Limited Source notice for The Integrated Sensor Is Structure (ISIS) Program

Special Notice SN 08-38 The Government intends to issue a broad agency announcement to a limited number of potential sources for one potential contract award. Those eligible to receive the broad agency announcement are Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Advanced Development Programs (LM ADP) and Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems (NGES) based on their unique qualifications as demonstrated in Phase 1 and Phase 2 of The Integrated Sensor Is Structure (ISIS) Program and market investigatigations into this technical area. The Limited Source BAA is for Phase 3 of the ISIS Program. The ISIS Program is developing a radar of unprecedented proportions that is fully integrated into a station-keeping stratospheric airship. The ISIS Objective System performance supports the nation’s need for persistent wide-area surveillance, tracking, and engagement of all time-critical air and ground targets. Automated surveillance and tracking includes all air targets to the radar horizon of 600 km and all ground targets to a range of 300 km. The radar aperture also provides track data and other communications directly to users in-theater. The Objective System logistical concept resembles a cross between a satellite system – launch from a CONUS location, minimum 10 year post-launch operational lifetime, and is not recoverable – and an unattended air vehicle (UAV) which autonomously keeps station for 10 years with a 99% availability in the final year. No support personnel or facilities are required in-theater. Under Phase 3 of the ISIS Program, a sub-scale Demonstration System will be designed, fabricated, tested, and demonstrated. This Demonstration System will be scalable or traceable to the Objective System in terms of design, component technologies, manufacturing technologies, and operational performance. Successful fabrication and testing of the Demonstration System will reduce Objective System risk to a level acceptable for transition throughout the DoD. DARPA/CMO intends to award a contract by other than full and open competition in accordance with Subpart 6.302-1 to one of the two eligible BAA recipients. Only a limited number of responsible sources and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice is NOT a request for competitive proposals outside of the two eligible participants, who will receive the actual broad agency announcement directly after 15 days of the publication of this notice. Questions should be directed to DARPA in writing via email to: [email protected] or via facsimile at (703) 741-0232.