The Space Development Agency has issued a notice requesting executive summaries supporting 180-day studies aimed at advancing the existing Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture ground segment and the Battle Management, Command, Control and Communications Application Factory, or BMC3 AppFac.
Details of SDA’s Notice
The SDA said it is seeking industry input, through the special notice posted Jan. 15 and updated Thursday, on possible technical approaches or methods, including novel architecture concepts, technologies and capabilities, aimed at transitioning and expanding the PWSA ground and BMC3 segments utilizing design principles from the modular open systems approach, or MOSA.
The GS framework and AppFac transition initiatives are intended to progress simultaneously with the deployment of the PWSA’s Tranche 3. This notice is part of the SDA Systems, Technologies and Emerging Capabilities broad agency announcement, or SDA STEC BAA.
Interested contractors can submit their responses by April 14.
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