D -- Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (JWID) 2004

1. This Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) announcement is for the Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration 2004 (JWID 2004) scheduled for 1-25 Jun 2004. The focus for JWID 2004 is on coalition interoperability, Homeland Defense (HLD), and Homeland Security (HLS). Combatant commands, Services and Department of Defense (DOD) Agencies (C/S/As), government agencies outside the DOD, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and national participants outside the United States must submit coalition interoperability trial (CIT) proposals for JWID 2004 by 1 October 2003. Industry partners must work through a C/S/A or government agency sponsor from outside the DOD to submit CITs. Complete details on JWID 2004, to include the format and submission instructions for CITs, can be found at http://www.jwid.js.mil.2. JWID is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's annual event that enables the US combatant commands and international community to investigate command, control, communications, and computers (C4) solutions that focus on relevant and timely objectives for enhancing coalition interoperability. The intent is to conduct trials of C4 capabilities during JWID that can then be moved into operational use in the near term. Trials are not only limited to evaluations of hardware or software solutions. The tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with using technology are just as important as the solutions themselves and further investigations into these areas using JWID as a vehicle are encouraged. The USJFCOM J86I Joint Interoperability and Integration (JI&I) process will be the primary method used to responsibly field promising technologies to fit warfighter requirements. 3. United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) is the host combatant command for JWID 2004. Consequently, the scenario for JWID 2004 will incorporate aspects of HLD and HLS in addition to traditional coalition operations. USNORTHCOM tentatively plans to include the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Coast Guard in JWID 2004 (subject to coordination with those agencies). USNORTHCOM intends to use JWID as a proving ground for emerging C4 technologies relevant to HLD and HLS. Coalition participation remains an important part of JWID and will include Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and NATO to include several constituent nations. In addition, all combatant commanders may invite nations, with prior Joint Staff approval, from within their respective area-of-responsibility to participate as multinational task force (MTF) members. 4. JWID is conducted in a simulated operational environment to provide context for validation of C4 solutions. Each CIT will receive a comprehensive assessment. Depending on the CIT, the assessment may include a warfighter/operator, technical/interoperability, and security assessment. Trials with coalition partners are conducted over a worldwide secure network enabling trials classified SECRET releasable to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and NATO. Use of other information domains over other networks to support participation of additional nations and the information flow required for the HLS/HLD portion of the scenario depends on which other nations and which U.S. government agencies participate. The JWID Joint Management Office (JMO) coordinates, engineers and supervises the network backbone(s), information domains and the worldwide venue, and provides the CIT assessments. 5. Each proposed CIT must address one or more of the JWID 2004 objectives listed in paragraph 6. By submitting a trial proposal, the submitter commits to fully resource the CIT (funding, personnel, training, hardware, software, etc.) for JWID 2004 at a minimum of one JWID site. Industry partners must submit trials in concert with a DOD sponsor or with a government sponsor from outside the DOD. CIT proposals must be provided in a specific format as detailed on the JWID web site. The JWID Senior Management Group (SMG), in concert with the coalition partners, will select specific CIT proposals for execution by 7 November 2003 given projected availability of resources, how well the CIT dovetails with the objectives, and additional considerations as specified on the JWID web site. USNORTHCOM will provide an initial determination on those CITs related to HLD/HLS. 6. The Joint Staff J-6, in coordination with USNORTHCOM, gathered and prioritized objectives for JWID 2004 from the Unified Commands (via United States Joint Forces Command), NATO, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. A short summary of the eight specific JWID 2004 objectives follows. a. Provide solutions to facilitate information sharing across multiple information domains that include defense and other government agencies. Explanation: Multiple information domains exist today across a coalition operation to include inter-agency needs. Today's operational information sharing requires interoperable flexible, faster and secure means to electronically connect these domains. USNORTHCOM requires the capability to share information with HLS agencies bridging current network architectures (Multi level security/Security across information domains). b. Provide an enhanced interoperable situation awareness capability, scalable in both time and scope within and between information domains. Explanation: Situational