Request for Solutions: Command and Control (C2) for Collaborative Combat Aircraft

Active

Contract Opportunity

Special Notice: N0016425SNB04

Agency: Department of the Navy

Office: Naval Sea Systems Command

Location: Naval Surface Warfare Centers (NSWC) - Crane Division

Classification Code: AC33 – National Defense R&D Services: Defense Related Activities: Experimental Development

NAICS Code: 336411 – Aircraft Manufacturing

Anticipated Request For Solution (RFS) Release Date: 18 October 2024

Request for Solutions:

Command and Control (C2) for Collaborative Combat Aircraft

1. PURPOSE

This special notice is to inform vendors of an upcoming RFS. This RFS will be issued to address the need of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division who is seeking solutions that would successfully integrate existing autonomous air vehicle platforms and advanced communication prototypes allowing for secure tactical communications between multiple similarly configured platforms and provision networked data capabilities. The Government will evaluate the solutions with the intent of awarding an Other Transaction (OT) agreement in accordance with 10 U.S. Code § 4022.

1. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY


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   1. EMC2
   
   
   
   

Vendors interested in responding to this RFS must be members of the Expeditionary Missions Consortium - Crane (EMC2) consortium. Interested parties may visit emccrane.org for membership information. This project will be managed by a NSWC Crane Division Project Manager. The RFS is anticipated to be released via the weblink listed above for EMC2 on or around 18 October 2024. In addition to this Special Notice on SAM.gov, the EMC2 consortium manager will notify all consortium members of the upcoming RFS on or around the same time this notice is published to SAM.gov.

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   1. PROJECT OVERVIEW
   
   
   
   

NSWC Crane Division is seeking solutions for the requirement from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD (R&E)) to develop and successfully integrate prototypes into existing autonomous air vehicle platforms and advanced communication prototypes allowing for secure tactical communications between multiple similarly configured platforms and provision networked data capabilities.

Contracting Office Address:

300 Hwy 361

Crane, IN 47522

United States

Primary Point of Contact:

Amber Lyons-Wright

0235 Agreements Specialist

amber.r.lyons-wright.civ@us.navy.mil

Secondary Point of Contact:

Sydney Wittmann

0235 Agreements Officer

sydney.l.wittmann.civ@us.navy.mil

Reminder: Interested parties may visit emccrane.org for membership information.

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