall be provided between the EWOC, all Mobile platforms. Modern V/UHF comms capability shall be used to provide an easy to use and robust comms network. Features shall include: complete voice and high-speed data, secure comms with internal frequency-hopping and encryption capability, full band frequency-hopping and digital encryption offering a high level of ECCM resistance, built-in high security COMSEC for both voice and data c omms, modern error-correction algorithms providing reliable data comms in either clear channel or frequency-hopping modes. -The Flashnet comms radio shall support the following: Continuous operation across the 30 MHz to 512 MHz frequency range, 16 kbit/sec using FSK or ASK modulation (optionally increasable to 64 kbits/sec), Electronic Protection Measures from hostile interference using frequency hopping techniques, 100 fully prog rammable net presets, Frequency Stability: ?1.0 x 106, Channel Spacing: 8.33, 12.5, 25 (kHz), FM Deviation: 5.0, 6.5, 8.0 (kHz). Emission Modes: FM Analog Voice, AM Voice, ASK/FSK 16 kbps CVSD Voice, ASK/FSK 16 kbps Data, Trellis Coded Modulation (TCM), 48 & 64 kbps Data (option). "RF Input/Output Impedance: 50 ohm nominal, unbalanced "Power Input: 26 VDC (20.5 to 32 VDC) "Data Interface: Synchronous or asynchronous, 75 bps 115 kbps (MIL-STD-188-114A; RS-232C and RS-422) "Dimensions:at most 10.5W x 3.2H x 13.5D in,with batteries (26.7W x 8.1H x 34.3D cm) "Radio Weight: at most 10 lbs. (4.7kg) without batteries "Receiver Sensitivity: FM 116 dBm minimum for 10 dB SINAD, AM 110 dBm for 70% modulation, 10 dB SINAD "Audio Output 12 mW at 1000 ohm to external handset "Squelch Front panel adjustable, quieting or tone squelch selectable "Image Rejection: Greater than 60 dB "IF Rejection: Gre ater than 75 dB "AGC Mode dependent, automatically selected "Transmitter Power Output: 30-90 MHz FM: 1-10 Watts PEP, 90-400 MHz FM: 1-20 Watts PEP, 400-512 MHz FM: 1-10 Watts, 90-512 MHz AM: 1-10 Watts PEP "Audio Input: 2.6 mV at 150 ohm or 0 dBm at 600 ohm for full rated output "Harmonic Suppression: Greater than 40 dBc "Local Oscillator Radiation: Less than 70 dBm "Spurious Outputs (greater than 200 kHz from Fc): 50 dBc typical "Environmental Test Method: Per MIL-STD-810E "Vibration: Ground Tactical "Immersion: 3 feet (1 meter) "Operating Temperature: 40?C to +70?C -The Contractor shall, in response to this Request for Proposal, provide descriptions for any the V/UHF Comms radios required for all mobile units covering: tactical V/UHF radio and V/UHF comms antennas. -Command and Control Comms, The EWOC shall be provided with an HF radio between the EWOC and EWB HQ. Modern HF comms capability, such as Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) and HF Serial Modems, shall be used to provide an easy to use and robust comms netwo rk. The Command and Control HF comms radio shall support the following: "Continuous operation across the 1.6 MHz to 60 MHz frequency range "CVSD digital voice and FSK 16 kbps data in VHF band "75 to 9600 bit/sec vocoder through secure digital voice "ECCM waveform for Protection from hostile interference (75 to 2400 bits/sec) "Net Presets: 75, fully programmable "Frequency Stability: ?0.5 x 106 "Emission Modes: J3E (single sideband, upper or lower, suppressed carrier telephony), H3E (compatible AM single sideband plus full carrier), A1A, J2A (compatible CW), selectable; F3E (FM telephone) "RF Input/Output Impedance: 50 ohm nominal, unbalanced "Power Input: 26 VDC (20.5 to 32 VDC) "Data Interface Synchronous or asynchronous (RS-232C; MIL-STD-188-114A) "Dimensions (with battery case): at most 10.5W x 3.5H x 13.2D inches (26.7W x 8.1H x 34.3D cm) "Radio Weight: at most 10 lb (4.7 kg) without batteries "Receiver Sensitivity: SSB: 113 dBm (0.5 ?V) for 10 dB SINAD "Audio Output: 15 mW at 1000 ohm to external handset "Squelch Front panel adjustable, active squelch selectable "IF Rejection: Greater than 80 dB "Image Rejection: Greater than 80 dB (1st IF image) "AGC Mode dependent, automatically selected "Intermodulation Distortion: 80 dB or better for two 30 dBm signals separated 30 kHz or more "Overload Protection: Receiver protected to 32 VRMS "Transmitter Power Output: 1, 5, 20 watts PEP/Average -1/+2 dB (1, 5, 10 watts FM) "Audio Input: 1.5 mV at 150 ohm or 0 dBm at 600 ohm for full rated output "Carrier Suppression: Greater than 60 dB below PEP output (J3E mode) "Undesired Sideband Suppression: Greater than 60 dB below PEP output "Spurious Outputs (Greater than 20 kHz from Fc): 50 dB relative to rated output, except harmonics which are 40 dB minimum for fo = 1.6-30 MHz "Antenna Tuning Capability OE-505 10-foot (3 m) whip (1.6 to 60 MHz) RF-1936P (AS-2259) NVIS (3.5 to 10 MHz) RF-1940-AT001/RF-1941 dipole "Environmental Test Method: Per MIL-STD-810F "Vibration Ground Tactical "Immersion 3 ft. (.9m) of water "Operating Temperature 40?C to +70?C "Encrypted Data Features: HF: MIL-STD-188-110B App. C (9600 bps