PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is conducting market research to identify companies capable of integrating the Joint Tactical Terminal – Next Generation (JTT-NG) system onto the CV-22 Osprey aircraft, according to a sources sought notice issued on behalf of the V-22 Joint Program Office under the Program Executive Office for Air Anti-Submarine Warfare, Assault & Special Mission Programs.
The effort focuses on the design, fabrication, and delivery of prototype and validation/verification A-kits, as well as integration with government-furnished B-kit hardware for installation and testing aboard the CV-22. The work also includes associated non-recurring engineering.
The JTT-NG is a multi-service, multi-platform Integrated Broadcast Service terminal designed to provide aircrews with enhanced access to tactical intelligence and indication and warning data. The system is intended to replace the legacy Integrated Broadcast System currently installed on the aircraft, which is facing obsolescence.
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Special Operations variant
The CV-22 is the Air Force Special Operations Command variant of the V-22 Osprey, designed for long-range infiltration, exfiltration, and resupply missions for special operations forces. A tiltrotor aircraft developed by Bell Boeing, the CV-22 combines vertical takeoff and landing capabilities with the speed and range of a turboprop aircraft, enabling missions that would otherwise require both rotary- and fixed-wing platforms.
Equipped with terrain-following radar, forward-looking infrared sensors, integrated threat countermeasures, and other advanced avionics, the CV-22 is designed to operate at low altitude in adverse weather and contested environments. These mission requirements drive the need for modernized communications and intelligence systems such as JTT-NG.
Under the potential effort, contractors would integrate government-provided B-kit components, including the Base Transceiver Unit, Exciter Power Amplifier, and mounting hardware, with newly designed A-kits. The integrated system would deliver intelligence data to the aircraft’s glass cockpit displays.
The scope of work includes systems engineering activities such as requirements review, preliminary and critical design reviews, and functional configuration audits. Contractors also would be responsible for developing interface control documents, software, and hardware design documentation, installation drawing packages, and engineering change proposals, as well as providing support for interim flight clearance and on-aircraft testing.
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Additional requirements
NAVAIR notes that contractors must be able to manage classified and communications security-controlled hardware and comply with security requirements under a DD254. Respondents also must demonstrate expertise in Ada programming to support potential updates to the Joint Services Vertical Lift Aircraft Experimental Avionics System software, which will be provided as government-furnished information.
Eligibility is limited to companies with access to the CV-22 aircraft configuration models, including Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application data, to support installation design and analysis. The applicable North American Industry Classification System code is 336413.
The Navy is requesting capability statements detailing technical approach, relevant experience, data rights considerations, cybersecurity compliance, and ability to meet Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level 2 requirements.
Responses are due by 4 p.m. Eastern on 7 April 2026. The Navy noted the primary point of contact for this RFI is Karamie Platt. They can be reached via email at [email protected]. For more information, please visit https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/175d3e71152c4956a495090c6a0aea30/view.
