On October 18, the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) posted a special notice for the NIMBUS acquisition. Responses are due by 4:00 p.m. Eastern on November 1.
This effort focuses on facilitating Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assurance and fielding missions through system engineering services such as: requirements development, logical analysis, solution design, Information assurance (IA) and test documentation implementation, integration, verification/validation of IA and security architecture, and certification/accreditation support for DoD major deployment systems. DOT&E is a heavy component during the integration and verification of system development and sustainment, but also throughout the entire life cycle of the system.
The life cycle Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Cybersecurity Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems services can be applied to any program or system being contemplated to meet warfighter mission requirements and field technology with acceptable risk throughout the Department of Defense (DoD).
Major service efforts will be related to but are not limited to the following:
– Incorporating emerging sensors into the Intelligence Community (IC)
– Supporting global Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) architecture
– Managing integration between IC members and DoD Command and Control (C2) mission partners
– Intelligence Information technology (IT) Systems Analysis.
– Configuration and Database Management.
– Certification/accreditation through various AOs
– Cybersecurity services
– Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)[SS2]
– Data Science and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)[SS3]
– Risk management Framework (RMF) continuity
– Agile methodology
– Program Management Services
– Adversary Supply Chain Analysis
– IT capabilities with requirements defined by NASIC/GXK in an agile development environment
– Object-based discovery architecture
Mission partners include but are not limited to: AF Space Command, NASIC, AF Space and Missile Command, Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, NSA, and the Intelligence Community.
AFRL has a requirement for Systems Engineering services to facilitate Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Assurance and Fielding (A&F) missions while architecting, engineering, developing, integrating, testing, transitioning and sustaining systems into operational environments with robust Development Test (DT), Operational Test (OT), and security and Information Assurance (IA). A Cost-Plus Fixed Fee type contract with a period of performance of 36 months is anticipated.
Review the full AFRL NIMBUS details.
Source: SAM
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