Call001

Call 001 - Initial Connectivity Experiments
Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet

(DEUCSI)

Proposal Due Date and Time: 1 December 2017, no later than 4:00pm Dayton, OH local time.
Anticipated Award Date: Late January 2018
Anticipated Number of Awards: Estimate 2-5 awards
Anticipated Funding: See below, Section 6 Cost Objective/Funding Constraint Agreement/Contract Number: TBD (FA8650-18-X-XXXX)
1. Statement of Objectives (SOO)/Description of Technical Areas: Background/Scope:
Consistent with the overall approach for establishing path agnostic communications using the commercial space internet, which is described in the Advanced Research Announcement (ARA) with Calls FA8650-17-S-9300, this Call seeks to establish connectivity between commercial space internet spacecraft and Air Force assets. For the purpose of this Call, Air Force Assets will include at least 2 ground sites and 2 aircraft. The Government is interested in establishing connectivity between any pair of these Air Force assets through commercial space internet spacecraft and data links and measuring the performance of these connections in transferring typical data files or data streams between Air Force operating locations and platforms. In addition, the government is seeking appropriate technical detail on offerors’ commercial space internet approaches to allow government assessment of applicability for transmitting and receiving classified information via the commercial space internet. The government intends to provide access to Air Force operating locations, selected aircraft, and, as applicable and necessary, special test equipment as government furnished equipment (GFE).
Technical Objectives:
The Government seeks innovative development and experimentation to meet the following technical objectives:
A. Establish broadband connectivity between the following pairs of Air Force operating locations by passing data to and from the following combination of locations via one or more commercial space internet spacecraft:

a. Ground-to-Ground: Two fixed operating locations within the continental United States (CONUS)
b. Ground-to-Air: One fixed operating location within CONUS and one airborne aircraft flying over CONUS
c. Air-to-Air: Two airborne aircraft flying over CONUS
B. Measure technical performance parameters to quantify the data transfer performance of the connections between Air Force operating locations using the commercial space internet spacecraft. At a minimum, measurands