The U.S. Army is changing how it creates and maintains the technology that runs its command and control (C2) networks, according to a special notice posted to sam.gov on May 28. The service branch is seeking industry responses to the notice by June 14.
The notice is part of the Army’s ongoing efforts around Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2). The NGC2 project is the Army’s joint effort with industry to build a data-centric C2 system facilitated through network transport. The aim is to “reimagining [the Army’s] enterprise data architecture and [revolutionize] its operational software framework.”
The idea is for the software-based approach to be simple and intuitive and give commanders a common operating picture that meets their needs. For this the Army will need “a portfolio of solutions addressing the network and transport layers; infrastructure, data, and analytics platforms; and hardware agnostic configurable user experiences for seamless application-based tools and services,” according to the notice description.
“The attached [notice] provide NGC2 Characteristics of Need, to increase industry awareness and collaboration [and] the Army invites industry to contribute to the overarching NGC2 dialogue,” it continues.
The Army specified that this notice facilitates dialogue between the service branch and its industry partners. No awards will be announced at this time, and it is not in search of proposals or white papers, but future calls for white paper will be posted to SAM.gov and released off the C5ISR Center Engineering and Systems Integration Directorate Broad Agency Announcement.
The notice is classified and only entities with a Joint Certification Program were invited participate in the NGC2 conversation.
