FY24 Aviation Electrician (AE) Training Systems   3

Background
Naval Air Warfare Center Training System Division (NAWCTSD), Orlando, FL, is seeking potential small business sources to procure four AE training systems for Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT). This announcement is to determine the availability of small businesses. NAWCTSD anticipates competing this requirement under Part 15. The Request for Proposal (RFP) release is anticipated to be the first quarter of 2024 and start of contractor performance is anticipated to be the third quarter of 2024. Responses received for this notice will serve as consideration for 's decision to fulfill this requirement as a HUBZone set-aside. Additionally, the requested information will be taken into account for acquisition planning purposes.

Work Details
Below are the general requirements for each AE training system:

Flight Control Trainer
Each student station trainer shall simulate generic aircraft landing gear control and flap control systems including provisions for student troubleshooting using computer-controlled simulated components, controls and test equipment.
The system shall utilize electronic stimulated controls (simulating electrical, hydraulic, and/or pneumatic systems) and other mechanical features to simulate actions of generic landing gear systems.
Each student station trainer shall contain simulated controls and indicators such as hydraulic pressure, utility hydraulics, flap control, emergency flap control, flap indicators, landing gear control, and landing gear indicators.
Each student station trainer shall allow for the instructor to introduce an estimated 60 different flap faults and an estimated 87 different landing gear faults into the system for the student to troubleshoot. will provide the specific number of and details of faults in the specification documents.
The instructor shall have a dedicated IOS that is networked to all of the student station trainers and allows the instructor to introduce the faults individually to each trainer. This IOS can be a simple computer station and shall not be connected to an outside network.

Dual System Generator Trainer
Each student station trainer may be programmed to exhibit both normal and malfunctioning modes of operation to demonstrate service routines, troubleshooting techniques, emergency conditions, and safety precautions while monitoring student performance.
Have the functionality to teach students signal flow in aircraft representative systems in preparation for troubleshooting of specific system components (transformers, bus bars, terminal boards, voltage regulators, supervisory panel).
Each student station trainer support structure shall be constructed from an aluminum alloy weldment or welded steel beam components with full swiveling and locking type casters.
The display panel shall depict a simulated power distribution system and associated simulated test equipment.
The display shall include but not be limited to the following:
Emergency power kill switch
Digital panel type frequency meter
Power distribution system
Power on indicator
The trainer shall simulate the operation of a generic aircraft power distribution system for the student to:
Perform a standard operational check.
Utilize a multimeter to measure AC/DC voltages and impedances to isolate loose or shorted connections and defective parts.
Utilize a simulated digital frequency counter to analyze circuit and signal characteristics.
Employ logical troubleshooting and repair techniques to identify and correct power distribution faults.
Apply relevant safety precautions.
Each student station trainer shall have the functionality for the instructor to introduce an estimated 63 different faults into the system for the student to troubleshoot. will provide the specific number of and details of faults in the specification documents.
The instructor shall have a dedicated IOS that is networked to all of the student station trainers and allows the instructor to introduce the faults individually to each trainer. This IOS can be a simple computer station and shall not be connected to an outside network.

Aircraft Basic Electronics System Trainer
Each student station trainer shall be a free-standing console with specific functions controlled by an internal computer system to allow the student to perform operational checks for normal system operation and troubleshoot instructor induced malfunctions.
Each student station trainer shall simulate generic aircraft system functions to include arresting gear, speed brake, nosewheel steering, windshield and wing anti-ice/de-ice control, and indicators such as fuel flow, oil pressure, hydraulic pressure, and tachometer.
All simulated aircraft controls, gauges, and other components shall realistically resemble real aircraft items.
Each student station trainer shall allow for the instructor to introduce an estimated 92 different faults into each of the systems for the student to troubleshoot. will provide the specific number of and details of faults in the specification documents.
The instructor shall have a dedicated IOS that is networked to all of the student station trainers and allows the instructor to introduce the faults individually to each trainer. This IOS can be a simple computer station and shall not be connected to an outside network.

Aircraft Jet Ignition System Trainer
Each student station trainer shall contain a scaled down mockup of an F14 engine (or other aircraft engine as approved by ) containing specific simulated components that allow the student to perform an operational check of the simulated jet engine, and continue to troubleshoot the system using a simulated, computer-controlled multimeter to probe simulated test points on real cannon plug connectors.
Each student station trainer shall simulate the voltage and resistance readings during normal operation and when a malfunction occurs.
Each student station trainer shall simulate a Turbine Inlet Temperature (TIT) system and allow the student to troubleshoot faults introduced by the instructor.
Each student station trainer shall contain a generic display of an aircraft cockpit as well as a generic throttle quadrant panel.
Each student station trainer shall allow for the instructor to introduce an estimated 52 different faults for the student to troubleshoot. will provide the specific number of and details of faults in the specification documents.
The instructor shall have a dedicated IOS that is networked to all of the student station trainers and allows the instructor to introduce the faults individually to each trainer. This IOS can be a simple computer station and shall not be connected to an outside network.

Period of Performance
RFP: January 2024
Award: August 2024

Place of Performance
AE training systems will be delivered to the Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) Pensacola facility located aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, FL.