MODIFICATION
A -- Air Delivered Effects Broad Area Announcement
- Notice Date
- 8/8/2024 10:57:52 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- FA8651 AFRL RWK EGLIN AFB FL 32542-6810 USA
- ZIP Code
- 32542-6810
- Solicitation Number
- 22S0001RFI_2024_25
- Response Due
- 9/6/2024 3:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 10/01/2024
- Point of Contact
- Faye Ritter, Amy Fortenberry, Phone: 8508823657
- E-Mail Address
-
lois.ritter.1@us.af.mil, amy.fortenberry.1@us.af.mil
(lois.ritter.1@us.af.mil, amy.fortenberry.1@us.af.mil)
- Description
- ARFL/RW Eglin AFB is�looking for qualified sources capable of conducting engagement, mission, campaign, and wargaming analysis against BAA FA8651-22-S-001 Research Area 8 -�MODELING, SIMULATION, & ANALYSIS (MS&A) OF ADVANCED WEAPON CONCEPTS Market Research, Sources Sought and White Paper submittal(s) FA865122S0001 � Air Delivered Effects Broad Area Announcement� https://sam.gov/opp/d8a8535d6ecf4f6d9dfd78f9cb4458d6/view Research Area 8 overview:� RESEARCH AREA 8 - MODELING, SIMULATION, & ANALYSIS (MS&A) OF ADVANCED WEAPON CONCEPTS� The goal of this work is to develop/modify and employ models used to analyze advanced�weapon concepts and their related concepts of employment to highlight technologies worthy of�consideration for investment. The objective is to apply, modify and/or combine engineering,�engagement (one-on-one), mission (few-on-few), systems-of-systems, campaign (many-on-many, military worth), level modeling techniques, tools, and analysis methods as well as virtual�and constructive digital simulation which lend themselves to the quick and effective evaluation�of advanced weapon concepts. Concepts include, but are not limited to, intercommunicative�weapons, novel damage mechanisms, lethal and novel destruct mechanisms, multiple targeting,�and time-critical delivery. Detailed modeling includes, but is not limited to, sensors,�aerodynamics, autopilots, navigation and guidance schemes, propulsion, warheads, fuzes,�datalinks, error filters, environment (wind, fog, and dust), lethality, vulnerability, and threats.��Scenario development and visualization at each level of MS&A is also sought. Research into�new simulation toolsets and architectures designed for this purpose will also be considered.�� Additionally, environmental factors that influence a weapon�s performance can be considered.��This can include but not be limited to urban environments, collaborative simulation�environments, Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) type environments, scenario generation, and�infrastructure simulation common to environments that weapons may operate in. Existing tools�of interest include, but are not limited to, ESAMS, RADGUNS, MATLAB/Simulink, AFSIM,�EADSIM, and STORM. White papers and proposals should be designed to demonstrate�substantive knowledge in any or all of the specific areas of MS&A. Some or all of the work�performed under this BAA Research Area will be performed on-site (i.e., at the Government�facility). Personal/facility security clearances at the SECRET level may also be required.�� Specific areas of interest include but not limited to the following:� Lethality, Vulnerability, Survivability (LVS) Weaponeering Analysis Methodologies�� The goal of this effort is to collect data, conduct research, develop/modify and employ responsive modeling tools, target models, and processes as part of AFRL's R&D efforts. These efforts will identify potential vulnerabilities in targets and their subcomponents for conventional or concept weapons to exploit. They will also enable understanding and predictive capability for the effectiveness of inventory, developmental, and conceptual munitions when deployed against targets and critical components. Targets of interest can include but are not limited to mobile, fixed (above and below ground), hard and deeply buried, chem-bio and air-to-air. This research will allow development of new techniques or enhancement of existing techniques to measure and compare weapon effectiveness, collateral damage, and potential collateral hazards. Research will include improvements in our ability to predict and measure component vulnerability and functional defeat allowing assessment of weapon effects that degrade a target's ability to perform its intended functions without necessarily destroying it. It could also include research and modeling of new or conceptual damage mechanisms. Development of new target and associated functional models as well as advanced methodologies to capture the physics of structural response to conventional weapon effects would improve our abilities to assess current and conceptual weapons and ways to exploit high interest targets or newly discovered vulnerabilities. Research to enhance or develop methodologies to account for the target critical equipment/components, and their interconnections, and associated failure logic and failure modes could be required. Mathematical methods related to statistics and stochastic modeling, as related to lethality and vulnerability modeling are of interest.