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

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