REQUEST INFORMATION -- SPACE SYSTEM ATTACK DETECTION AND REPORTING ARCHITECTURE CONCEPTS

Notice Date

November 6, 2000

Contracting Office

AF Spacecom/CA, 150 Vandenberg St, Ste 1105, Peterson AFB, CO 80914-4030

ZIP Code

80914-4030

E-Mail Address

sally.claunch@peterson.af.mil (sally.claunch@peterson.af.mil)

Description

The Air Force is seeking alternative concepts for the development and deployment of a space system attack detection and reporting architecture. To this end, the Air Force is interested in concepts that define candidate system architectures for systems that provide a capability to identify when a space system is under attack. The architecture should be robust, unambiguous, provide timely attack detection, and be cost effective. The ideal architecture will include systems that can provide the ability to automatically detect (sense the attack), identify (determine attack medium and distinguish hostile events from natural causes), characterize (geolocate attacker and determine technical characteristics), and report (assess impact and make known to appropriate command control node), in near real time, attacks on all U.S. national security space systems, including space-based elements, ground-based elements, or the radio links between the space elements, ground elements and users. The architecture should support the ability to rapidly locate and classify the source of attack and the ability to characterize it. The information requested is conceptual only. It is the government's intent to integrate non-material solutions (existing or unexploited inherent capability) into the architecture to the maximum degree possible. In the event that more than one reasonable concept is identified, an analysis of alternatives is planned to evaluate costs and benefits (military utility and operational effectiveness). Concepts should support implementation of the selected alternative using a spiral development approach with an Initial Operational Capability of 2004 to 2007. Concept papers should include descriptions of functional or performance needs, operational concepts, candidate systems (whether existing or developmental), critical technologies, and potential operational dates. Submission should include clear discussion of what each spiral includes, levels of capability realized and schedule. Boundaries of and required interfaces to the architecture should be clearly identified. Expected inputs from systems that interface to the architecture should be discussed in some detail. Concepts should be detailed enough to allow evaluation of their merit for inclusion in detailed concept studies and follow-on analyses. A small team of Air Force and support contractor personnel will review concepts. This synopsis is a request for information only and does not constitute a commitment on the part of the government to purchase or acquire systems or services. The Government will not reimburse response preparation expenses for this effort or pay for information requested herein. This call is open to all interested enterprises. The Government does not intend to award any specific contracts based on this announcement. Interested parties should provide descriptions of concepts to the action officer no later than 10 Jan 2001. The action officer is Major Ronald Jackson, (719) 554-2434; e-mail: ronald.jackson@peterson.af.mil; or Mr. Jim Rochier, (719) 554-5070; e-mail: james.rochier@peterson.af.mil; address: HQ AFSPC/DOYD, 150 Vandenberg Street, Suite 1105, Peterson AFB, CO 80914-4220.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001108/SPMSC009.HTM (W-311 SN5060A3)