On August 7, the U.S. Army posted a sources sought notice for Army Common Data Link/SATCOM Sustainment and Services. Responses are due by 4:00 p.m. Eastern on August 14.
This Sources Sought Notice seeks viable and proven approaches for services and sustainment of current and next generation manned and unmanned ISR airborne and ground platforms employed by the US Army using CDL and SATCOM.
CDL and SATCOM provide the Department of Defense (DoD) standard for interoperable, multi-service, multi-agency, ISR data links for numerous DoD manned and unmanned airborne and ground platforms. CECOM, PEO IEW&S, and INSCOM manage airborne and ground systems and sensors, and are jointly responsible for the US Army’s ISR mission. A critical component of these ISR systems is the ability to transfer secured high bandwidth data over CDL and SATCOM between ground, air, and space segments in near real time, with high assurance so that intelligence products can be produced, exploited, and disseminated to maintain battlefield dominance.
Over the past two decades the previously stated ISR systems have been 100% sustained via a Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) approach. In addition, during the past several years, the DoD and other US Departments and Agencies have invested heavily in high-resolution/advanced airborne sensors on manned and unmanned ISR platforms with the primary requirements centered around imagery, signals intelligence, radar collection, and data networking. This investment has resulted in the creation of an ISR Enterprise that allows significant flexibility in manpower placement for processing the sensor data. This enterprise has resulted in the Army’s ability to reduce “boots on the ground” in deployed locations. There has also been a significant increase in the number of ISR platforms and sensors, an increase in the data rate of sensors, the amount and type of data collected, and the number of users (to include tactical, allied, and coalition).
This Sources Sought Notice is directed to potential prime contractors who have demonstrated experience in development, production, integration, systems engineering, operations, maintenance (inclusive of field and sustainment levels), and test of complex Over the Horizon (OTH) and Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) CDL, Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL), and SATCOM systems and their component parts and software.
Review the U.S. Army CDL SATCOM sources sought.
Source: SAM
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