Industry Day Announcement: Digital Dual-Use Sensors (DDUS)

The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground- Belvoir Division (ACC- APG-Belvoir), on behalf of the Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) is providing is releasing this special notice, W909MY-18-R-0008*, to announce the Industry Day event for the Digital Dual-Use Sensors (DDUS) program on 12-13 December 2017. The Industry Day event will be held at the Night Vision compound located on Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Date/Time/Location: - Tuesday, December 12 / 1000 - 1600 (Government briefing of program and one-on-one sessions) / Fort Belvoir, VA Bldg. 309 - Wednesday, December 13 / 0900 - 1600 (if needed for one-on-one sessions) / Fort Belvoir, VA Bldg. 357 *Previously DDUS Request for Information (RFI) were issued under W909MY-17-R-J012 and W909MY-17-R-J012_B; DDUS pOTA #2. Since a final solicitation was not released in Fiscal Year 2017, a new solicitation number was required to be created to reflect Fiscal Year 2018 (hence the change to W909MY-18-R-0008). The purpose of the Industry Day is to provide an opportunity for companies to ask questions in an open forum and one-on-one sessions will be available. Transparency and communication is critical. The Industry Day presentations will include technical, logistics, and contracting strategy. The Industry Day briefings are all unclassified. Questions and answers presented will be recorded and posted. Accordingly, information will NOT be treated as proprietary unless specifically identified as such; please be aware that identifying information as "proprietary" may preclude them from being incorporated into the final solicitation. This announcement should not be construed as a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a commitment by the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Industry Day. Registration Instructions: Interested participants must pre-register for the Industry Day via email to stephanie.p.yohey.civ@mail.mil. Please submit the following information for each individual no later than 3PM EST 1 December 2017 to pre-register for Industry Day. A maximum of five (5) individuals per company will be permitted to register/attend. Telephone requests will not be accepted. 1. Individual attendee's full name 2. Individual attendee's e-mail address 3. Company name 4. Company Cage Code 5. Indicate your Company size (large or small business) under NAICS 541330 6. Telephone number 7. U.S. Federal or state issued photo ID card required at Industry Day check-in 8. Do you wish to have your company name included on a list of attendees to be distributed to Industry Day attendees? When submitting registration information, please include "DDUS Industry Day Registration" in the email subject line. Directions and additional information will be provided to the registrants. There is no registration fee. One-on-One Session Instructions: Optional one-on-one sessions will be available; requests must be submitted during registration. One-on-One sessions will be a maximum of 30 minutes and may consist of a presentation by the requesting organization to include company background (20 minute maximum) and ideas/questions/concerns meeting the DDUS requirements (10 minute maximum). All presentation materials to include a description of the discussion topic must be provided via email NLT 3pm EST 1 December 2017. Question Submittal Instructions: Prior to Industry day, please be advised that your firm may submit questions regarding the DDUS Industry Day via email to lauren.r.pascioni.civ@mail.mil NLT 3pm EST 1 December 2017. Use the following format for your question submittals: 1. E-mail subject line should read "DDUS Industry Day Question" 2. Submit questions in an organized manner directly in the e-mail text. Label each question with a general subject matter reference. 3. Keep questions brief and to the point. 4. Do not send information marketing a company's capabilities. An opportunity to submit written questions will be provided during Industry Day. Background information about the DDUS program is provided, below: The DDUS program will develop a dual band Medium Wavelength Infrared / Long Wavelength Infrared (MWIR/LWIR), large-pixel-count prototype sensor based on novel digital readout integrated circuit (DROIC) technology for use in a combined Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) and Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) pilotage system. The goal of this program is to produce a prototype camera capable of performing both DVE and ASE missions, including a large 80+ million electron well readout, high speed (over 120 Hz frame rate), dual band detection, and high resolutions (over 2 million pixels). Currently in their stovepipe configuration, these two system are unaffordable. This program will combine these two high complex capabilities into one novel architecture. Not only will it make these products more affordable but it will also add leap ahead capability for the user. DDUS will be accomplished in four phases producing component prototypes at the conclusion of each phase, culminating with the delivery of an integrated prototype system. The products of DDUS will benefit Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation for insertion into pilotage programs such as Program Manager (PM) Apache Attack, PM Cargo, PM Utility, and PM Vertical Lift. Additionally, the sensor is applicable to Program Executive Office Intelligence Electronic Warfare & Sensors (PEO IEW&S) missions in PM ASE. The novel technologies developed in this program will also directly affect other infrared sensing missions in PM Terrestrial Sensors (TS) and PM Ground Sensors (GS). Capabilities from this effort will give manned air systems important multifunction capabilities including novel on-chip A/D conversion in the pixel, an advancement which provides greater charge collection capacity, LWIR sensitivity and dynamic range. Further, the effort will enable multifunction sensor systems with reduced size, weight, and power (SWaP), as well as cost, to include combined ASE and DVE pilotage. Moreover, dual-band upgrades to tactical systems will provide increased resolution while maintaining sensitivity needed for dirty battlefield conditions (dust, smoke, bad weather). Finally, the technology will provide longer identification ranges in good weather.