Request for Information - Vehicle Navigation System for Army Platforms

**Extended the response due date to 11 APRIL 2016.** REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR: VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR ARMY PLATFORMS THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. THIS REQUEST IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT, INVITATION FOR BIDS, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTES OR AN INDICATION THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTRACT FOR THE ITEMS CONTAINED IN THIS NOTICE. AFTER REVIEWING THE DESCRIPTIONS CURRENTLY POSTED TO FEDBIZOPS, INTERESTED CAPABLE VENDORS ARE INVITED TO PROVIDE RESPONSES. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT REIMBURSE RESPONDENTS FOR ANY COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBMISSSION OF THE INFORMATION BEING REQUESTED OR REIMBURSE EXPENSES INCURRED TO THE INTERESTED PARTIES FOR REPONSES. Additionally, your response will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. As previously stated respondents will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that are incurred in responding to this RFI. Furthermore, this request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or received for this effort. The information provided may be used by the Army in developing its acquisition strategy, Statement of Work/Performance Work Statements and/or Statement of Objectives. Interested parties are responsible to adequately mark proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response accordingly. The Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this Request for Information and acknowledges its obligations under the United States Code Title 18 U.S.C. 1905; to protect qualifying information received specifically marked confidential or proprietary. Synopsis: 1. Overview This Request for Information (RFI) provides an outline for the need of a Vehicle Navigation System for Army platforms, including ground vehicles, such as: High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV), Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP), Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), M113, Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), M1 Abrams, M2 Bradley, and Stryker Family of Vehicles. This RFI represents a collaborative effort between Direct Reporting Program Manager Positioning, Navigation and Timing (DRPM PNT), PEO CS&CSS and the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) offices seeking information from industry on products and solutions for the development and production of a combined VICTORY (Vehicle Integration for C4ISR/EW Interoperability) service provider and the centralized source of trusted Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) data for all systems in the vehicle that require it. The Army is interested in leveraging the recent technology development efforts in the industry, mainly for Vehicle Navigation Systems capability, which will be applicable to Army operational environments. 2. Technical Information The primary technical requirements of the Vehicle Navigation System include: - Amount of observed power reduction for various types of jammers including: broadband, narrow band, Carrier Wave (CW), pulsed CW, swept CW, and spectrally matched when utilizing Anti-Jam antennas. Amount of observed power reduction for jammers from any direction to the Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers when utilizing Anti-Jam antennas. - The ability to integrate PNT capabilities with commercial Ethernet switching capabilities and commercial computer processing capabilities - The ability to fully replace existing receivers, for example: Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR). - The ability to integrate future Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) receivers - The ability to integrate an array of PNT type sensors into a unified PNT solution. Possible additional sensors include: Celestial, Precision Clock, Ranging, Cameras/Vision Navigation, and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensors - The ability to receive C/A-, and P(Y)- code as well as pseudolite signals, in L1 and L2 frequency bands and compatible with Spot Beams. - The ability to support upgrades to an M-code receiver. - Provision of control, monitor, and test interface for use with GPS receiver, host platform, and test applications. - Operations in Army vehicles' environmental conditions. - The ability to provide Vehicle Integration for C4ISR/EW Interoperability (VICTORY) (please check the VICTORY website: http://victory-standards.org/index.php/pub-docs for further information) services to VICTORY- compliant devices throughout the vehicle(s). - The ability to provide VICTORY 1.6.2 services and components e.g. Position, Orientation, Direction of Travel, GPS, Time, and SPU (Shared Processing Unit) - The ability to support Network Time Protocol (NTP) and Precision Time Protocol (PTP) - The ability to support other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) As the industry's Vehicle Navigation System development efforts proceed further, the Army will look for the best solution in terms of the performance, SWaP-Cost and schedule. The Army seeks information from industry on Vehicle Navigation System technologies and products deemed applicable to the Army platforms. 3. Requested Information: Interested organizations who believe they are capable of providing all or part of the information requested above are invited to indicate their interest by providing: a. Organization Information to include: i. Organization name ii. Organization address iii. CAGE code [if applicable] iv. Anticipated Suppliers v. Business Point of Contact (POC) name, e-mail address, and telephone vi. Technical Point of Contact (POC) name, e-mail address, and telephone b. Responses may be submitted in respondent's preferred format. Abbreviations should be defined either on first use or in a glossary. Charts and graphics should have quantitative data clearly labeled. Assumptions should be clearly identified. c. Proprietary and other sensitive information should be clearly marked with requested disposition instructions. Submitted materials will not be returned. 4. List of offerings/systems applicable to this RFI. a. What products does your company offer or plan to offer that may be applicable to this RFI? For each product: i. State of the product (e.g. concept, prototype, development, production, qualified, or fielded) ii. Provide hardware and software architecture of your product iii. State computing resources, capabilities and interfaces. iv. Time frame or timeline for the availability of the product (i.e. development, production, lead times) v. Size, Weight, and Power - Cooling (SWaP-C) for the product vi. Cost (for readily available units) b. Has your company received GPS Directorate Security Approval to handle and integrate GPS devices or what is the current status of your approval? c. What are your company and your products cybersecurity provisions/plans? d. List all VICTORY Component types your product supports or plans to support. e. Provide the maturity of your product for each configuration Item including (Hardware, Software and Firmware). f. Provide historical reliability, fielding and/or test data identified within the scope of this RFI of configuration items on military systems / applications if applicable. g. Please provide additional information about your company's products which may be helpful to consider when developing this product. 5. E-mail is the preferred method of receipt. Please send responses to: Nikia Williams Email: nikia.m.williams2.civ@mail.mil 6. Paper submissions (35 pages limit), electronic or media may be sent to: TARDEC - Vehicle Electronics and Architecture (VEA) 6501 E.11 Mile Rd RDTA-RS / MS 224 Warren, MI 48397-5000 7. Any CLASSIFIED submissions must be coordinated with the PEO CS&CSS Security Manager by contacting them through following email: usarmy.detroit.peo-cs-css.mbx.actions-mailbox@mail.mil. DO NOT SEND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION UNLESS SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED BYTHE PEO SECURITY MANAGER. 8. RESPONSES DUE: Responses to this Request for Information shall be furnished to the Government by NLT 1300 local EST 11 April 2016. Please submit electronic responses to Nikia Williams at Nikia.m.williams2.civ@mail.mil and paper submissions to the address listed in paragraph number 6. Interested parties are encouraged to respond early.