NextGen Industry Day QA Responses Distro A

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Industry Day Q and A

NEXTGEN | INDUSTRY DAY Q&A COMMENT MATRIX

Source: NextGen Industry Day live Q&A chat • Event date: 2 September 2026 • Compiled for government response tracking • Classification: UNCLASSIFIED • 12 industry questions captured

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The primary role of the NextGen SRS is to be a rescue system. The best occupancy What will the occupancy requirements be for system as a Sat Dive System vs its roll number for the rescue of DISSUB personnel will depend on the design and as an SRS?
innovative solution presented by industry.

“No proprietary software …. Excluding COTS subsystems)”. Can sensors and payloads connect via APIs or SDKs?

Interfaces shall use common, accessible formats and shall not impose proprietary software, code-access, intellectual-property, licensing, or specialized-tool restrictions that prevent the U.S. Government or its authorized contractors from independently integrating, modifying, diagnosing, repairing, or sustaining the system.

How many post certification (since IOC) manned dives does PRM have?

This question is outside of the NextGen SRS scope.

TTFR is dependent on multiple factors, one of which is DISSUB location accuracy. Is there a programmatic requirement/assumption for search capability or search box area?

The desire is for a Government-Owned, Contractor-Operated system that is In the Operational contract, do you predict the contractor operating the system will maintained by the contractor. While there may be some military personnel also use Navy Divers?
overseeing operations, such as Navy Medical Officers, all operations will be executed by the contractor.

Can you confirm you are not looking to install the decompression system onboard the VOO?

The decompression capability is not limited to being conducted only on the HRM. An installed, separate decompression system on the VOO can still be presented as a potential viable option.

Will a TTLR be specified?
What is the saturation diving mission?

A time to last rescue (TTLR) will not be specified.
No specified saturation diving mission profile to be provided at this time.

You mention multiple contract vehicles are being considered. An OTA and MAC IDIQ are very different. The OTA allows sole source under certain conditions. If The Gov't has not finalized a decision on its acquisition strategy. All options are proceeding with a MAC IDIQ is plan to qualify multiple contractors then issue task being considered.
orders for competition. Is fixed price being considered?