Air Defense Capabilities

The Department of Defense (DoD) is interested in the development of a rapidly deployable ground-based air surveillance and engagement defense system to complete the Detect, Track, ID, Defeat (DTID) kill chain against various aerial threats in deployed or operational environments. The acquisition strategy for this effort is to release a two-step solicitation of a potential multiple phase project resulting in an Other Transaction (OT) for Prototype in accordance with 10 USC 4022. The OT Solicitation was posted 25 September 2024 utilizing the UNCLASSIFIED Acquisition Research Center (ARC) website. Due to the CUI classification, the ARC site is LIMITED to approved registrants only. Those that attended the Industry Day event are automatically added. If unable to view the ADC ARC site and interested in this effort, please contact Agreements Officer (AO) with individual’s name and Social Security Number to receive access to the site NO LATER THAN 5pm Eastern Time on 30 September 2024. Links to the ARC to obtain account: UNCLASSIFIED ARC: acq-ui.westfields.net Questions can be submitted via the ARC on the Q&A tab NO LATER THAN 5pm Eastern Time on 01 October 2024. Phase 1 Step 1 White Papers are due via the ARC on the Phase 1 Step 1 Response tab NO LATER THAN 5pm Eastern Time on 09 October 2024.