and 12,800 bps encoded), App. B 39-tone (2400 bps), (maximum data rate), Serial Tone (2400 bps), STANAG 4285 (2400 bps), STANAG 4415 (75 bps), STANAG 4539 (9600bps), FSK (600 bps), VHF: FSK (1 6 Kbps) "Automatic Link Establishment: (ALE) STANAG 4538 FLSU, MIL-STD-188-141B Appendix A "Frequency Hopping: Serial Tone ECCM "Vocoder HF: LPC-10-52E (600/2400), MELP (600/2400), VHF: CVSD "Data Link Layer Protocol: (ARQ) STANAG 4538 (3G), pFED-STD-1052 -The Contractor shall, in response to this Request for Proposal, provide descriptions for any the HF Comms radios required for all mobile units covering: tactical HF radio, HF comms antennas for NVIS, long and medium range skywave and short range ground wa ve comms. -Shelter designs shall adhere to the following design principles: Mobile shelter designs shall maximize the use of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) equipment. Shelters must be self-contained and highly mobile. Special tools and special equipment are a distraction and must be avoided Modular architecture is essential to ensure systems are easily expandable to meet increased mission requirements. -Suggested shelter baseline requirements, 788 Type 1 shelter mounted on the M1113 HMMWV is suggested for the mobile units. Key required features of the 788 Shelter include: lightweight; improved EMI; water tightness; thermal and impact performance; ability to comfortably support 2 EW operators. The Contractor shall, in response to this Request for Proposal, provide descriptions of example shelter layout designs. -Transportable EWOC Shelter Baseline, S280 shelter is suggested for the mobile units. Key required features of the 788 Shelter include: high mobility and durability; improved EMI; easy modification to mount racks, shelving and equipment to meet the needs o f the mission; easily maintained interior environmental conditions to protect comms and electronic equipment; ability to comfortably support 4 EW operators. The Contractor shall, in response to this Request for Proposal, provide descriptions of example she lter layout designs. -System Operation Course, Number of groups 4, Students per group 16, Location Government country, Duration 8 weeks, Objective Provide practical training for operators to enable them to fully and efficiently utilize full system capabilities and features. -Advanced System Operation Course, Number of groups 3, Students per group 6, Location Contractor country, Duration 16 weeks, Objective Provide practical and theoretical training on system operation, for a selected few of operators, to a level in which they are able to conduct On Job Training for the remainder of the operators. NOTE: Technical English should occupy 8 of the 16 weeks. -System Maintenance Course Number of groups 1, Students per group 16, Location Government country, Duration 8 weeks, Objective Training for system technicians to enable them to perform first line of support duties. -Advanced System Maintenance Course, Number of groups 2, Students per group 6, Location Contractor country, Duration 24 weeks, Objective Advanced training on system maintenance and support. Advanced topics are covered to enable the technician to perform second line of support duties. NOTE: Technical English should occupy 8 of the 24 weeks. -System Engineering Course, Number of groups 1, Students per group 6, Location Contractor country, Duration 28 weeks, Objective Deep and comprehensive theoretical and practical training for engineers to cover all aspects of system engineering and design. -Senior System Management Course, Number of groups 2, Students per group 5, Location Contractor country, Duration 4 weeks, Objective A course covering topics of concern for managers. Focusing on system capabilities, system utilization and philosophy of ope ration. -System warranty shall be for (1) one year, from the date of system acceptance, to cover 24 hours local system support, labor, parts, including shipping costs. The Contractor proposal shall include an extended warranty as an option for (3) three years. Wa rranty on all software shall be for at least (3) three years. -System Testing and Acceptance, The Contractor shall include with their proposal a proposed system test procedure and a management plan for the execution of the system test procedure. The test plan shall include each major type of equipment and/or softwar e as a separate test and shall include all RFP mandated features and functions of each type of equipment, a list of tests to be performed and how these tests shall be administered. The test plan shall be divided into four major testing milestones. Submissi on of the Equipment Test Certificate to the Government.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07 ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208 Fort Monmouth NJ
- Zip Code: 07703-5008
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 07703-5008
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