On January 8, the United States Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), on behalf of Project Manager Intelligence Systems & Analytics (PM IS&A), posted a request for Data Collection & Reduction Analytic (DCRA) prototype project white papers. Responses are due by 3:00 p.m. Eastern on January 22.
PM IS&A is considering the award of an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for a Prototype Project entitled Data Collection & Reduction Analytic (DCRA). For an OTA, a “prototype project” is defined as a prototype project addressing a proof of concept, model, reverse engineering to address obsolescence, pilot, novel application of commercial technologies for defense purposes, agile development activity, creation, design, development, demonstration of technical or operational utility, or combinations of the foregoing. A process, including a business process, may be the subject of a prototype project.
This Request for White Papers is for consideration of award for Phase 1 of DCRA, as described in the sections below.
In a multi-domain environment, a weapons system, or System Under Test (SUT), utilizes a variety of sensor sources, reconnaissance imagery, and intelligence database information to form accurate and timely targeting recommendations. This is especially so for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems supporting anti-access/area denial (A2AD) weapon systems. Currently there is not a method to provide a realistic multi-domain environment to a SUT to assess its performance in ingesting and processing data, providing target information and recommendations, and incorporating simulated battle data assessment (BDA) feedback into the real-time common intelligence picture. The DCRA framework is a new software capability that is intended to alleviate this problem through the testing of C5ISR systems in a simulated multi-domain environment. DCRA will provide the C5ISR SUT with simulated intelligence data consisting of both all-source (i.e., entities, attributes, and relationships), serialized reporting, target lists/matrices, and multiple single intelligence (INT) sources including, but not limited to, signals intelligence (SIGINT), geographical intelligence (GEOINT), communications intelligence (COMINT), and imagery intelligence (IMINT).
DCRA will be initially focused on target nomination support data and provide an operationally relevant scenario to the SUT. DCRA will extract SUT target assessments and necessary internal data, and evaluate the SUT performance, accuracy, and targeting timelines based on the DCRA scenario that was provided. Though DCRA is currently targeted for integration with Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN), it may be integrated with other Intel Systems. DCRA’s intended user base consists of the PM IS&A, the Army Test & Evaluation Command (ATEC), and other organizations within the Army and the Department of Defense.
Review the DCRA white papers request.
Source: SAM
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