The United States Air Force (USAF), Acquisition Management and Integration Center, in support of the Headquarters Air Combat Command’s Future Operations Division, is seeking information regarding vendors that can provide counter-small uncrewed aerial system (C-sUAS) capabilities.
Issued on March 10, the request for information (RFI) says that USAF requires a C-sUAS that is fully developed and ready to deploy to multiple installations now and that the system must be scalable to at least five installations.
“The Air Force requires a radar and or acoustic detection system, EO/IR sensors to slew and cue systems, RF counter capability systems, and a C2 open infrastructure integration system that will effectively locate, track, identify, and defeat UAS operating over AF installations,” the RFI states.
“The Air Force is also interested in C-sUAS that include defeat options such as directed energy and low collateral effects interceptors (drone-on-drone). The C-sUAS required capabilities include ability to locate, track, identify, defeat up to 3,500 ft AGL. It is highly desirable that the C-sUAS can integrate with and is interoperable with other C-sUAS systems. Desired capabilities include AI and Machine Learning, UAS Radar up to 8-10 km, Electro Optical/Infrared cameras with slew to cue, effective RF and counter GPS/PNT capability, and open infrastructure C2 system to pull elements together in a fused system.”
Interested parties are requested to respond by 09:00 EDT on March 17.
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Image: USAF image from a C-sUAS training event
