Call 0013 EMSO SIGMAN

16th AIR FORCE

COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS OPENING – CALL 0013

FA7037-23-S-C0001

TOPIC: 001, ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE (EW)

TOPIC: 002, INFORMATION OPERATIONS (IO)

TOPIC: 004, MULTI-DOMAIN INNOVATION

Innovative Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO)
Signature Management Support (SIGMAN)

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1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

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The 16th Air Force A39/Global Effects and Sensitive Activities, Signature Management (SIGMAN) Branch is comprised of the Department of the Air Force OPSEC Support Team (DAF OST) and the 16th Air Force Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Cell (EMSOC). The Branch is tasked with providing global reach back support to Air and Space Force mission partners which includes conducting operational assessments, planning support, countermeasure research and application, trend analysis, tailored training, and offering subject matter expertise across multiple information warfare (IW) disciplines. Specifically, the SIGMAN Branch seeks to safeguard essential secrets, and enable survivable warfighting by understanding friendly signatures in various forms, including: physical, technical, and administrative aspects, and to mitigate the ways in which the adversary aims to detect and exploit these vulnerabilities.

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The SIGMAN Branch is looking for new and innovative capabilities in Electromagnetic Warfare (EW), Information Operations (IO), and Electromagnetic Digital Communications, Multi-Domain Innovation, Super Intelligence (SI), and Battle Management and Command and Control (BMC2). The ideal is to provide full-spectrum advice and assistance to 16th Air Force by leveraging expert knowledge and experience in these areas (heavily weighted towards EW/EMSO) by analyzing operational and functional requirements to support the formulation, development, and assessment of doctrine, strategy, plans, concepts of operations, and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Additionally, the SIGMAN Branch seeks to leverage both emerging and mature technologies in novel ways to help identify friendly signatures and to develop new countermeasures and capabilities designed to protect and/or obfuscate friendly vulnerabilities and risks. This includes innovations in own-force monitoring, spectrum management, electromagnetic digital communications, and SI applications.

2. PURPOSE

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This Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) Call, in accordance with 10 USC 3458, Federal Acquisition Regulation-Overhaul (RFO) 6.101, and R-DFARS 212.70 Defense Commercial Solutions Opening, is a competitive solicitation of proposals focused on