Invitation to participate in the follow-on meeting of the Future Vertical Lift Architecture Collaboration Working Group

The purpose of this notice is to announce the next meeting of the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Architecture Collaboration Working Group (ACWG) ACWG 20-1 to be held on April 8, 2020 in Huntsville, Alabama. The Government held the first ACWG meeting with Industry Partners on December 16, 2019 in Huntsville, AL. Attendees will participate at their own expense. The Government will not compensate industry participation. The FVL ACWG was established to develop and maintain an Open Systems Architecture common to all FVL Family of Systems (FoS) Programs of Record. To date, the FVL FoS consists of the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) and the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Programs of Record. As stated above, the Government established the FVL ACWG to develop and maintain a common architecture requirements framework for system development and acquisition efforts throughout the life-cycles of the FLRAA and FARA Programs of Record. These architecture requirements, in conjunction with other Systems Engineering requirements, form the baselines for several acquisition efforts during the lifecycle of the FARA and FLRAA systems. The Government chartered the ACWG to define FVL FoS architecture artifacts, including but not limited to tools, procedures, methodologies, models and standards, and to resolve potential unknowns regarding open systems and key interfaces. This architecture is to comply with the Modular Open Systems Approach in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. In order for non-Government entities to register, your organization must meet one of the following qualifiers: Qualified U.S. Contractors, as defined by DoD Directive 5230.25 Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) as defined in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 48, Part 35, Section 35.017 University Affiliated Research Centers (UARC) as authorized in accordance with U.S. Code of Federal Regulations FVL ACWG REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS All attendees must be a registered member of the ACWG prior to the event and must pre-register for the event. Individuals must join the ACWG and complete registration no later than March 25, 2020. The Government will not accept substitutions to registered participants after the registration deadline. Registration will be on a first-come / first-serve basis due to limited seating. Each non-Government entity or Government organization will be limited to three participants. All interested parties must be International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) compliant in accordance with U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title, Chapter I, Subchapter M. This is a requirement of the U.S. Government for all manufacturers, exporters, and brokers of defense articles, defense services or related technical data. Interested attendees must register at - eInvitations using the Uniform Resource Locator address below: https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim.cfm?i=521970&k=076343007C57 The points of contact identified therein can assist participants with registration issues. Once registered, each attendee will receive a confirmation email that will provide the industry day location and time.