SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Rapid Capabilities Assessment (RCA 12) Event
- Notice Date
- 2/27/2023 10:51:16 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- HQ USSOCOM TAMPA FL 33621-5323 USA
- ZIP Code
- 33621-5323
- Solicitation Number
- USSOCOM_RCA_12
- Response Due
- 3/3/2023 3:00:00 PM
- Point of Contact
- Brian Sisco, Ramona Delamarter
- E-Mail Address
-
brian.sisco@socom.mil, ramona.l.delamarter.civ@socom.mil
(brian.sisco@socom.mil, ramona.l.delamarter.civ@socom.mil)
- Description
- RAPID CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT 12 (RCA 12) CONCEPTS FOR JOINT AND PARTNER COMMUNICATIONS IN A CONTESTED AND AUSTERE ENVIRONMENT 2035 CONCEPT OVERVIEW United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) S&T Futures, in cooperation with Norway�s Defense Research Establishment (FFI), seeks to investigate concepts for novel SOF-peculiar Joint and Partner Force Communications in the Force Development window. �In support of those efforts, this Rapid Capability Assessment (RCA) will be conducted 27-31 MAR 2023 in Alexandria, VA. and will require full-time participation (~0830-1630 EST each day).� An earlier event, Innovation Foundry 12 (IF12), �Joint and Partner Force Communication is an Austere and Contested Environment�, sought to develop concepts to support futuristic scenarios requiring Joint and Partner Force communications across a range of austere environments, a range of phases of military operations and with various levels of Joint and Partner teamwork. The goal was to ideate potential concepts to solve mission scenarios in a future (2035) great power competition scenario.� RCA12 supports and provides information in the next step in the USSOCOM S&T Futures process. During this event, selected concepts will be developed further into capabilities. A group of experts from industry, academia, and defense will develop potential capability solutions that include market research of possible technology partners, a subsystem-level architectural breakdown, and a technology development roadmap. The teams will also generate initial Work Breakdown Structures and potential contract language that may support follow-on capability definition.� EVENT OBJECTIVES� Develop an industry/academia recommended framework for Joint and Partner Force Communications in Austere and Contested Environments of the Future that establishes communications dominance across Joint and Partner Forces and enables SOF-peculiar concepts and capabilities.� Design a Technology Insertion Roadmap to assist USSOCOM in synchronizing efforts between TIRs, spend plans, and other acquisition and investment strategies.� Provide reports and recommendations that identify and prioritize near term investments for development and courses of action for potential implementation.� AREAS OF FOCUS� There are four major areas of focus for RCA12:� Joint Interoperability Standards for Partner Force Operations, Command and Control, Computing and Communications.� Low-Probability Intercept Communications� Backup Communications � Edge Comms and Computing Gamechangers� Contested Partner Force Logistics� PARTICIPANT TASKS� RCA12 participants will be tasked with developing detailed capability assessments of the above areas of focus, including but not limited to:� Market research of potential technology partners (foreign and domestic)� A subsystem-level architectural breakdown� A technology development roadmap� Initial Work Breakdown Structures, and� Potential contract language to define the capabilities� RCA12 groups may be asked to counter adversary actions using innovative technologies and processes that are appropriate for the 2035 timeframe and that are specific to their areas of focus.� CALL FOR PARTICIPATION� We need experts to shape the framework that will potentially define Joint and Partner Force Communications of the Future.� If you have skills and interest in any of the areas of focus from any perspective, whether as a technology developer, strategist, end-user, or operator, and would be willing to help USSOCOM develop a framework for next-generation Joint and Partner Force Communications, we invite you to apply using the form below.� https://libertyalliance.com/events-rca12.html All applications must be received by 1800, 03 MARCH 2023.� Participants may be selected to provide a diverse, challenging dynamic at RCA12 with numerous different perspectives. Those selected to participate will receive an invitation to the RCA12 event on or about 07 MAR 2023.� Selected attendees may be compensated upon event completion. Required elements for completion are full participation in project-based capability development tasks. Government employees and Government support contractors may be present but are not eligible to receive compensation for any participation.� Reports and recommendations may be incorporated into requirements of follow-on development and prototype OTAs from this selection.�
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