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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 10, 2008 FBO #2236
SOURCES SOUGHT

A -- Request for Information (RFI) For Next Generation Electronic Warfare (EW) Scheduling Algorithms

Notice Date

1/8/2008
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
 

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-08-R-P613
 

Response Due

2/29/2008
 

Archive Date

4/29/2008
 

Point of Contact

Juan Quinones, 732-532-3972
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07
(juan.quinones2@us.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The purpose of this announcement is to request white papers for scheduling algorithms for next generation Electronic Warfare (EW) systems. Responses to this RFI will be reviewed by the Government and may result in an invitation to submit proposals a gainst a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for a 2QFY08 award. Award is not guaranteed and the Government does not intend to pay for information received. The goal of the next generation EW system is to simultaneously manage the Electronic Suppor t (ES) and Electronic Attack (EA) capabilities. This system shall dynamically detect the addition of new hardware and manage the necessary resources and resource chains to ensure the hardware is utilized effectively for ES and EA purposes. This system w ill have to prioritize, select, and apply ES/EA techniques for multiple disparate technologies, simultaneously. This system will contain multiple diverse Signals of Interest (SOI) across multiple technology types and the underlying scheduling algorithms w ill need to coordinate ES and EA dynamically as new emitters are discovered. These aforementioned techniques are surgical in nature with a goal of minimizing transmit time, minimizing transmit power, and maximizing system effectiveness. These types of at tacks allow the system the flexibility to go off and accomplish other tasks. Given a specific set of resources, algorithms needs to be developed that can accept these surgical algorithms and schedule them to best utilize the set of available resou rces. Multiple disparate signals are being simultaneously scanned for and detected and if determined to be a threat, these signals will need to be attacked in accordance with the mission parameters. The following assumptions can be made for the purp oses of the white paper. 1. The system will consist of hardware(s) that is open and software definable 2. The system will be aware of all available resources at startup but added hardware will need to be detected and managed 3. Priority level of t arget technologies and threats are given as part of the mission parameters but need to be managed as part of the scheduler 4. The following parameters are known for the ES/EA techniques a. Tx Duration b. Tx Power c. Reaction Time d. Revisit Time e. Frequency f. Modulation g. Etc. This white paper should include a Rough Order Magnitude (ROM) cost estimate to develop, implement, and prototype the algorithms. Responses to this RFI are to be received no later than 29 Febr uary 2008. Information is preferred in soft-copy form in either Microsoft? Word? and/or Microsoft PowerPoint?. If a soft-copy cannot be provided, written information will be accepted. Information may be provided through mail, or via e-mail. Telephone r equests for additional information will not be honored. You may forward responses to US Army, RDECOM, CERDEC, I2WD, Bldg. 600, Fort Monmouth, NJ, 07703, ATTN: AMSRD-CER-IW-IO (Mr. Jon Smolenski) or the following e-mail address: Jon.Smolenski@us.army.mil. Acknowledgement of receipt will be issued. If you choose to submit proprietary information, mark it accordingly. Classified information will be accepted by mail only, but it must be marked accordingly and sent via proper channels. Classified in formation may be sent to US Army, RDECOM, CERDEC, I2WD, Bldg. 600, Fort Monmouth, NJ, 07703, ATTN: Security Office. The inner packaging should be addressed to ATTN: AMSRD-CER-IW-IO (Mr. Jon Smolenski) Questions regarding this information request ar e encouraged and can be directed to Jon Smolenski at the following e-mail addresses: Jon.Smolenski@us.army.mil. Solicitation Number: W15P7T-08-R-P613. NOTE: The use of a solicitation number in this RFI is for tracking purposes only. This Request for Information is for planning purposes only; this is not a request for Quotations or Proposals. No solicitation document exists and formal solicitation may or ma y not be issued by the Government as a result of the responses to this RFI. The Government will not be liable for payment of any response preparation expenses. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive i nformation contained in their response.
 

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
 

Record

SN01480894-W 20080110/080108223904 (fbodaily.com)
 

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