[UCI-CalIT2] Infospace Concept Exploration and Development

[Anna Lynn SPITZER]

Subject: Infospace Concept Exploration and Development 

 

Solicitation Number:
Reference-Number-BAA-05-03-IFKA

 

Full Announcement of BAA-05-03-IFKA 

 

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION: 

 

The Information Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL),
Rome Research Site, is soliciting white papers under this announcement
for innovative technologies to support the development and operation of
information management technology in accordance with AFRL Information
Management technology goals. 

 

To date, discussions and research involving a Community of Interest
(COI) Infospace, i.e., an infospace consisting of multiple information
management systems, have been in the abstract, with only isolated system
instantiations.     Multiple information management infrastructures have
been developed conforming to the Infospherics Common API.     This BAA
seeks to inject stability into the creation and management of these
infospaces, and to provide a meaningful and substantive foundation from
which to evolve practical, operations-ready COI infospaces.
Proposals should focus on the development of best practices, concepts
for implementation, recommended architectures and common COI
representations. Initial concept demonstrations are preferred with
limited prototype software development.     This solicitation is divided
into two technical areas with the following topics common across both
areas:     information engineering, information management, policy
management, operational performance, security, and Quality of Service
(QoS) 

 

Area (1):     Composable Infospaces.     This topic area seeks the
development of information management technology to support COI
infosphere development, operation, and/or information migration.
Common tools and methodologies are sought for use by COI information
managers in the creation of, or within, the enabled infosphere
supporting their shared processes and missions.     COI infospheres may
utilize multiple information management services over multiple
overlapping COIs - sometimes referred to as Communities of Action
(COAs).     Multiple, evolutionary stages of technology are anticipated:
initial creation and information engineering processes, deployment or
operational transition, and lifecycle support as COI membership and
needs evolve over time; as well as the management and exchange of
information between dissimilar COIs. 

 

The technical issues listed below identify specific concerns, but should
not be used to limit or constrain innovative ideas:       

(a) Information engineering processes to establish a shared vocabulary,
the common set of information objects necessary to achieve the mission
objectives of the COI. 

(b) Identification of tools, techniques and methodologies to support use
of a managed infospace for knowledge interchange within a COI. 

(c) Information migration between dissimilar COIs or legacy systems.


(d) Information management technology supporting distributed and or
integration of multiple information management services. 

(e) Discovery of Information Objects, and Information Object Repository
management tools. 

(f) Compatibility with DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy COI concepts as
outlined in http://www.dod.mil/nii/org/cio/doc/COI_FAQ.doc. 

 

Area (2):     Dynamic Systems Interoperability.     This topic area
seeks the development of information management technology to enable and
support the instantiation, integration, operation, and disposition of
functional and/or operational entities that are temporally dynamic
within and across COIs.     Capabilities should include, but not be
limited to, establishing functional entity producers and consumers,
policies, context, roles and security from a reusable, flexible and
extensible configuration baseline.     This research should also address
the semantics of the configuration baseline within the context of a
functional and/or operational deployment. 

 

The proposed information management technology must be capable of
supporting multiple dynamic operational airborne scenarios.     The
following scenarios illustrate some of the critical aspects that should
be addressed by this research.     Scenario 1:     Entry of an airframe
into an operational theater to perform some C2 mission.     This
scenario highlights the need to identify specific requirements to
support the dynamic entry and configuration of a new entity into an
existing COI.     Scenario 2:     Tasking of a combat air patrol entity
to transfer to a coalition command and provide close air support to
units across a broad geographical area.     This scenario highlights the
need for dynamic reconfiguration of an entity as an element of a
different COI within a heterogeneous command.     Furthermore, this
entity must function across an IP infrastructure that is dynamically
reconfigured several times within the course of the mission, while
preserving association with the original COI. 

 

The offeror can assume that the necessary hardware and software
technology to enable dynamic airborne IP-based networking is in place,
i.e., no new development in this domain is sought under this BAA.
Such dynamic systems interoperability technology should be considered
sufficiently robust that intermittent network connectivity will not
require reinstitution of an entity's configuration baseline. 

 

Contracting Office Address 

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Rome
Research Site, AFRL/Information Directorate 26 Electronic Parkway, Rome,
NY, 13441-4514 

 

DATES:       It is recommended that white papers be received by the
following dates to maximize the possibility of award:     FY 05 should
be submitted by 31 Mar 05; FY 06 by 01 Nov 05; FY 07 by 01 Nov 06; and
FY 08 by 01 Nov 07.     White papers will be accepted until 2pm Eastern
time on 30 September 2009, but it is less likely that funding will be
available in each respective fiscal year after the dates cited.
FORMAL PROPOSALS ARE NOT BEING REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.     See Section
IV of this announcement for further details.  

 

AGENCY CONTACTS: 

 

Questions of a technical nature shall be directed to the cognizant
technical point of contact, as specified below: 

 

         Mr. Dale W. Richards 

         Telephone:     (315) 330-3014 

         Email:     Dale.Richards at rl.af.mil 

 

Questions of a contractual/business nature shall be directed to the
cognizant contracting officer, as specified below: 

 

         Lori Smith 

         Telephone (315) 330-1955 

         Email:     Lori.Smith at rl.af.mil 

 

The email must reference the solicitation (BAA) number and title of the
acquisition. 

 

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