AIRBORNE ADVANCED TACTICAL DATA LINK (ATDL) ENGINEERING AND TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT

This tasking covers Tactical Data Link (TDL) and Advanced Tactical Data Link (ATDL) engineering and operational support for requirements analysis; systems engineering; acquisition engineering; software engineering; system level hardware and software integration; cryptographic modernization engineering; functional assessment; development assessment; testing; analysis; system validation; experimentation; process planning; risk management; specification development and review; system level architecture studies; and system interoperability of TDL and ATDL systems. This task order includes engineering, subject matter expertise (SME), and Best Manufacturing Practices (BMP) support of Hardware Defined Radio (HDR) and Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems in support of U.S. DoD programs and Military Forces. The ATDL digital data link systems include Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS); the Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) HDRs and SDRs; and other similar and interconnected systems such as the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) and the Command and Control Processor (C2P). Networks, waveforms, and protocols include Link-16, Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW), Tactical Targeting Networking Technology (TTNT), and other Software Defined Radio (SDR) waveforms and emergent technologies. ATDL integration and testing will primarily take place in Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific's Tactical Data Link facilities comprised of the Combined Test Bed (CTB) and the Program Generation/Combat Direction System Development and Evaluation Facility (PGC). The CTB is a dynamic reconfigurable TDL test and integration lab providing services and capability in support of developmental and operational ATDL evaluations including testing, certification, validation, engineering, and integration of ATDL software and systems. The CTB and PGC facilities consist of tactical systems; test tools; network connectivity; and trained operators, engineers, and technicians. BMP support is required to provide technical, analytical, and systems integration and engineering assessment; as well as identification of risks to producibility, manufacturability, reliability, and maintainability of candidate systems. Such support would include: assessments of non-developmental procurements; failure analysis; mission readiness assessments; production readiness reviews; the development and maintenance of a best practices database; tailoring and the use of process oriented risk management techniques and related tools; and technical identification of risks and associated mitigation strategies to reduce that risk.