awareness requirements are dependent on the ultimate user's needs. The consequence is that any situational awareness capability must expand or contract to support those needs. Delivery of situational awareness information must be available to the user regardless of information domain membership and must be tailored to the user's needs. USNORTHCOM requires the capability to automatically input and receive data on the Global Command and Control System (GCCS) from all HLS and DOD agencies. Solutions presented should address system integration and data conversion issues. (Situational Awareness). c. Provide enhanced methods to fuse and protect information contained in dissimilar databases maintained by coalition and national defense and government agencies. Explanation: Users must be able to securely access, extract, and utilize information contained within dissimilar databases across multiple information domains. Information from within these databases must remain secure while in-transit or in rest. While long-term capabilities will focus on adoption of common database structures/schemas, a short-term solution to permit translation between existing databases is essential. USNORTHCOM requires the capability to use object oriented solutions to encrypt data vice using existing guarding technology to share data with agencies. (Database Fusion). d. Provide solutions to permit enhanced sharing/dissemination of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) products within and across coalition and inter-agency information domains. Explanation: There is an increasing requirement to share and disseminate ISR products to multiple information domains operating at multiple levels of security. The members of these domains may include coalition military participants, agencies and other governmental organizations not traditionally associated with a coalition military operation. (ISR Dissemination). e. Provide solutions to address in-transit security of information being shared within and between fixed information environments and mobile/tactical users. Explanation: End users and/or first responders require interoperable secure wireless technology to receive and transmit critical information, voice, data, and video to all levels of participation across the coalition and national environment. (Wireless Security). f. Provide solutions to monitor and defend against threats to multiple information domains. Explanation: Information systems and network defense require additional solutions that can span multiple information domains, operating at multiple levels of security. (Coalition Network Defense). g. Provide solutions to create a fused logistical status including information feeds from multiple information domains. Explanation: Logistic information availability across coalition participants requires access to multiple data sources. Access to the information implies combining total asset visibility and information on transit of friendly forces into a single information presentation available across multiple information domains. (Logistics Systems). h. Provide language translation tools to enable effective coalition and inter-agency operations. Explanation: Coalition operations may involve multiple nations and organizations that do not use a common language. Tools to translate documents, displays and written/audio-exchanges with planners and end-users is a requirement of operations at the military, agency and other government organization levels. (Language Translation). 7. Subject to changes, the following milestones are to be used for planning purposes: a. Coalition Interoperability Trial proposals due - 1 Oct 2003. b. Initial Planning Conference - 17-21 November 2003, tidewater area VA. c. Mid Planning Conference 26-30 January - 2004, tidewater area VA. d. Final Planning Conference 29March - 2 April 2004, tidewater area VA. e. JWID 2004 Execution period - 1-25 June 2004. (1) CIT set-up - 1-4 June 2004. (2) Training and Rehearsal - 7-11 June 2004. (3) Trials assessment and visitors - 14-24 June 2004. (4) Hot Wash - 25 June 2004. 8. Administrative requirements: a. All information submitted will be considered and handled as non-proprietary. b. Unclassified and classified networks will be used. US DOD CIT participants will require a minimum of DOD SECRET clearance to participate in JWID 2004. The principal DOD information domain that CITs will use will be at a combined SECRET-releasable security level. c. Military or government civilian personnel will operate the CIT during assessments. CITs must provide required training at each JWID 2004 site where their CIT is located. JWID funds will not be provided for training. d. CITs will be required to provide on-site technical and operational representation throughout all JWID 2004 planning conferences and execution phases. JWID funds will not be used. 9. The JWID JMO point of contact is LCDR Mike Ward, +1 (555) 000-0000 (DSN 575) OR E-MAIL: contact@example.gov. Please refer to the JWID web site for specific information about CIT proposal submissions. 10. With its focus on HLD/HLS and coalition interoperability, JWID will play a large part in improving information sharing between coalition partners and between the DOD, government agencies supporting Homeland Defense and Security, and non-government agencies. 11. This announcement is not a request for proposal; no contract award shall be made as a result of this request for information. Industry participation in JWID 2004 is at no cost to the government.