� In addition to improving any existing toolsets, new methods for integrating high-fidelity computational mechanics codes into existing lethality frameworks and toolsets are an area of emerging interest. Simulation frameworks of interest are Endgame Framework, IWEA, MEVA, and AFSIM.�� Target Vulnerability and Weapon Effectiveness�� The objective of this effort is to collect data, conduct research, develop/modify and employ responsive modeling tools, target models, and processes as part of AFRL's R&D efforts. These efforts will identify potential vulnerabilities in targets and their subcomponents for conventional or concept weapons to exploit. They will also enable understanding and predictive capability for the effectiveness of inventory, developmental, and conceptual munitions when deployed against targets and critical components. Targets of interest can include but are not limited to mobile, fixed (above and below ground), hard and deeply buried, chemical-biological and air-to-air. This research will allow development of new techniques or enhancement of existing techniques to measure and compare weapon effectiveness, collateral damage, and potential collateral hazards. Research will include improvements in our ability to predict and measure component vulnerability and functional defeat allowing assessment of weapon effects that degrade a target's ability to perform its intended functions without necessarily destroying it. It could also include research and modeling of new or conceptual damage mechanisms. Development of new target and associated functional models as well as advanced methodologies to capture the physics of structural response to conventional weapon effects would improve our abilities to assess current and conceptual weapons and ways to exploit high interest targets or newly discovered vulnerabilities. Research to enhance or develop methodologies to account for the target critical equipment/components, and their interconnections, and associated failure logic and failure modes could be required. Mathematical methods related to statistics and stochastic modeling, as related to lethality and vulnerability modeling are of interest.� In addition to improving any existing toolsets, new methods for integrating high-fidelity computational mechanics codes into existing lethality frameworks and toolsets are an area of emerging interest.�� Furthermore, the development of advanced lethality and vulnerability (L/V) modeling and simulation (M&S) capabilities by integrating high-fidelity computational physics (HFCP) with Weapons Effectiveness Studio (WES) is an objective of this overarching effort.�� Counter Air Lethality/Vulnerability Analyses� �� The Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate, Lethality, Survivability and Vulnerability Branch (AFRL/RWML) has the mission to conduct basic and applied research to understand weapon effects by measuring the lethality and effectiveness of conventional inventory and conceptual weapon systems against various target sets and to develop methodologies and analytic tools to help simulate and understand these effects. To this end, AFRL/RWML is supporting the AFRL/RWPI with a Counter Air Lethality Analysis (CALA) effort and is to perform lethality and vulnerability assessments of various target and conceptual weapons systems combinations for in-flight endgame engagement scenarios.�� The overall objective of this Task is to support the CALA program with analysis studies related to various weapon systems designs�� Weapon Effects Simulation and Testing (WEST)�� The Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate, Munitions Directorate, Lethality, Vulnerability, and Survivability Branch (AFRL/RWML) and Damage Mechanisms Branch (AFRL/RWMW) work synergistically to conduct basic, applied, and advanced research of ordnance systems and components.� The performance and effectiveness of innovative AFRL/RWMW research and development concepts and conventional inventory weapon systems, both kinetic energy and directed energy, lethal and non-lethal, are assessed by AFRL/RWML.� Assessments/analyses are conducted from the constituent material level up to and including weapon engagement scenarios against a myriad of potential targets.� This research will allow AFRL to assess inventory and concept weapons against existing and developing targets by augmenting its existing damage mechanism R&D,�target modeling and response capabilities.� This includes, but is not limited to, other novel damage mechanisms, the synergistic effects of multiple energies on targets, and reactive materials (RMs).��� This diverse research area is subdivided into four main objectives: (1) Damage Mechanisms, (2) Target Vulnerability and Weapon Effectiveness, (3) Computational Mechanics, and (4) Novel Test Instrumentation and Techniques. Request interested vendors provide any/all of the following: White Paper submittal(s) (IAW FA865122S0001).� Only White Paper submitals are eligible to proceed to the evaluation/award process. Notice of interest to include Company name, EUI, capability statement and point of contact NOTE: Posting is subject to amendents to include additional topics within the MS&A program, concepts and objectives
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
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