RWP ANSEL SAM

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE TEST CENTER (AFMC)

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA

REQUEST FOR WHITEPAPERS (RWP)

To: AEDC Velocity Alliance Consortium Performers and Industry Partners via SAM.gov Project Title: Advanced Navigation Simulation Environment Laboratory (ANSEL) Contracting Organization: AFTC/PZIA (Arnold)
Applicable NAICS Code: 541330, Engineering Services
Applicable PSC Code: AC33 - R&D- Defense System: Subsystem Acquisition Authority: 10 U.S.C. § 4022 Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Offerors may recommend alternative NAICS and PSC for consideration.

1.0 INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE

The primary objective of the Advanced Navigation Simulation Environment Laboratory (ANSEL) acquisition effort is to obtain comprehensive engineering, technical, and integration support to modernize the Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) and Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) simulation capabilities within the Holloman AFB PNT Simulation Laboratory. This effort replaces obsolete equipment and outdated software within the Navigation Test and Evaluation Laboratory (NavTEL) to establish a state-of-the-art testing environment. This modernization effort is of critical strategic importance to the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) mission and is driven by two key objectives: 1. Multi-Sensor PNT and NAVWAR HWIL Environment: Engineering and delivering an integrated hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulation framework that enables simultaneous, highfidelity stimulation of multi-constellation Global Navigation Satellite Systems (mGNSS), alternative Radio Frequency (RF) signals, and simulated inertial/discrete data. This framework must simulate the complex RF environments observed by multi-element Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA) systems, allowing direct RF injection into Antenna Electronics Units (AEU) and GNSS receivers with phase-coherent, dynamically-calculated wavefront offsets. 2. V&V and Cyber Resiliency Evaluation Suite: Establishing a mathematically, physically, and statistically rigorous verification and validation (V&V) and cyber direct-inject test capability to support the characterization of high-accuracy reference systems and advanced sensor-fusion architectures under extreme dynamic conditions.

2.0 PROJECT SCOPE AND KEY OBJECTIVES

The scope of this prototype project encompasses the system engineering, design, procurement, fabrication, integration, testing, and delivery of a single (1) integrated ANSEL System. The Performer will modernize the PNT and NAVWAR simulation capabilities at NavTEL by