Collaborative Autonomy Software Framework Development

Background
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC/WISJ) is conducting market research to identify sources capable of serving as the primary developer for an advanced, Government-owned collaborative autonomy software framework.

This open-architecture software stack is designed to enable collaborative, autonomous capabilities across a variety of crewed and uncrewed systems. The baseline for this framework is an evolution of complex, multi-agent swarming autonomy architectures previously developed under Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) initiatives.

The Government's objective is to evaluate industry capability to perform continuous software development, applied research, testing, and maturation of this framework in accordance with the DoDI 5000.87 Software Acquisition Pathway.

Work Details
The contractor will be responsible for the following tasks: develop and mature the core software logic; integrate the software onto diverse platforms; integrate third-party vendor capabilities into the open framework; perform applied research on future autonomy behaviors; and develop ground station integration.

Additionally, the contractor must possess foundational software engineering capabilities to develop, code, and maintain a complex collaborative swarming autonomy baseline while executing development towards a Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA).

The contractor will also need to provide a mature DevSecOps environment for all software development, testing, and delivery, including a robust Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. They must execute large swarm-level simulations and possess TS/SCI cleared personnel and facilities to handle both unclassified and classified autonomy software.

Period of Performance
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Place of Performance
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Bidder Requirements
Bidders must have TS/SCI cleared personnel and facilities for secure development/testing. They should demonstrate experience in developing Software Development Kits (SDKs) and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), as well as experience with multi-domain software/hardware integration and multi-UAV autonomous flight testing.