Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Trusted and Elastic Military Platforms and Electronic Warfare (EW) System Technologies (TEMPEST)
Deadline: 01 Nov 2025
Posting Date: 27 Sep 2025
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 127177322
Document Ref. No.: FA8650-20-S-1958
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Description
UPDATES September 2025: minor administrative update to extend the solicitation close date.
UPDATES April 2025: to update technical points of contact, remove all references to the Model Contract and Section K in this announcement as these documents wil be provided with each Call, and makes minor administrative updates to the announcement
.AFRL/RYW has a need to investigate and develop methodologies, tools, techniques, and capabilities to identify susceptibilities and mitigate vulnerabilities in avionics systems, protect those systems against cyber-attack, provide simulation capabilities required to develop, mature and transition advanced sensor and avionics technologies, develop platform architecture technologies that enable revolutionary and agile capabilities, and expand emerging open system architecture standards and approaches for existing and next-generation Air Force and DoD weapon systems in multi-domain environments. The goal is to explore new and emerging concepts related to development, integration, assessment, evaluation, and demonstration of cyber security, open system architecture (OSA), novel avionics and sensor technologies, and multi-domain technologies. For this solicitation, avionics is defined to include manned, unmanned, autonomous, and remotely piloted vehicles, on-board Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems, Electronic Warfare (EW) systems, munitions, and any equipment, component, or subsystem that could compromise mission assurance of the Air Force weapon system or tactical platform.
Active Contract Opportunity
Notice ID : FA8650-20-S-1958
Related Notice
Department/Ind. Agency : DEPT OF DEFENSE
Sub-tier : DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
Major Command : AIR FORCE MATERIEL COMMAND
Sub Command : AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY
Office: FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZL
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Presolicitation (Updated)
Updated Published Date: Sep 26, 2025 07:48 am EDT
Original Published Date: Oct 11, 2019 11:35 am EDT
Updated Response Date: Nov 01, 2025 02:00 pm EDT
Original Response Date: Oct 11, 2024 03:00 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: Manual
Updated Inactive Date: Dec 11, 2025
Original Inactive Date: Dec 11, 2024
Initiative: None
Classification
Original Set Aside:
Product Service Code: AC12 - NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH
NAICS Code: 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Place of Performance: Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433 USA
Documents
Tender Notice
TEMPESTARAFA8650-20-S-1958-09-26-25.pdf
Security-Risk-Review-Appendix-1-Security-Program.pdf
Security-Risk-Review-AFRLI-61-113.pdf
Security-Risk-Review-Appendix-2-Research-and-Rel.pdf
Security-Risk-Review-Appendix-3-AFRL-Privacy-Act.pdf