The Army is seeking industry’s input on available long-range command and control and sensor communications capabilities that could be used for an upcoming experiment to address technology gaps for linking future long-range precision fires.
A Request for Information notice released Friday said the Army may select a limited number of participants to demonstrate deep sensing capabilities at a series of risk reduction experiments, which are set to run from December through March 2021 at Fort Dix in New Jersey.
“The experiments will address needs/gaps of U.S. Army Pacific and Indo-Pacific Command, the Integrated Tactical Network Capability Set 23 and echelons above brigade for deep sensing to enable sensor to shooter linkages for long range precision fires,” the Army wrote in the RFI.
The Army is specifically looking for technologies that can extend the range of C2 and senor communication out to 500 nautical miles or more, operate in GPS or SATCOM-denied environments.
Industry is asked to detail capabilities that are at Technology Readiness Level 3 or above that are lightweight, modular and able to operate on the move, with the ability to work with communication nodes from space, airborne or terrestrial relays.
Capabilities selected to participate in the upcoming experiment will be used to prove out the Army’s ability for “live collection and delivery of non-lethal effects at operationally relevant distances” in preparation for a U.S. Army Pacific exercise in the summer 2021.
Responses to the RFI are due back to the Army by Nov. 20.