HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – U.S. Air Force electronic warfare (EW) researchers are surveying industry for companies able to develop modular, upgradable next-generation aircraft-protection systems based on open-architecture standards.
Officials of the Electronic Warfare Branch of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Special Programs Division Cyber and Networks Directorate at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., have issued a commercial solutions opening for the Next Generation Aircraft Protection Technologies project.
This project seeks to identify eligible vendors that could handle modeling and simulation; sensing; digital signal processing; countermeasures; and effectors of this next-generation aircraft protection system.
Air Force EW experts particularly are interested in RF and microwave sensors; infrared, visible light, and ultraviolet sensors; laser warning receivers; and acoustic sensors for these aircraft-protection systems.
Digital signal processing
They also are interested in advanced signal-processing hardware, software, and algorithms; radar and communications countermeasures; electro-optical countermeasures; electromagnetic warfare technologies like high-power microwaves; and directed-energy weapons.
Proposed technologies must comply with the Agile Mission Suite (AMS) Government Reference Architecture (GRA), or include a technical roadmap showing the pathway to compliance.
This project involves controlled unclassified information (CUI), companies that would like to participate must complete he National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) assessments.
Companies interested should email white papers no later than 23 Nov. 2030 to [email protected]. Email questions or concerns to [email protected]. More information is online at https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9c205462850f48cb8e547949addef873/view.
