Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) Consortium, Virtual Industry Day, 22 June 2023

Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) and Naval Information Warfare Centers (NIWC) Atlantic and Pacific announce the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) Consortium Quarterly Industry Day hosted by ATI, the IWRP Consortium Management Firm, at the Marriott Marquis in San Diego, California on Thursday, June 22, 2023. The event will include a Keynote from Dr. William Luebke, Executive Director, PEO C4I, IWRP program and consortium updates, technical briefs, and one-on-one break-out sessions with scheduled IWRP Consortium Members. Technical briefs presented during the IWRP Consortium Virtual Industry Day will include a variety of information-warfare focus area topics. It is anticipated that the topics will be the basis of upcoming Requests for Prototype Projects (RPPs) to IWRP Consortium Members. This is not a Request for Prototype Projects, but for planning purposes only. A project will not be awarded from this announcement. In order to obtain more information

regarding the below projects, you must be a member of the IWRP Consortium. For more information on becoming an IWRP consortium member, please visit https://www.theiwrp.org. The purpose of this announcement is to provide members of the IWRP Consortium, and industry in general, advanced notification of Government intent. The Government anticipates to solicit six (6) Requests for Prototype Projects (RPPs) for white papers, enhanced white papers or full proposals via N65236-22-9-0001. RPP topics will include a technical brief and one-on-one break-out sessions. The RPP topics consist of the following: 1.23-PAC-1753 Half-Duplexed Transmit/Receive Phased Array for Low earth orbit (LEO) Satellites (HALF-WAY): HALF-WAY aims to develop a half- duplexed transmit/receive phased array for communications with low-earth orbit satellite constellations. In SWaP-C constrained platforms, having a single electronically scanned antenna array aperture capable of performing both transmit and receive is advantageous. 2.23-PAC-1793 Next Generation of Own Force Monitoring (OFM): The Government seeks a prototype that will improve existing OFM capabilities, an analysis and re-design of the currently fielded solution is a necessary step for potential increased monitoring capability to the Fleet, and to meet new and emerging threats. The contractor shall design and prototype a complete COTS/GOTS system that meets all applicable MIL-STDs, hardware accreditation, software accreditation, network integration, and shipboard installation considerations including size, weight and power (SWAP) and electromagnetic environment. The system must be capable of detecting and identifying the radio frequency (RF) signals emanating from the ship. This new OFM system shall be capable of being installed on all combatant ship classes including CVN, DDG, CG, LHA, LHD and LSD. 3.23-LANT-1794 Distributed Common Ground/Surface System - Marine Corps (DCGS-MC) All Source Integrated Collections Requirements Management Tool: The Government seeks a prototype that includes providing the minimal amount of antenna apertures to connect to various communication links to optimize Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) requirements at the tactical edge. 4.23-PAC-1795 Discretized Geospatial State Space Reduction: The Government seeks a prototype to discretize the decision space. The Decision Authority Delegation project aims to research and improve planning for multi-domain operations; currently, these plans are initiated using optimization algorithms followed by human-planner adjustments. In order to utilize many search and statistical based planning algorithms, the decision space, including the geographic space, must be discretized in an intelligent way. Planning algorithms face computational challenges when the decision space is large, so intelligently discretizing the space is necessary to ensure fast operation as fast operation allows for quicker decision-making or more iterations between the automated planner and the human- planner in the loop. 5.23-LANT-1797: Navy Enterprise Business Solution, Financial Foundation Prototype: The government is seeking to identify and demonstrate how Systems Application and Products (SAP) S/4 HANA can support current and future Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) requirements. The technology focus area is enterprise resource tools. 6.23-PAC-1798 High-Capacity Wireless Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Network: The Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC) and Marine Corps. Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in Twentynine Palms, CA has a requirement to build out a High Capacity Wireless Network to support real-time data from ranges, devices, simulators, and constructive forces while enabling interaction between geographically dispersed Marine Corps, joint, and partnered nation units around the globe. The prototype will be successful if a private cellular network-as-a-service, with remote support of Network Operations Center / Security Operations Center services, can provide fixed and mobile radio access network sites, operating on photovoltaic power, can be accredited to supporting data up to the Secret level, and support reconfiguration as needed to provide exercise-specific coverage, with mobile edge computing (MEC) capabilities supporting Live Virtual Constructive Training Environments (LVC-TE), IoT devices (e.g., cameras, battle adjudication equipment, headset display, and other sensors), push-to-talk (PTT), and mobile applications to support exercise operators and participants. The Government will be presenting three (3) Pre- Solicitation Collaboration (PSC)s, which will include a short brief and one-on-one breakout sessions. The PSC topics consist of the following: 1.23-PAC-1796 Enhanced HF for Fleet C2: Conduct a Pre-Solicitation Collaboration event for planned FY24 project work for “Enhanced High Frequency for Fleet Command and Control (C2)” in order to provide improvements in performance, interoperability and survivability. Umbrella Project aligns to four (4) separate tasks for High Frequency capability over the IWRP period of performance: (1) Provide and execute a phased approach to HF- specific COMSEC (includes study, design, prototype development and test complete with Technical Review(s)). The final HF-specific COMSEC prototype should be NSA approved device; (2) Port Protected HF Waveform to low cost Production Software Defined Modem (SDM); (3) Correct High Priority Defects (such as Grade A Shock) impacting LSE-24 or transition to fielding; (4) Prototype Enhancements to Protected HF Waveform. Consortium may provide feedback on one, two, three, or all four priorities. Note that a classified requirements review session will be required for any consortium member considering bidding on these tasks. 2.23-PAC-1799 Deployable Low-Band Monitoring System & Reporting Network Architecture: The Navy is interested in deploying a world-wide network of sensors for monitoring the Low-band spectrum (HF and below) to support research in communications and propagation / ionosphere modeling. This effort will prototype 2x ruggedized monitoring system that can collect wideband spectrum data for years without any maintenance or support. The sensors require several weeks of local storage while having network access to stream the wideband collects to the GovCloud, and to other networks (via a cross- domain solution) where users can apply advanced signal processing algorithms to process the data. 3.23-PAC-1800 HF Novel Architecture Hardware Breakthroughs in digitizing High Frequency (HF) communications alongside wider bandwidths and mesh networking techniques have been shown to automate and sustain long-range non-SATCOM communications at equitable data rates. The Team’s approach to the automated network management needs an innovative approach to Serial-to-Network conversion to efficiently remote IP-data over vast distances. The topic seeks novel solutions for information conversion but in a small-form factor necessary for SWaP-constrained platforms. The government will be presenting three (2) Technical Collaboration Exchanges (TCE), which will include a short brief and round table discussions. The TCE topic consists of the following: 1.Biosurveillance Hub and Portal: The government requires an innovative prototype to serve as the Defense Health Agency (DHA) and Program Executive Office (PEO) Defense Healthcare Management System’s (DHMS) Biological Surveillance data hub and portal. Biosurveillance primarily focuses on developing effective surveillance, prevention and operational capabilities for detecting and countering biological threats. The Biosurveillance Hub will collect data from disparate Department of Defense (DoD), DHA, and PEO DHMS data sources and provide upstream feeding to additional data lakes within the DoD and Intelligence Community (IC). The government is looking for an innovative solution provider to demonstrate and deliver a robust yet cost-efficient hub and portal for use by analysts. 2.Services versus (vs.) Capability: Navigating to Capability: The government is seeking to discuss ways to shift cultural norms from a services approach to capability to allow for innovative acquisition such as prototypes and Other Transaction Authorities (OTA). Additional information on IWRP or to become a member, please refer to the following link: https://www.theiwrp.org