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Problem Statement 1:

Title: Non-Traditional Waveforms for Information Advantage (IA)

Problem Statement: Army migration of Data Analytics, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence Solutions in Army Enterprise Data Centers (AEDCs) that will allow distribution of information between the enterprise level and the tactical edge.

Today the Army is unable to access, share, and interpret the data across warfighting functions required to ensure commanders have the ability to exploit the power of current and emerging data analytics, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning capabilities.

Why this is important: The Army requires Integrated Enterprise Network/Integrated Tactical Network ”Big Data” solutions that help achieve a global, standards-based environment with enduring goals of making data visible, accessible, understandable, trusted, interoperable, and secure. The Army continues to operate in increasingly complex, highly dynamic environments. The speed of decision-making will be critical to our ability to fight and win against peer adversaries in congested and contested environments. On the Multi-Domain battlefield, information is an instrument of National Power and data is a strategic asset. Seamless access to Army data at echelon, when readily shared, increases readiness, enhances modernization efforts, and ultimately impacts mission effectiveness across all warfighting functions.

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Problem Statement 2:

Title: The Unified Network - An Operational Requirements Perspective

Problem Statement: The Army has a requirement to design, operate and maintain a unified network to counter emerging threats, enable new forms of maneuver and allow the commander to fully leverage capabilities across echelons to execute Multi-Domain Operations. As maneuver formations become cloud enabled, the ability to ensure reliability of communications while leveraging common data hosted both on premises at the unit and off premises in a cloud environment, with no loss of continuity, is essential. Essential elements of the Unified Network include:

• Data Centric
• Transport Agnostic
• Planned, managed and secured by Unified Network Operations
• Cloud enabled

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Problem Statement 3:

Title: High Capacity Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) (e.g., Low Earth Orbit (LEO) / Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) [LEO/MEO] / Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO)) Communications

Problem Statement: To achieve Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) enabled capabilities, the Army desires high capacity, low latency, and long distance communications for expeditionary forces. The solution should provide approximately 1Gbps bandwidth and 50ms latency. We are primarily focused on a LEO/MEO capability, but would be interested in a GEO or BLOS capability that meets the 1Gbps bandwidth / 50ms latency requirement with a minimum range of 800Km.

Why this is important: This will provide expeditionary, mobile, beyond line of sight (BLOS) communications with increased bandwidth and low latency in order to provide the Warfighter enhanced transport for Mission Command Systems (to include sensor data).

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Problem Statement 4:

Title: Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and reconnaissance/Electronic Warfare (C4ISR/EW) Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) Compliant Capability

Problem Statement: The Army is required to execute Mission Command (MC) and Warfighter Functions during Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). As a result, Army vehicles and other platforms are laden with radios, video displays, sensors, electronic warfare tools, antennas, and other vital communication technologies, each with its own power draw and platform footprint. At the core, these C4ISR/EW systems use many of the same building blocks, but they are not shared or distributed between systems (e.g., amplifiers, filters, processors). The C4ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) was developed to facilitate consolidation of these disparate systems into a common ruggedized chassis, described as the CMOSS Mounted Form Factor (CMFF). The Army requires a materiel solution for the CMFF to facilitate convergence of warfighting capabilities. Solutions should be packaged as a CMOSS compliant chassis system with physical specifications (standards) for capability cards. For capability cards, we would like to have a standard proposed if the company is unable to capture the other capability functions. CMFF solutions should be available for various environments e.g. chassis-concept integration solutions for use on a Stryker, Abrams, or Bradley in order to provide Commanders with the ability to use current warfighting capabilities. The solution should be adaptable for use in the Command Post (CP) environment.

Why this is important: CMOSS would improve the ease of operation, maintenance, and sustainment of current Warfighting capabilities. CMFF minimizes the need for platform specific integration and allows the fielding of subsequent capabilities (i.e. circuit cards/modules) without the need of any additional cabling or mounts.

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Problem Statement 5:

Title: Tactical Radios and Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing

Problem Statement:Provide methods for Tactical Radio networks to distribute, validate, utilize, refine, and improve trust for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing information.

Why this is important: Potentially provides options to increase both Assured-PNT and network system resiliency by increasing integration of planned capabilities and maximizing A-PNT/Network investments. Potentially informs future requirements.

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Problem Statement 6:

Title: Tactical Radios and Post-Quantum Cryptography

Problem Statement: Provide methods to modernize CMOSS Modular Form Factor – Capability Card Assemblies for Post-Quantum Cryptography at the chassis level.

Why this is important: Informs Industry and mission partners of desired operational characteristics and potentially provides initial assessment of feasibility. Potentially informs future requirements.

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Problem Statement 7:

Title: Small Form-Factor Long Range Sensor and/or Antenna

Problem Statement: The Army requires long-range electronic warfare (EW) sensors and/or antenna built in a small deployable form-factor that can achieve ranges greater than 40 kilometers.

Why this is important: All echelons need to be able to detect, identify, and geolocation electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) signatures at significant distances to provide friendly and adversary situational awareness to enable lethal and non-lethal targeting capabilities in large areas of operations.

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Problem Statement 8:

Title: Dynamic Spectrum Management

Problem Statement: The Army needs the ability to dynamically adapt and adjust friendly electromagnetic spectrum use and the accompanying signature in order to adjust to and mitigate electromagnetic interference while providing a real time EMS visualization of current EMCON conditions.

Why this is important: Understanding and controlling the Army’s electromagnetic signature and mitigating interference is critical to command post survivability.

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Problem Statement 9:

Title: Radio Frequency Obscuration

Problem Statement: Army command posts need the ability to emulate key assets and the associated locations with the intent to confuse and deceive adversary foreign intelligence collection and targeting cycle. Enemy electromagnetic spectrum detection and location equipment is confused by the obfuscation of actual friendly emissions, locations, and intent.

Why this is important: The ability to obscure and slow down enemy’s targeting cycle is critical to command post survivability.

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Problem Statement 10:

Title: Ingesting sensor feeds from multiple enclaves to a central platform

Problem Statement: What capabilities exist to enable secure data transport between open and closed networks to facilitate the ability to gain situational understanding given sensor data streams originate across multiple enclaves?

Why this is important: In order to gain a comprehensive cyber situational understanding of the battlefield, it is imperative to have a common operating picture that is fed by streaming data from all applicable sensors across multiple enclaves. This understanding of how adversary actions will impact the functionality of friendly networks, allows battle staffs to identify weak links, develop contingencies, and target adversarial capabilities to stop disruptive effects. This process requires that an adequate cross-domain solution exists that allows for a continuous stream of data from identified sensors to the repository in order to identify impacted nodes/links in real time.

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