SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Common Avionics Display (CAD) for the US Naval Enterprise
- Notice Date
- 9/21/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR HQ, Building 2272 47123 Buse Road Unit IPT, Patuxent River, MD, 20670
- ZIP Code
- 20670
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-RFI-CAD-FY06
- Response Due
- 11/4/2005
- Archive Date
- 11/19/2005
- Description
- The Naval Air Systems Command, Air Combat Electronics Program Office (PMA209), is conducting a market survey seeking other government agencies, industry, academia, nonprofits, and Federal Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) partners for information to aid in the planning and development of the Common Avionics Display (CAD) program. This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. This is not a Request for Proposal or an indication that the Navy will contract for these supplies/services. The Navy will not pay for information received in response to this RFI. Specifically, the U.S. Navy seeks to obtain information relative to current and/or future avionics display capabilities that promote commonality across a wide range of applications. Displays will be used in a wide variety of applications and installations ranging from primary flight in the open cockpit to tactical operations in crew consoles. The forthcoming CAD program will look to begin a family of displays that employ open architecture principles to ensure total ownership costs are affordable for all level of requirements. The CAD program will encompass displays that support both centralized and distributed processing avionics architectures. Initial launch platforms for CAD will likely include helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft. Platforms targeted for the Common Avionics Display could eventually include all legacy, in-production, and future aircraft. Ideally, the CAD would be a modular and scalable system with an open architecture to enable commonality of major sub-components between the end-item displays used in different aircraft. For example, the same display head assembly module could be mated to two different Input/Output (I/O) modules and installed in two different aircraft performing vastly different functions. The physical, electrical, and functional interfaces between these modules would be open, non-proprietary, based upon commercial standards, and easily implemented by third parties. Any CAD design should greatly reduce development cycle time and cost for redeploying an end-item display for a new platform to include final integration. The initial CAD family will be built upon the most advanced technologies available with improved optical performance (luminance ranges, contrast ratio, viewing angles, and NVIS compatibility), next generation processing performance, and high-bandwidth data/video interfaces. Significantly increased MTBF is also a key requirement. The modular nature of the system will ensure simplified technology insertion when new technologies become available. For example, the display head assembly could be replaced with a form, fit, and function assembly based upon advanced concept technology in future years. The information submitted on currently available or planned systems should provide demonstrated Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) figures for existing systems as well as predicted MTBFs for future systems. Interested parties should be willing to participate in a Common Display Consortium led by the US Navy. This Consortium is intended to ensure that all Industry representatives have had a full opportunity to inform the Government with regard to the state of the technical art and to ensure that the Government has the full benefit of Industry information, opinion and expertise before undertaking the inherently governmental task of requirements definition. It is expected that once the Government completes the requirements definition phase, a Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued. Teaming arrangements among industry that promote the best combinations of technology, design expertise, production depth, and leadership will be encouraged for this program. Based upon the above detailed description and basic requirement, the U.S. Navy requests interested sources to provide responses to the following: 1) Interested sources should identify how their existing solutions promote commonality, including what display / backlight technology is proposed to meet the wide range of requirements and even to push ahead of / advance current technologies. Discuss the level of modularization proposed to meet the wide range of requirements. Describe what interface technologies are proposed to support the modular design. 2) What the challenges are to fully realizing the Navy?s desired goal, and how they would meet the challenges? 3) What business / industrial strategy could be supported? 4) What is the Rough Order of Magnitude cost for this display? 5) What is the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) for any new proposed idea or technology? The page limitation is requested to only 15 pages in order to effectively review each RFI response. In addition, marketing literature may be provided. Interested parties should provide responses with product/service specifications no later than 45 days from the date of this notice. All information received in response to this announcement will be kept confidential. This RFI does not guarantee selection for award of any contracts, nor is it to be construed as a commitment by NAVAIR to pay for the information solicited. It is expected that the partner(s) being reviewed will provide (at no cost to NAVAIR) conceptual designs, technical data, proposal input, project schedules and cost estimates consistent with the requirements of the RFI. Potential partners must demonstrate the capabilities and experience consistent with the efforts synopsized for the specified NAVAIR proposal. All RFI responses should be sent to: Naval Air Systems Command, Attn: LCDR Karl Andina, 47123 Buse Road, Unit IPT, Bldg. 2272, Suite 351, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547. The preferred method of submission is via email to: Karl.Andina@navy.mil. E-mail your technical questions to Mr. Gary Daelemans at: Gary.Daelemans@navy.mil. See below for Contracts Points of Contact.
- Place of Performance
- Address: N/A
- Record
- SN00900591-W 20050923/050921212256 (fbodaily.com)
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