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Contract Opportunity

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

505 CCW Industry Day at ShOC-N

Department of the Air Force (DAF)

Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) Battle Lab

I. DISCLAIMER

THIS NOTICE IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute as a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Responses will be treated as information only and will not be evaluated as a proposal. Further, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. A return response from the government with regard to RFI submissions is not guaranteed. The RFI respondees are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation from future announcements or contracts. Respondents should indicate which portions of their response are proprietary and should mark accordingly. NOTE: This RFI is not associated with any previous or ongoing RFPs or Fair Opportunity Proposal Requests issued by the DAF.

II. BACKGROUND

The Secretary of the Air Force has designated the achievement of operationally-optimized Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS)—the DAF’s contribution to Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)—as an operational imperative. The Shadow Operations Center – Nellis (ShOC-N) is the DAF’s primary location for ABMS and JADC2 experimentation. Previous feedback was provided to increase engagements and integration with industry and emphasize TTP development for dynamic target kill chain automation.

III. SPECIFIC INFORMATION OF INTEREST

A. Problem Statement:

In order to experiment with solutions aimed at increasing battle management decision speed and quality to win the pacing fight, existing fielded systems and new prototypes require integration for data sharing, automation, and timeline compression. The focus areas for the 505 CCW Industry Day at ShOC-N 9 June 2023 is dynamic targeting and kill chain automation with specific interest in solutions in manual and/or automated data facilitation and distribution for intelligence, Command and Control, and battle management fielded systems and new prototypes. In addition, automated data collection and analytics remains a challenge and available for industry’s awareness and/or inputs. The end result is successful integration of new capabilities in order to build new TTPs for decision advantage against a pacing challenge.

B. Request for Information:

The conference is at the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis, 3663 Tyndall Avenue, Building 202, Nellis AFB, NV 89191. The draft agenda is:

0700-0800 Pacific: Badging, coffee, social hour

0800-1100 Pacific: Transformational Modeling for Battle Management (TM-BM) Experiment (Clearances up to SECRET required)

The intent for the experiment is to expose industry members to a visceral and experience-based understanding of the pain points and challenges. The framework for the morning is brief, execute, and rotate industry members through an experiment.

1100-1230 Pacific: Working Lunch

1230-1330 Pacific: TM-BM Debrief and ShOC Capstone Overview for TTP development with C2 automation

1330-1600: Q&A with industry

The intent of Q&A are based on submissions. Based on previous interest and participation, expect 10 minutes or less for presentations with 10 minutes for limited audience Q&A.

IV. SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

A. Due Date: 2 June 2023 via the link provided below. No formal responses are required. Personnel registration is required by 2 June 2023 via DISS SMO Code NJ1CFTS6. If base access is needed, please register via DISS *and* separately pass SSN, Drivers License Number, Date of Birth to the ShOC-N Security Manager for a base access pass.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeH5BDiVMNqq_GoE-tvG9yrR_JzR2X__jd62tqL2YTbV8QEFA/viewform?usp=sf_link

B. Registration Requirements: The event is classified up to secret. For event questions, please contact Capt Greg McKinney at and TSgt Robert Carle at . The ShOC-N Security Manager is Mr. James Cooper and can be reached at or 702-679-5628.

V. POINT OF CONTACT

Event RFI responses should be submitted electronically.

Primary: Alternate:

Capt Greg McKinney TSgt Robert Carle

gregory.mckinney.1@us.af.mil robert.carle@us.af.mil

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