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Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic and NIWC Pacific plan to attend the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) Consortium Quarterl... Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic and NIWC Pacific plan to attend the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) Consortium Quarterly Industry Day hosted by Advanced Technology International (ATI) at the Virginia Beach Convention Center on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The event will include presentations from Angela Tennyson, Contracts and Finance Branch Head at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV), IWRP program manager and consortium management firm, technical briefs and one-on-one breakout sessions. Technical briefs will include a variety of information warfare research technology focus area topics with the possibility that these topics will be the basis of upcoming Requests for Prototype Projects (RPPs) to IWRP consortium members. This is not a RPP but for planning purposes only. No projects will be awarded from this announcement. In order to obtain more information regarding the projects below, you must be a member of the IWRP Consortium. For more information on becoming an IWRP consortium member, please visit https://www.theiwrp.org. The purpose of this announcement is to provide members of the IWRP Consortium and industry advanced notification of the governments intent. The government anticipates eight (8) RPPs for white papers, enhanced white papers or full proposals to be solicited via N65236-22-9-0001. RPP topics will include a technical brief and one-on-one breakout sessions. The RPP topics consist of the following: 1) 23-LANT-1575 Attribution of Named Entities: The government is seeking a prototype model and training pipeline that performs limited extraction of attributes associated with entities identified by state-of-the-art Named Entity Recognition algorithms. The technology focus area is Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. 2) 23-LANT-1433 PEO MLB USMC Manpower IT System Modernization (MITSM): The United State Marine Corps is seeking to prototype human resources processes to help with its talent intelligence enterprise as part of a digital transformation plan and modernization roadmap. Specifically, the Marine Corps is looking for data-driven prototypes that can integrate with its current information technology landscape to provide actionable information in the hiring, retaining, management and succession planning of its talent. These prototypes should, to the maximum extent possible, exploit automation, machine learning and analytical feedback to reduce manual interaction throughout the human resource enterprise. Prototypes should be developed using industry best practices, such as Agile software practices and DevSecOps methodologies and, if possible, have demonstrable results throughout industry sectors. 3) 23-LANT-1553 Preemptive Breach Research (PBR): The government is seeking a deep cyber research and prototyping effort spanning IT, C4ISR, and sensor systems and the full life cycle of cybersecurity breeches. 4)23-LANT-1513 Commercial Point of Entry/Server Stack for Tactical Networks: The government is seeking to prototype technical solutions for a next generation high-end computational server stack to act as principle gateway for enterprise logistics systems. Next generation hardware for aircraft ground maintenance support is desired. 5)23-LANT-1453 Emerging & Strategic Process Automation (ESPA): The government is seeking an innovative solution provider(s) to demonstrate and deliver prototypes for cost-saving Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solution(s). The prototypes should leverage the latest tools and technologies used in public and private sectors to support business and technical operations to deliver cyber, network engineering and operations processes and workflow efficiencies that shall support the Military Health System. 6)23-LANT-1493 Distributed Common Ground System- Marine Corps (DCGS- MC) All Source Intelligence on the Move: DCGS-MC is seeking prototypes for an Intelligence on the Move capability to the fleet to support future Marine Corps force design. This effort is expressly to create a mechanism to provide greater awareness of the intelligence picture for decision makers. 7)23-PAC-1473 IM Works NKE TSA-Red Rover: The government is seeking to prototype novel solutions to enable capabilities for a new open extensible architecture and software solution. These solutions should enable unprecedented levels of automation and integration of data and decision making to empower high tactical maneuver elements and operational warfare doctrine while supporting training of operators. 8)23-LANT-1394 Dynamic SATCOM Management and Control: The government is seeking to prototype a means to manage a diverse and holistic satellite communication (SATCOM) architecture as close to the user and planner as possible and still maintain control. The prototype includes managing a dynamic SATCOM operation by proactively assigning resources and executing a diverse architecture. The government will be presenting one (1) Pre-Solicitation Collaboration (PSC), which will include a short brief and one-on-one breakout sessions. The PSC topics consist of the following: 1)Alternative DEVSECOPS Acquisition Model: Seeking a proof of concept for an acquisition approach from solicitation through award that will streamline required resources to acquire DEVSECOPS capabilities. The proof of concept should present formulation of a cost estimating basis, formation of a solicitation, factors for the establishment of evaluation criteria and determination of reasonable cost. The government will be presenting three (3) Technical Collaboration Exchanges (TCE), which will include a short brief and round table discussions. The TCE topic consists of the following: 1) Persistent Unmanned Maritime Surface Vessel Detection Capability: Interest in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions for unmanned maritime vessels, buoys and sensor payloads for a surface vessel detection capability. The solution will use both active and passive means to detect, confirm, classify and track surface vessel activity. 2)Shore Based Maritime Surface Vessel Detection Capability: Interests in COTS solutions for a shore-based maritime surface detection capability. The shore-based sensing solution will use both active and passive means to detect, confirm, classify and track surface vessel activity, using power sources common to expeditionary forces. 3) 3D Printed Electronics: The government is seeking solutions for rapid small batch 3D/additive or other electronics manufacturing methods for prototypes, repair and sustainment of DoD C4I systems. Please refer to the following link: https://www.theiwrp.org for additional information on IWRP or to become a member.