Expedient Basing Challenge Part 2

Expedient Basing Challenge Focus Areas 4-5
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NOTE: This is an update to the original call posted 07.11.2023 and is updated to extend only the validity date of the submissions that made it to Spiral 2. Government Contracting Terms and Conditions section is updated to add a bullet at the end of this section which states, “. . . for a period of 18 months after Showcase date.” The United States Air Force (USAF) is seeking modern capabilities to establish distributed operations in austere environments around the world where it must rapidly respond to humanitarian crises, natural disasters, and/or military activity. By uncovering and advancing solutions that are lean, versatile, scalable, sustainable, resilient, and interoperable between forces, the Expedient Basing Challenge aims to significantly reduce USAF response times from weeks or months to just hours or days.

OVERVIEW

The United States Air Force (USAF) is seeking modern capabilities to rapidly establish distributed operations in remote and isolated environments around the world. This effort addresses an important aspect of Agile Combat Employment (ACE), a scheme of maneuver that shifts operations from centralized, physical infrastructures to a network of smaller, dispersed locations by providing flexibility for friendly forces and complicating circumstances for adversaries. Before proceeding further, watch this video to learn more about the ACE concept and how it relates to Expedient Basing.
The USAF recognizes that future USAF operating locations will need to be lean, versatile, scalable, sustainable, resilient, and interoperable. The Expedient Basing Challenge aims to significantly reduce response times in the beddown of friendly forces at remote and isolated locations without degradation of operational capacity pr the capability to execute missions.
We encourage participants in this Expedient Basing Challenge to offer technological and innovative solutions for experimentation and/or feasibility study, as well as developed solutions. In either case, we are interested in understanding all underlying technologies upon which a solution relies.

FOCUS AREAS (4-5)

● Base Infrastructure
● Integrated Base Security, Response & Recovery

FA2280-23-S-C001-004

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the Expedient Basing Challenge are twofold: 1. The primary objective is to demonstrate the viability of solutions that streamline and expedite the planning and setup of operating locations in austere locations.