SAM #FA8678-26-AFSAT-R0001

RFI for Air Force Aerial Target Solutions for Defensive and Offensive Counter Air Missions

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Weapons Directorate (AFLCMC/EBAY), is seeking industry input for aerial target solutions to support Defensive and Offensive Counter Air missions. - Government Buyer: - Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Weapons Directorate, FA8678 AFLCMC EBAY (Eglin AFB, Florida) - OEMs and Vendors: - No specific OEMs or vendors are named in the RFI - Products/Services Requested: - Aerial target systems capable of replicating threat aircraft - Solutions ranging from inexpensive hobby drones to advanced adversary fighters and large-scale aircraft - Targets must mimic performance, signatures, and countermeasures of adversary systems - Support for lethality demonstrations for major munitions and missile programs - No part numbers or purchase quantities specified - Unique/Notable Requirements: - Ability to represent the full spectrum of airborne threats - Targets must be threat-representative and suitable for both Defensive and Offensive Counter Air capabilities - Solutions may be commercially available or near-term developmental systems - Further technical details referenced in an attached document

Description

Issued pursuant to Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) FAR 15.101(c) and RFO FAR Part 10 solely for information, market research, and planning purposes. This market survey is conducted by the Aerial Targets Program Office (AFLCMC/EBAY) under the Air Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Weapons (AFPAE/WP) to obtain industry capabilities, rough order of magnitude (ROM) information, and data needed to support commercial product/service, non-developmental item (NDI), and small business determinations under RFO FAR 10.001(f), and to inform acquisition planning.

Per Title 10, U.S. Code §4172, major munitions and missile programs must demonstrate lethality against appropriate, threat-representative targets prior to full-rate production. The Aerial Targets mission is to provide target aircraft that replicate threat systems, including performance, signatures, and countermeasures of adversary aircraft.

The objective of this RFI is to identify a range of solutions to populate a family for systems needed throughout the spectrum of missions in Defensive and Offensive Counter Air capabilities. These solutions may represent the full range of airborne threats, spanning from inexpensive “hobby drones” to the most advance adversary fighter and large-scale aircraft.

This RFI is intended to:

Identify commercially available or near-term solutions Understand industry capabilities and innovative approaches Inform future acquisition strategies and budgetary requirements and assist the agency in making commerciality, NDI, and small business set-aside determinations

See attached document for additional details.

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