Air Force to brief industry on developing enabling technologies for electronic warfare (EW) and simulation
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio – U.S. Air Force experts are reaching out to industry about an upcoming project to develop enabling technologies for future electronic warfare (EW) systems.
Officials of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, issued a notice of contract action (FA2377-25-R-B009) on Thursday for the upcoming Simulation Environment for Technology Research and Assessments (SENTRA) project.
SENTRA seeks to develop EW enabling technologies technologies, high-fidelity models of existing and proposed threat sensors, weapons, command-and-control algorithms and components, and communications links.
This project will be worth as much as $32 million, and a formal solicitation is expected in June or July 2025. Sponsoring the SENTRA project is the Spectrum Warfare Division of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Sensors Directorate.
Areas of interest
SENTRA has three technology areas: modeling and simulation; advanced RF simulation; and how to measure sensor system performance. The SENTRA project is part of the Air Force Trusted and Elastic Military Platforms and Electronic Warfare System Technologies (TEMPEST) program.
Air Force EW experts will conduct industry briefings for the SENTRA project and facility tours of the Air Force Research Lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from 1 p.m. until about 5 p.m. on 28 May 2025 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Register for the briefings and tour of the Air Force Virtual Combat Lab by email to the Air Force's Erin Duffley no later than 21 May 2025 at [email protected]. As many as two people from each company may attend, and each attendee must have a secret security clearance.
Email questions or concerns to Erin Duffley, the SENTRA program manager, at [email protected]; SENTRA Program Engineer Ryan Bone at [email protected]; SENTRA contracting officer Richard Bailey at [email protected]; or SENTRA Contract Negotiator Kathryn Skaleski at [email protected]. More information is online at https://sam.gov/opp/3f60e920c1b14f1a93215e9ff6588904/view.
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