Special Notice N0016424SNB33

Agency: Department of the Navy

Office: Naval Sea Systems Command

Location: NSWC Crane Division

Product Service Code: 5865 – Electronic Countermeasures, Counter-Countermeasures and Quick Reaction Capability Equipment

NAICS Code: 334511 - Search Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing

Response Due Date: 11 March 2024

Request for Solutions

Freefall Radio Frequency Countermeasure (RFCM), Active Expendable Device (AED)

1. PURPOSE

This Request for Solutions (RFS) is issued seeking to develop a broad band, freefall Radio Frequency (RF) Countermeasure (CM) Active Expendable Device (AED) for use against networked sea-, air- and land-based Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS) with coherent radars. The AED will replace GEN-X and provide an expanded capability with user programmable Electronic Warfare (EW) Digital RF Memory (DRFM) technology. This approach will address current and future threats by offering both detection and threat defeat aspects of defensive EW in an expendable package compatible with the ALE-47/Common Carriage Upgrade. The Government will evaluate the solutions with the intent of awarding an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) in accordance with 10 U.S. Code § 4022.

2. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY

2.1 S2MARTS

Vendors interested in responding to this RFS must be members of the Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S2MARTS) consortium. Interested parties may visit S2MARTS.org for membership information. This project will be managed by a Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division Project Manager.

2.2 PROJECT OVERVIEW

Advanced Air-to-Air and Surface-to-Air RF guided threats are employing bands of the Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) requiring RFCM with expanded frequency coverage and EMS agility. RT-1489/ALE Generic Expendable (GEN-X) decoy, the existing DoN freefall RFCM, is based on 1980s technology that is: obsolete, out of production, limited in its capability, designed against an outdated threat list, not programmable/updateable, and in a 36mm round form-factor. The ALE-47/Common Carriage aircraft CM Dispenser System (CMDS) upgrade is moving all expendable countermeasures to form-factor solutions commonly utilized by other services.

The RFCM AED must prevent radar-guided munitions or their effects from damaging aircraft, and these devices shall have the ability to produce an optimal survivability solution against the most advanced threats. Furthermore, aircrews require aircraft that can withstand engagements and the effects of threat weapon system munitions. Protecting aircrews and passengers from injury during enemy engagements is critical.

Please visit the S2MARTS website at Home Page - S2MARTS to review the full RFS.

Contracting Office Address:

300 Hwy 361 Crane, IN 47522 United States

Primary Point of Contact:

Adeola Otunuga-Asaolu

adeola.t.otunuga-asaolu.civ@us.navy.mil

Phone: 812-381-3597

Secondary Point of Contact:

Rebecca Poplin

Rebecca.r.poplin.civ@us.navy.mil

Phone: 812-227-9363

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