Industry has until May 9 to respond to four Requests for Information (RFI) to aid the Army in determining if it should pursue Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) strategies to address capability gaps.
Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 13.2
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The Army is building its 21st century communication network that will link soldiers to each other, their weapons and sensor systems as well as other networks to improve how the land force fights and integrates with the joint force.
The RFIs were posted on the Federal Opportunities Website (fbo.gov) by the System of Systems Engineering and Integration (SOSI) Directorate of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)).
The RFI’s are for:
Advanced Cyber Defense (ACD). SOSI is considering the development of one or more brigade-wide networked systems solutions to conduct cyber threat defense.
Command Post Secure Wireless (CPSW). This would involve developing secure wireless capabilities for a brigade and battalion command post.
Compression and Decompression Algorithms (CODECs) for Transport Convergence (CTC). Here, SOSI is considering the implementation of advanced compression and decompression algorithms (CODECs) within the tactical SATCOM network.
Command Post Display (CPD). This could involve the implementation of a scalable video display capability within brigade (BDE) and battalion (BN) Command Posts.
The four RFIs are solely to gather information and for planning and will not lead to a solicitation.
The RFI results will be used to aid in reaching a decision on whether to pursue Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) demonstration and evaluation strategies to address specifically identified capability gaps, the SOSI notices said.
Firms that respond with potentially helpful solutions could be invited to submit that solution for consideration and formal operational evaluation in upcoming NIE events.