AN/BLQ-10 Electronic Warfare System - Presolicitation   4

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The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) intends to issue a solicitation for the procurement of the design, engineering development, logistics, integration, testing, evaluation, and installation of the AN/BLQ-10 Electronic Warfare System. This procurement is for the AN/BLQ-10 Electronic Warfare System technology insertion (TI) baselines TI-26, TI-28, and TI-30 for VIRGINIA, LOS ANGELES, SEAWOLF, and potentially SSBN and SSGN Class in-service submarines, and new construction systems for VIRGINIA and COLUMBIA class submarines. This solicitation will be a single source Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.

The AN/BLQ-10 EW System program provides radio and communications band threat warning and situational awareness. This procurement follows the Technology Insertion and Advanced Processing Build (TI/APB) Process and Open Architecture (OA) principles to deliver improved capabilities in time-phased increments to the fleet. The hardware baseline is modified to incorporate newer technology via a Technology Insertion (TI) to leverage the rapid advances in information technology, avoiding long term obsolescence while maintaining a high degree of compatibility and interoperability between refresh cycles.

A Request for Proposal (RFP) is anticipated to be released in August 2023.

A sources sought notice was issued related to this synopsis on SAM.gov on July 25, 2022 for AN/BLQ-10 Electronic Warfare (EW) System N00024-23-R-6211.

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