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

Active

Contract Opportunity

Special Notice: N0016425SNB13

Agency: Department of the Navy

Office: Naval Sea Systems Command

Location: Naval Surface Warfare Centers - Crane Division

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

NAICS Code: 336411 – Aircraft Manufacturing

Responses Extended Due Date: December 13, 2024

Request for Solutions:

Command and Control (C2) for Collaborative Combat Aircraft

PURPOSE

This Request for Solutions (RFS) is issued to address the need Naval Surface Warfare Centers (NSWC) Crane has in 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 multiple Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) in accordance with 10 U.S. Code § 4022.

BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY

​​​​​​​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 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division Project Manager. The deadline for all solutions is December 13, 2024, at 12pm (Noon).

​​​​​​​PROJECT OVERVIEW

Please visit the EMC2 website at https://www.emccrane.org/ to review the full RFS.

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

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